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Earlier this month it was time for my son to visit the doctor and he was almost certainly going to be getting at least one shot. He's been afraid of shots ever since he got a very traumatic one during an emergency room visit (traumatic f...
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One of my favorite parts of the movie "Elf".. actually scratch that. I'm a card-carrying Millennial. ALL of "Elf" is my favorite part. Do you know the part where they are introducing Buddy the Elf's dad Walter Hobbs to the viewers? They ...
Read the post →"Oh I would never read Junie B. Jones to my kids, she's such a bad influence!" If you are a parent of a 5+ child you've probably heard this before. Luckily I didn't hear it before I first started reading the Junie B. Jones series to my k...
Read the post →Every parent wants to get their kid to love reading. Ok, not all parents (no judgement.. mostly), but I'd say it's mostly a consensus that reading is an activity worth pursuing. Video games? That one's still up in the air (I'm pro btw, a...
Read the post →The idea of Papa Bear going out into the woods in the middle of the night to scare his own cubs is maybe a little over the top. It's all in good fun, apparently, but I can imagine the more real life version where this completely backfire...
My kids will start asking questions, and the questions are funny ones: why would Brother skip school? This is where I get to quietly pat myself on the back, because apparently if my kids ever get in bad trouble, hopefully at least they d...
We have this book in the collection probably because it had the word Easter on the front. When you're buying books for kids, you end up with your Halloween books and your Christmas books and your Valentine's books, and at some point some...
I am the parent to two wonderful kids. An intelligent, thoughtful and empathetic daughter who's 8 years old and an energetic, playful, and kind 4 year old son. Every day they will do something that makes my heart melt and makes me proud ...
I introduced my Berenstain Bears review marathon with a story about grabbing "Go to the Doctor" off the bookshelf for my son, who was more than just a little afraid of shots. There is a good reason I chose that example. "The Berenstain B...