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Dim Sum and Doughnuts

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Just Part Of Being A Girl

August 15, 2017

You know, it’s funny. After all the summers I spent living at Camp Tanuga, I never really paid attention to the differences between boys and girls until my visits this summer. I think it's because … [Read more...] about Just Part Of Being A Girl

Filed Under: Camp Life, Friendship, Parenthood & Parenting Tips Tagged With: adoption blog, adoption blogger, boy campers, boy life, camp letters, camp life, camp vibes, differences between boys and girls, girl campers, girl drama, girl life, girls are complicated, growing up, growing up is hard, overnight camp, parenting blog, part of growing up, tween girl behavior

Not Everybody Is Going To Like You

January 9, 2017

  The other day, after school, one of my daughters was blah blah blah about some game she and her friends were playing at recess. I stopped her because the story was taking like 3 hours, and … [Read more...] about Not Everybody Is Going To Like You

Filed Under: Friendship, Marriage and Family, Parenthood & Parenting Tips Tagged With: friendship, growing up, growing up is hard, Haters Gonna Hate, love your tribe, mean girls, Mom Blog, mom blogger, Shake it off, tribe

If You Should Fall

August 8, 2016

During the winter of 2015, one of my friends posted a video chronicling three different athletes and their road to the Olympics. The video started on the ice when the athletes were babies. They were … [Read more...] about If You Should Fall

Filed Under: Camp Life, Marriage and Family, Parenthood & Parenting Tips Tagged With: Getting back on the horse, growing up is hard, New normal, no pain no gain, parenting blog, part of growing up, pay it forward, summer camp blog

When You’re Feeling Left Out

July 31, 2016

In the last month, five different people from five different age groups have said something to me about feeling "left out” of friendships.  FIVE different people. FIVE different age groups. I guess … [Read more...] about When You’re Feeling Left Out

Filed Under: Friendship, Marriage and Family, Parenthood & Parenting Tips Tagged With: feeling left out, FOMO, Good friends, growing up, growing up is hard, hurt feelings, mean girls, metro detroit blogger, not including everyone, part of growing up

Zero Tolerance For Zero Tolerance

May 16, 2014

I have a 7 year old daughter who takes ballet every Tuesday. She doesn’t like when I watch, so I don’t (until the last 5 minutes, because then it’s too late for her to get mad at me). … [Read more...] about Zero Tolerance For Zero Tolerance

Filed Under: Camp Life, Parenthood & Parenting Tips Tagged With: acceptance, Be Kind, camp life, growing up, growing up is hard, kids, parenting blogger, Parenting Hack, Tolerance

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