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Viva Sarah Press

Reading with my kids to keep up on conversation

I’ve started to read the series again – to be able to hold detailed discussions with her.

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Math vs Tuna: First day back at school

00:15 - “Mommy, I can’t sleep.” “Are you feeling okay?” “Yes. Pick a number.” “It’s after midnight, you have school tomorrow. Let’s try...

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Raising three personalities

How three children with the same upbringing can be – and are – so different.

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Did you take a Bucharest bookstore selfie?

Bookstores sell other people’s stories. They also tell the stories of the place they’re in. Bucharest's impressive Carturesti, on...

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Applying clowning principles to parenting

My 12-year-olds had a tweenager quarrel. He said. She said. It happened suddenly while we were sightseeing. On a hot day. In the sun. So,...

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Luck vs. Lack of Lockers

Here's what I learned this year as two of my kids moved from primary to middle schools: You need luck (which comes with a side order of...

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Grapes of Wrath (Clowning and Parenting)

The tweenager woke up angry. Everyone was to blame. Her youngest brother “took” her spot on the couch. Even though she had vacated said...

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Counting down to random events

School is around the corner. Summer is almost over. But those two facts are irrelevant to one of my seventh-graders (twins, I have two...