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All Children Deserve a Chance at a Better Life
I grew up in inner city Cincinnati, but unlike many of my peers and children in our city, I had a fair chance at a better, healthier, more fulfilling life. Preschool played a big part in my chances....
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Pretty on the Inside
My ten, soon-to-be-eleven-year-old, Liv, is pretty. Yes, of course I’m biased, as most parents are, but she really is. With naturally curly ringlets down her back, just the other day a grown man told...
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Preparing Children for the Path
As my horse and I brought up the rear following a young stable hand, my nine-year-old Levi and my ten-year-old Liv on a recent ride down a steep, muddy path overgrown with tree branches, I was a bit...
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Backbone and Heart
It seems every conversation I’ve had this week has been around the concept of using backbone and heart. According to Mary Beth O’Neill’s book, Executive Coaching with Backbone and Heart, “Backbone...
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Growing Up, Not Apart
When I got remarried and moved in with my husband and his three boys, my then 5 and 6-year-olds started sharing a room again. They’d had their own rooms in our townhouse, but given the fact that we...
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The Power of “No, Thank You” Bites
“Take a ‘no, thank you’ bite,” I sometimes to tell my children in an attempt to get them to try new things. Unlike me, they don’t gravitate towards fruits and vegetables, while I’ve seldom met one of...
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A Mom in Motion
This time last year, I was in the worst physical condition of my life. I’d had surgery in October and was supposed to be on medical leave for six weeks. Instead it was nine. Then I had a second...
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Good Neighbors, Great Friends
We’ve lived in our cul-de-sac for a little over four years and up until this summer my nine-year-old son Levi has been frustrated that he didn’t have a buddy in the neighborhood. Sure, we’ve got...
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Presence Trumps Presents
Last week my baby turned ten. As hard as it was for me to accept that he’s double digits, the fact that he didn’t want any toys was even harder. Though he’s interested in things most 10-year-olds are,...
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I’m Not Saying Goodbye
Last month I celebrated my four year anniversary at 4C for Children. From day one I’ve blogged for Blink – and They’re Grown. The bittersweet fact that I’m moving on to a new opportunity as a Step Up...
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