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Our Children’s Earth

May 18th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Uncategorized

Guest Post by M. Nicklin
Tar balls reach Key West.  BP Says Tube is Containing One Fifth of the Spill.  BP Spill: The Equivalent of One Exxon Valdez Every Four Days.  These are just some of the many recent headlines about the oil disaster in the Gulf.  I read them daily.  And alarmingly, the news is [...]

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Where Did Everybody Go?

April 24th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized

I became a parent on the later side of the child-bearing age spectrum, and was always comforted by the knowledge that I had virtually unlimited resources to help me through my introduction to parenthood.  My husband had been through it before, so he was the expert burper and diaper changer.  And I am a consummate [...]

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Helicopter Mama

April 5th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized

Today I was thinking about a particular rite of passage of my son’s that is causing me some concern, and suddenly I thought, “When will I stop worrying about every step of my son’s physical and emotional well-being?  We know it’s appropriate and necessary to worry about the safety of a child, but what is [...]

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