Tag: children
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Trials of being a parent
Being a parent is like fighting for a seat on a RyanAir flight. Everyone is out for themselves and the weak are trampled.
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Good for kids!
Google Maps has this thing where it lets you know if an attraction is “good for kids.” Not sure exactly how well this works, as I found this while looking […]
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Almost charitable, but not quite
What do you want for your birthday, son? Instead of a gift for me, I want to give it to someone else. Wow! That’s very charitable of you! Who would […]
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There IS enough room on this sidewalk for the both of us!
On this week’s episode of the Life in the Land of the Ice and Snow podcast, Steve, from England, and host of the podcast “The Experience Designers”, tells us how […]
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The modern family
As I’m sitting here typing this in my nice comfy slippers from my iPad, my husband plays games on his RetroPie from the bed, my oldest son is using Skype […]
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Children are our future
My husband gave a presentation to a 4th grade class yesterday and asked the kids how they veiw the future and what new technologies they think we will have 50 […]
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Lucia madness
December 13th in Sweden is Lucia day. It’s basically a celebration of light in the darkness, based on an Italian saint who had her eyes gouged out (really gets kids […]
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Dress Code
In my old hometown newspaper from Texas, there is an article this week about a sophomore student in high school asking the School Board to remove the ban on boys […]
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Toothbrush thoughts
My son had a good dentist appointment this week and the dentist gave him a new toothbrush when he left. He took it out of the wrapper and slowly ran […]
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Chores
Sometimes my husband and I wonder what our kids might say to a therapist when they get older. Last week, we got a little preview from our 9-year old. We […]
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Life NOT better for Brits in the 80s
I’m not talking about Margret Thatcher or the Falklands War. I’m talking about THIS horrible show, watched by British children in the 1980s. A moment of silence please, for the […]
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My children are brought to you by …
One drawback of having children in Sweden who NEVER see t.v. commercials is that they become quite overwhelmed by them when we visit the U.S. After about a week, my […]
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Unappreciative kids
For some reason, my kids weren’t into the new board game I bought them.
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An 8-yr old’s New Years Resolutions
My 8 year old has informed me that he made it through 2015 without throwing up once and this is again his New Year’s Resolution for 2016. I fully support […]
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A Swedish Halloween
Happy Halloween all! We had a Halloween dinner last night at a friends’ house and the kids got to go trick-or-treating. That’s right – LAST NIGHT, October 30. But this […]
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Stupid parenting moments
Son: Mamma, what’s tinder? Me: It’s a dating website for adults. Son: Um….. Club Penguin says I need to find tinder for making a fire. Me: Oh.
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Why kids love medical books
My youngest son was asked to do a short book report the other day on any book he wanted. He chose the book about sickness and diseases that he got […]
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The importance of parents
The other day, my husband and I walked down to the post office (a ten minute walk) to pick up some packages. Before we left, we told our television watching […]
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Wise words from the waterslide
I was standing at the top of the waterslide behind an 8 yr old and his 4 yr old brother waiting for my turn. The 8 yr old instructed his […]