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Today’s Teens: Sheltered, Tamed and Organized

My oldest son Edison, who is now sixteen, was invited to stay for a few days with a friend, whose parents live on a vineyard in Napa Valley. We live in Los Angeles. So I checked Amtrak, and found a not-too-circuitous route involving an Amtrak bus, a train, and another bus. It seemed like just the right kind of adventure for a 16 year-old.

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It’s A Toy?

The following is a guest post by Stuart Perkins of Storyshucker

It was still cold the day I noticed that in spite of an unyielding winter determined to wear out its welcome, the local hardware store has taken a leap of faith by filling its storefront and walkway with a grand display of all things summer. I saw birdbaths, a gleaming row of new lawnmowers, and a stack of wading pools depicting smiling cartoon elephants …

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The Last Thing You Want To Hear At 1 AM

Your house alarm system is triggered in the middle of the night, you’re home alone with your kids. Quick. What do you do? 321go.The answer, probably, is that it depends. There is a decision process that happens in a matter of seconds and there some things worth considering, should you find yourself in this situation, as I did last week.As a little background: I took a course (NLS) to …