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Tuesday, July 20th, 2010
Life is Wild!
By Elaine Stephen I am 52. Yes, it surprises me too! My son is 7, adopted and an only child. Life is wild! When I say wild, I don’t mean my life is chaotic and out of control. I mean it’s fun, busy, challenging, heart warming and humbling. Several times a day my son makes [...]
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Friday, July 9th, 2010
Time Magazine Supports Only Child Myth
I didn’t think I would see the day. Time Magazine’s July 19th edition (due to hit newsstands today) contains a cover story called “The Only Child Myth”. You can read an excerpt here, but I for one will be buying the issue at my local grocery store. The only-children myth started in 1896 when Granville [...]
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Monday, June 28th, 2010
Only Child in Private School
My husband and I both went to public school. We each got a good education and subsequently got good jobs. There is certainly nothing wrong with the public school system as evidenced by our experience. That being said, we have decided to send our only child to private school. We feel private school offers just [...]
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Sunday, June 27th, 2010
Trials of Only Child Parenting
Well, I promised to post daily for 30 days and I am not being as faithful as I hoped. Silly me for thinking I would have plenty of time on my hands when I went part-time. I am spending more time with Joshua (my ultimate goal) but I think I increased the expectations on myself [...]
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Monday, June 21st, 2010
Only Children Can be a Pleasure
I wish those of you on the fence about whether to have an only child could see my son. He is such a pleasure. Today we painted the bedroom…he helped. : ) He was happy for the most part to play in my bedroom while I worked…I helped with his Legos when he needed it. [...]