My first baby is 9 years old, and I have been thinking about how that means that I am midway through parenting him. 9 years more, and he will be 18, moving out and heading to college, making his own choices and finding his way in the world. Of course, I will always be his mother, and I know that my parents continue to parent me, in different ways, now that I am an adult child, but the really intense day to day parenting job is halfway done. Maybe it is this halfway mark that has caused me … [Read more...]











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