Once again my son is contemplating the existence of a real Santa Claus. He knows the mall Santas are mere mortals dressed in costume. I do believe he worries that if he says aloud that there may not be a...
Topics: christmas, letter, Life, macys, santa

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My son is now making these Pick a Number things. I guess some simple games never go out of style.I picked Red and 1....looks like I "will win 1,000,000 dollars." Hope this fourtune is true.
Topics: games, parenting, preteen, teenager

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hmmm..... Trivia Question:1. What star of The Breakfast Club was also part of the orginal cast of The Facts of Life? The readers with the most correct cumulative Tuesday Teen Trivia answers will be recognized in the Tuesday Teen Trivia...
Topics: breakfast club, facts of life, parenting, preteen, ringwald, teenagers, teens, trivia, Tuesday Teen Trivia

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The third week of school and my son was suspended from the school bus for a week. The crime - talking to loudly. He was not saying mean things, he was not cussing, he was not name calling, he was...
Topics: bus, parenting, preteen, school, teenager, teens

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Somehow my son managed to not have any homework with first two weeks of middle school. Well, the honeymoon is over. Yesterday he came home with homework in three different subjects. He sat at the kitchen table for a while...
Topics: homework, Life, parenting, preteen, teenager, teens

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