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A Parenting Guide to the Theory of Reciprocity
Reciprocity (rĕs’ə-prŏs’ĭ-tē)n., pl., -ties. A reciprocal condition or relationship. A mutual or cooperative interchange of favors or privileges, especially the exchange of rights or privileges of trade between nations. Definition supplied by Answers.com Kids make me laugh, especially when I can take them off guard and one-up them in the intelligence department. Trust me, it doesn’t happen…
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How to Catch a Leprechaun
I’d like to take a moment to thank Mrs. M, my son’s 1st grade teacher, for making a liar out of me. Okay, maybe not for making a liar out of me, but for making me embellish the truth even more than I’ve had to up to this point. It’s bad enough that I’ve fibbed…
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Quips and Quotes Friday
From the Facebook Files If a 9-year old boy says, “I was going to burp but I held it in,” don’t let him sit on your lap! ~ Kelly J-B from her Facebook Wall On the Royal Wedding… Watching any kind of TV with two teenage girls is always an interesting experience, but the Royal…
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Forestry Chic
As a Stay-at-Home-Mom, I don’t have very many opportunities to get dressed up to meet the outside world. My daily “work clothes” consist of a clean pair of jeans and a nice long-sleeved t-shirt that (hopefully) doesn’t happen to have peanut butter or dog slobber smeared all over it. And if I can actually shower…
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Hangin’ onto Patience by a Shoestring
As every parent knows, if you want something done properly, you must be very specific about your expectations. Kids will do absolutely anything to get out of doing what you want, even if it means doing something completely wrong just to win the battle. For instance, when I send my 7-year old to take a…
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Friday’s Quips and Quotes
It’s Friday, and I’d like to introduce a new feature here at Chatty Cathie’s Endless Chatter…Quips and Quotes Friday! Each Friday I’ll attempt to bring you the actual quips and quotes that people say to me – or that I overhear – throughout the course of a normal day. So, sit back and relax and…
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It takes a village…
Raising my children in Minnesota, the one thing I miss is family. I grew up in a small town in Oklahoma on the outskirts of an even smaller town where my father was born and raised. Having lived there his whole life – and my father being one of more than a dozen children my…
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Not Me!
Dear Readers: Due to the content of this particular post, the names and locations of the participants have been changed to protect the “innocent.” Once upon a time, there was a young girl named Penelope. She was the 4th of five children, with the youngest being two years younger, and the elder siblings being 10,…
C.H. Armstrong Books
Official Website of Author & Literary Agent, Cathie Hedrick-Armstrong
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