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Momfidence! cheers on commonsense parenting and sighs at the rest. How to worry less, wing it more. A.k.a. parenting by the seat of my mid-rise mom jeans.
About Paula Spencer
I'm the author of Momfidence! An Oreo Never Killed Anybody and Other Secrets of Happier Parenting, and a mom of four in Chapel Hill, North Carolina (where you cannot even buy Oreos at the two groceries nearest to my home).
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No Birthday Presents for the Little Obamas?!July 24, 2008
Am I the only one who found it a wee bit startling that Mr and Mrs Barack Obama don't give their children birthday presents OR Christmas presents?
Apparently so says tomorrow's People magazine. I dunno...sounds kind of Grinchy and joyless to me. The girls are 7 and 10! I never met a mom who could resist buying a birthday present for a seven-year-old. Surely there are better ways to "teach limits" (their given reason). Like, you could limit it to two or three presents. Or set yourself a dollar limit. Or leave limits to discipline and let celebrations be...fun. I read somewhere else the 10-year-old does five different activities (piano, dance, etc) and the younger, four. More fun. |
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