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• Keep your fall leaves, we get stone crabs & strawberries

  I get nostalgic for falling leaves this time every year and feel a little sorry for my kids, who have never raked anything into a pile. No fanfare of spectacular colors, no dramatic dips in temperature as autumn rambles into winter. No blowing pretend cigarette smoke through their fingers [...]
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• Consigned to a second-hand childhood

  My 13-year-old daughter wants to wear $59 jeans from Abercrombie. I refuse to buy them. My tirades about expensive jeans being the vile creation of greedy, capitalist designers who defile denim’s American working-class origins and profit from society’s stupidity don’t dissuade her. So our compromise – because all relationships, [...]
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• Lies I've Told My Kids

  If you say you’ve never lied to your kids, you’re a liar. Mothers tell lies all the time. To protect our kids. To make peace. To buy some time until we can think of a better answer. I impress myself sometimes with the ease and cleverness of my lies. [...]
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• Party Training

  We indoctrinate our children, intentionally or not, with our political beliefs. At this point in their tween lives, my kids know where I stand on guns, the economy, women’s reproductive rights, gay marriage, health care, school choice, the role of government, race, voting regulations and food stamps. I try [...]
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