I know that most of my friends think parenting is something you do with young children. By the time you send them off to college, the job is done. Well, I have found out otherwise. Actually, I always thought otherwise. I have one child who goes to school at the University at Buffalo. I… Continue reading Parenting Long Distance
I know, you are thinking I must be drinking early in the day. Who has ever heard of an email alarm clock? I turn my computer off every night and, well, how would that work? No, that is not quite the method I am looking at today. I open my email first thing every morning… Continue reading The Email Alarm Clock
Yes, I have come upon a new stage in my life. You may ask how I know but it is easiest to tell you all the pieces that pointed me to this conclusion. First, my oldest child was in a wedding this past weekend. Not as a ring bearer or any such thing. He was… Continue reading Another Stage in My Life
Well, no, I didn’t run over someone and not fess up or steal anything. This is a parental ethical dilemma. My daughter gave me one of her brand new textbooks from her first semester at college. She has since changed majors and schools. I had originally given her the money to pay for her textbooks.… Continue reading Ethical Dilemma
Yes, I have previously let my oldest son “entertain” or “host” a sibling but the first time I did this, he was living in a dorm room and his sister was looking at the college he went to. He didn’t do the actually rooming with him but found a female friend for her to stay… Continue reading A New Part of Parenting
I have decided I truly have no life. Last night was the first Friday of summer. You would think, being single and all, that I would have wonderful plans. Well, I had a good night but I am sure the plans were not what people would expect of a single person. My youngest was at… Continue reading Truly No Life
While I sometimes curse that my 18 year old is too independent, I think it is important for parents to raise children who know how to live and move without their parents around to tell them how. To that end, the oldest five of my six children – the youngest to some extent also, have… Continue reading Raising Independent Children
I always thought this was a question I needed to examine only for college breaks. Believe it or not, last year with three kids in college, none of them had the same spring break. This made dealing with the external things – extra laundry, more food at meals – was not difficult. The more difficult… Continue reading How do you, as a parent, live with a college student?
I always knew that at least one of my six children would finally hit that stage where they were immortal and I knew nothing. Well, it has taken a long time as most of my kids still believe I know everything – a hard job and a well-placed network of “spies” will accomplish that. We… Continue reading Immortality and the Always Wrong Parent
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