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Book Nook: The Good Slope

Motherhood Moments

After Peder was born, in February 2000, I went on maternity leave from The Providence Journal , where I was working as a reporter. I also included in The Good Slope essays I wrote for The Journal when I was working as a reporter, as well as essays I freelanced to various publications over the years. But why stop there?

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Book Nook - Memoirs of an Ordinary Guy: The Everyday Experiences that Changed My Life

Motherhood Moments

It’s a moral surrender and a foolish compromise of perspective and gratitude.” It takes hard work and diligent study,” he acknowledges. “A No Complaints Necessary. “To To complain, in my personal opinion,” Olmes asserts, “is to dishonor the struggles of so many. Find Examples of Others’ Endurance. Most of the time in very small ways.”

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How to Raise Entitled Kids

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

You are too busy with work, charity, and life to make time to play or teach your children. Why should they practice piano or attend baseball tryouts? Over praise them for poor work, or complement them for trying even if they didn’t try hard enough. Don’t make your kid apologize or work it out themselves.

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