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Keeping Valentine’s Day Simple and Sweet

Despite the fact that Valentine’s Day can be a bit of a contrived holiday, kids seem to love it. And with six kids in my family, it has traditionally been a very busy holiday in my household. It’s a huge undertaking to oversee the completion of Valentine’s cards for all the school friends, neighborhood kids,…

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How Did I Turn Into a 1950’s Housewife?

When a teenager, I always swore to myself that I would never be dependent on a man. I was going to have my own, successful career, I would have my own, separate bank account, and if my husband and I had shared finances, I would know everything about them down to the penny.

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Behold The Magic of The Six M’s

The following is a guest post by Jeff Lantos, a 5th grade teacher at Marquez Elementary School. This week my fellow teachers and I will greet our new students and begin implementing the lessons we’ve outlined in our plan-books.  Most of these lessons will focus on math and language arts.  In fact, most mornings will…

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What Really Bothers Me About The Willow Smith Photo

Imagine this tableau: a pretty 13-year-old girl lies next to a handsome 20-year-old man on a small, messy bed. The man is shirtless. His head is thrown back and he’s laughing. The girl, fully clothed and unsmiling, looks at the camera.Are they friends? Sexual partners? Brother and sister?Moises Arias, who played Rico on the Disney TV show Hannah Montana, and Willow Smith, the young daughter of movie stars Will Smith and Jada …