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The Parent Trap: Raising Girls “Full Of Awesome” (Self-Esteem)

Betsy_Mc Nov 13, 2011 2

by Betsy McMillin I am raising four girls ages three to fifteen, and I am scared. Cautiously optimistic, yet wary and scared. Every day I, along with countless other parents of young girls, face obstacles that interfere with raising…

The Parent Trap: Is it, Like, Possible To Teach Kids To Not, Like, Use “Like?”

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Oct 16, 2011 0

by, like, Betsy McMillin I, like, was going to be, like, late for class? So I like, hurried and I totally, like bumped right into Mr. Smith? My books and papers went, like, everywhere? I thought I was going to, like, get detention! Sound…

The Parent Trap: Not All Gender Stereotypes Are Evil

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Sep 18, 2011 0

by Wilson Diehl When I imagined having kids, I always and not-at-all-secretly wanted to have a girl. I emotionally prepared myself for sons well before I started having babies—before I’d started having sex, come to think of it (late…

The Parent Trap: I am the Mother You Shun in Wal-Mart

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Sep 11, 2011 11

By Kristina Lakes I am the mother you shun in Wal-Mart. Your disapproving eyes flit from my unbrushed hair to focus upon my four-year-old son, who is dressed in a long-sleeved, fatigue shirt and tight, black-wool leggings, even though it’s…

The Parent Trap: Confessions of a Competitive Parent

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Aug 28, 2011 6

by Wilson Diehl We just returned from a mini-vacation with friends who have a daughter the same age as ours wherein we drank some wine, played in the sand, ate tons of berries, sang many rounds of “Take me out to the ballgame,” polished…

The Parent Trap: How To Not Be One of THOSE Parents Who Hates Parenting

Betsy_Mc Aug 14, 2011 4

by Betsy McMillin One thing I have always hated as a parent is the nay-sayers. The oh-so-wise veteran parents, who upon seeing my bulging belly, or with little ones in tow say, "Oh... just wait!" followed by some horrid tale from the…

The Parent Trap: Kids Teaching Parents

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Jul 31, 2011 0

by Betsy McMillin I wonder if anyone has ever tried to figure out how many hours in our lifetime we, as parents, spend teaching our kids. Of the time we spend each day with our kids, especially the early years, the majority of it has got…

The Parent Trap: R-E-S-P-E-C-T

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Jul 25, 2011 2

by Betsy McMillin Respect for ourselves guides our morals; respect for others guides our manners. ~Laurence Sterne It was typical craziness at my house the other day, eleven kids under the age of 12. Although, when I start out with six of…

The Parent Trap: How To Land Your Kids In Therapy

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Jul 17, 2011 7

by Betsy McMillin I was really excited after my editor told me to check out an article in The Atlantic, "How To Land Your Kids In Therapy," by Lori Gottlieb. Excited because I realized I had touched on something when I wrote both "The…

The Parent Trap: Balancing Truth & Secrecy With Kids When Parents Have Worries

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Jul 10, 2011 2

by Betsy McMillin My 14-year-old daughter came up to me yesterday and asked "Mumma, what's the matter today? You seem really sad." I replied, "Yeah, I got some sad news from a good friend." Sad news? Try monumentally depressing news. From…

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