Dear Saffron
Someday you will be a teenager. And when that day comes you may start to have feelings for other teens. The way they smell, the way the smile, the way they laugh. All of these things might start to make you feel like smiling and giggling and blushing. And if, heaven help you, you [...]
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A little boy rode into my yard, tossed his bike down, and asked “Where are the kids?”
I stifled a laugh as I pointed him into the house, where Evan and Trey were already amassing an army of neighborhood boys looking for action. This latest recruit marched past me wearing Bob the Builder [...]
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There was a time when I wanted a daughter. A girl that I could share the stuff of female-ness with.
I got 2 boys.
But that was OK. The more I looked around the world and looked back on my own experiences, the more I decided trying to raise a girl was tough. And [...]
Arwyn of Raising My Boychick has a great post up on teaching sons not to be rapists. I want to “yes! yes! yes!” the entire post.
Dearest has been known to give me the raised eyebrow when he hears me tell the boys “No means no.” He thinks I’m jumping the gun here, after all [...]
