Two nights ago my 7 year old was begging me to check her backpack for a super important piece of paper. The paper was detailed instructions on how to sign up for an app, including a code to add my specific child once I did. I am all about apps. I am all about technology in general. Anything to make
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Being that I can serve in both the roles, educator and parent, I get that there is a line between negligence and hovering that we hope parents can find. But even knowing that the line exists, I frequently feel like I am trying to find it while blindfolded with nobody to guide me. Even when I do find the middle, it is so difficult to stay there.
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If you give a girl a hammer, she’s going to ask you for some nails.
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Nobody tells you that your heart will break a thousand times through being a parent, and it will hurt worse than it could ever hurt for itself.
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I loved school when I was young. All ages, all grades, almost all teachers. I felt sad when summer approached. I wanted to stay bottled in each grade, neatly wrapped next to my classmates and favorite books. I got teary eyed saying goodbyes and counted down the days until school started again. Now as a parent, I get to experience
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Photo used with Creative Commons License from http://www.flickr.com/photos/familyclan/15945487426 When I was in labor with my first child I could hear continuous screams of agony coming from the room next to mine. I already had my epidural at this point so I had lots of time to send silent prayers into the hospital ceiling for the woman next to me who was
Read moreI never floss my teeth when I am on vacation. This thought occurred to me when I looked in my husband’s travel bag and spotted dental floss. I don’t know why this is. I’m an avid flosser when I’m at home. It is not like the small spool would add weight to my bags or take up precious packing space. I
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It has been a few weeks since Parent Teacher Conferences and I feel like I can almost write about it now. Almost. I knew going into it that it wouldn’t be good. It is hard not to know when your child has been involved in four physical altercations by the second month of school. It is hard not to know
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I am looking for a word. If I had lost it I am certain it would be found under the heaps of papers littering my daughter’s bed. Wedged in between the scissors she slept on top of, the four books she started last night, and three different journals she has abandoned. It would be dotted with craft pom poms and
Read moreMy latest blog is up on Huffington Post Parents. This isn’t quite how I would have summarized it… but OK! Check it out here and you can come up with a better clip. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/megan-egbert/parenting-in-the-time-of-viral_b_5942154.html
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Chop Wood, Carry Water 