8 Things Never To Say In Front Of Children

Wednesday, June 20, 2012 8 Things Never To Say In Front Of Children As a child, I envisioned adulthood as the gateway to a smorgasbord of freedoms. (For me, freedom was the ability to eat cookie dough without worrying about salmonella, which may suggest I needed bigger dreams, but that's not the point.) I wasn't wrong. Being a grownup does carry with it a certain amount of autonomy and independence. (In addition to cookie dough, I've eaten vats of cake batter.) However, if maturity brought me to the doorway of liberty, parenthood slammed it in my face. For the full story, click here. Mom Of Dying Toddler Asks All Parents To Eat Ice Cream With Their Kids How Much Exercise You Should Really Do While Breastfeeding WATCH: Hilarious '16 And Pregnant' Spoof Woman Claims She Was Fired For Having A Baby LOOK: Is This The Coolest Dollhouse Ever? BLOG POSTS Sec. Arne Duncan: My Most Important Job A few days ago, I went to my 10-year-old daughter's band concert. It was a great evening, and after the show a few parents told me they were surprised I'd made it, considering my schedule -- which got me thinking. Robyn Griggs Lawrence: Belated Letter To A Teen Who Mattered Was I too busy to walk across the field that separated us and tell you that I cared? I'm not sure whether I hate myself more for thinking that or for knowing that I was scared to reach out to you. I worried about interfering in someone else's business, and I worried that it would be weird to have this older woman, someone else's mom, step into your life. Lee Woodruff: My Daughter's Startling Response To A Spa Invitation Had my puritanical approach to parenting been so extreme that my child's first response to a spa trip invitation was to cock her head suspiciously and look for a chemo IV? Eva Glettner: 'Don't Touch The Toilet!' Confessions of a Germaphobe I grab a paper towel to turn on the faucet. I flush with my foot. I try to do this discreetly because I don't want my kids to copy my OCD habits. Unfortunately, the little buggers have caught on. Laura Rossi Totten: Why I Hate Summer Summer is anything but easy living for us.

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