Category Archives: The Kiddo

Choices

By a. sprout | Published: February 11, 2012
I just filled out the school choice form (online of course) for M.  I think maybe I’ll stop having panic attacks now. This is so very far away from the K-12 school I went to until fourth grade.  Not to mention, I was home schooled for Kindergarten so I have absolutely no idea how it [...]
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I know we don’t talk much.

By a. sprout | Published: February 8, 2012
I know I’m a bad blogger who doesn’t do enough commenting elsewhere, but I need some crowd sourcing help. M, it appears, will NOT clean her room.  She says she is cleaning, but she plays.  She is actively lying to our face about what she is doing.  She tries to stall, asking for something specific [...]
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Rage Against The Pink Princess Machine

By a. sprout | Published: January 27, 2012
Well, if it isn’t the mommy wars, it is the rage against the pink princess machine. I am a child of the 70′s. I am a child of a super feminist mother who was herself raised by a single parent in the 50′s & 60′s.  My mom’s generation had to fight against the idea that [...]
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Promise #1

By a. sprout | Published: January 2, 2012
I will one day see you as an adult, not the child you once were. I will treat you like you are a grown woman, capable of accomplishing anything. There is this post that I’ve had brewing for months.  When I walk down the street, I write posts in my head.  I know now that [...]
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