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The baby question, part 2
Yesterday, I wrote about how obnoxious it is for people to question why others don’t have children. Today I’m going to address turning that question around. I have a lot more personal experience with...
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The baby question, part 3
I’ve spent the last couple of days talking about the appropriateness of questioning people’s choice to parent or not parent. You can read the previous entries by clicking the link on the Blog Series...
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6 reasons not to waste your money…
…because your daughter is just going to stay home and have babies anyway. Last week, several friends were kind enough to bring to my attention this awful piece on why parents shouldn’t send their...
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She may call you up tonight
Time for a cute story about my ten-year-old. For those of you who know him in person, this probably won’t come as much of a shock. Yesterday, as usual on days when he has band, I picked him up from...
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Stay-at-home moms don’t need a defense
All day yesterday, I kept seeing this post cropping up. It’s essentially yet another defense of stay-at-home motherhood, complete with elevating the role of Wife and Mother to a status nearly equal to...
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Ruining our kids
I was already in an irritable mood after seeing Christianity Today refer to Rachel Held Evans as having a “meltdown” because she pointed out the flaw with The Nines conference’s lack of women. It...
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The birds and the bees and…the bees?
It’s a busy day and I don’t have time for my usual overthinking things. Instead, I’m going to share a story from the summer that I can’t believe I’ve never posted. It was the worst (best?)...
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Date Your Daughter
This video appeared in my Facebook feed today. I normally don’t bother with this stuff anymore, but I was bored and curious, so I clicked. If you don’t feel like watching, here’s the summary: Guy...
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How Should She Be Treated?
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking since I posted about the “date your daughter” video. While I stand by everything I said, and I don’t believe I need to apologize or clarify anything, I do have some...
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Deep Thoughts with My Kids
I’m stalling today. I desperately want to do a dozen things, all of which are distractions from the novel I’m supposed to be working on. I’ve also charged myself with writing a blog post a week that...
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