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Guest Post: Ambition, Your Child, and You

Editor’s note: I’d like you to welcome Kathy Wilson, our latest guest author here at Earnest Parenting. Kathy has quite an essay to share. I’m excited about sharing it in part because I disagree with some of it, and her writing has caused me to think...

FFYF: Back Online Edition

Good Friday, friends! I’m happy to report that the computer which crashed so spectacularly is behaving now. Do I have any idea what went wrong? Nope. But 3 virus scanners assure me that nothing is wrong and all is currently going smoothly. So, I’ll smile...

A Short Pause Due To Technical Difficulties

Hello, friends! Due to a truly spectacular computer crash (new laptop has now decided that the version of Windows it came with is invalid) I do not have access to my email from the last 2 days. Not to worry, the problem is being worked on as I type and I hope to be up...

FFYF: Day Off Edition

Welcome to Fun For Your Friday Saturday, Internets! We’re a day late but well rested here at Earnest Parenting. After several consecutive looooong days of going to the fair, we took yesterday off. And by “off” I mean the boys cleaned their rooms, fed...

Raising an Alpha Male Has its Challenges

When TechnoBoy and The Mercenary were little we refused to tell them who was older. This wasn’t intended as any kind of sociological experiment; we were just trying to keep the playing field balanced. TechnoBoy, who was born first by 5 minutes, was smaller...

FFYF: Clean Chicken Edition

Good Friday, Internets! You’ll be pleased as punch to know that we washed 8 chickens in 45 minutes without injury last evening. Granted, I don’t think we got them as clean as a die-hard poultry showman would, but they’re clean enough. We’re...