parent child relationship

Training Bras, Tweens, and Breasts…Oh My!

December 27, 2011

or Introducing the Over-The-Shoulder-Boulder-Holder to a Tween I’ve noticed; my baby is growing up! Well, this is no surprise really.  I’ve known for a while.  Little things keep happening… she gets pretty crabby, teary, ecstatic around the same time of the month as I do, her skin seems to be changing, I have noticed little [...]

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Sex and the Single Mother…and her Kids

August 24, 2011

There are lots of challenges to being a single mother; Dating when you have small children is one of them. I’m very protective of my girls, as I’m sure you are of your children, as well. I’ve started dating a new guy who I really like.  We’ve have been able to see each other often [...]

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Porn and Realism

March 22, 2011

I received a comment from a dad who had a question about porn and the absence of realism. He writes: I am the father of three boys, 16, 15 and 10. The older two esp. are filled with the usual crap that comes from middle school and high school boyland. The only thing I have [...]

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We’ve Come a Long Way Baby… or Not?

March 3, 2011

All of the opposition to comprehensive sex education and the attacks on sexual health and women’s reproductive rights from the Conservatives or “Pro-life-rs” surrounding the debate over funding Planned Parenthood reminds me of the beginning of chapter 6 from Judith Levine’s book Harmful To Minors: The Perils of Protecting Children from Sex. Abstinence education is [...]

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