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Public transportation and the teenage girl
Usually I play chauffeur for my teenage daughter. Until she gets her drivers license, I get her to the practices, performances, parties and other places she can’t walk or bike to (or cons me int… more →
Model Mom
Public transportation and the teenage girl
modelmom wrote 2 months ago: Usually I play chauffeur for my teenage daughter. Until she gets her drivers license, I get her to t … more →
My Mother's Body My Self
modelmom wrote 5 months ago: If I don’t buy a bathing suit this year, it will be my mother’s fault. (Happy Father … more →
Making it clear; trying to listen
modelmom wrote 5 months ago: There are some issues in parenting that are so loud to us as parents, that it’s hard to hear o … more →
Size and reason
modelmom wrote 6 months ago: I just came from Grand Jeté, a terrific dance supply store in St. Paul. Alice needs a lightweight le … more →
Susan for Susan
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modelmom wrote 7 months ago: Count me as one of the millions who have watched and become a big fan of Susan Boyle. I’ve sto … more →
What's the crime?
modelmom wrote 10 months ago: As if it isn’t depressing enough to wake up with reminders of the bad economy, Minnesota winte … more →
More than her clothes
modelmom wrote 10 months ago: This morning sitting in the Jacksonville airport with the ubiquitous CNN broadcast surrounding us on … more →
Puh-lease
modelmom wrote 10 months ago: It’s happened. My daughter has turned into Cher from Clueless. I shouldn’t be surprised. … more →
Blame Barbie
modelmom wrote 10 months ago: I’ve decided that anything Alice is lacking in the feminism department, especially that is off … more →
The Gift of Taking
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modelmom wrote 11 months ago: My own story of learning about giving came when I was 19. That would put us in 1974. In a shopping m … more →
What not to watch (or take too seriously)
modelmom wrote 1 year ago: Yesterday in a moment of feeling brain dead I watched “What Not to Wear.“ If you’r … more →
Why so touchy?
modelmom wrote 1 year ago: It never fails. As soon as someone refers to a mother who does not have a paying job outside the hom … more →
Why is ugly so bad?
modelmom wrote 1 year ago: An article published yesterday in the New York Times talks about an ugly subject. Literally. Sarah K … more →
A woman of some importance
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modelmom wrote 1 year ago: I had the great fortune to meet a real hero. Faouzia Saeed is an alum of the program I teach in (PhD … more →
Close shave
modelmom wrote 1 year ago: Alice started shaving her legs a few years ago. We had lots of discussion about it when she first wa … more →
Moms Rising
modelmom wrote 1 year ago: I have to thank the McCain campaign. If they hadn’t made news by ticking off Moms Rising, I ne … more →
"...what a way to make a living"
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modelmom wrote 1 year ago: Well the research world offers more bad news for women in the workplace. A pretty mediocre article i … more →
The thing about long hair
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modelmom wrote 1 year ago: I’ve been giving this long hair thing some thought. Why do so many girls and women have long h … more →
"There she is..."
modelmom wrote 1 year ago: Miss Bra Burner. Actually, the truth of the matter was that women weren’t burning their bras. … more →
