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  • Elementary School

    This is Not Your Mother’s Childhood

    Stacey Conner November 5, 2020 Elementary School

    by Stacey Conner. My third child started Kindergarten this year and I watched in amazement. No kid was ever so comfortable with a school, so certain. He’d been picking up his older brother and sister for two years. He’d been to every party, walked every hall.

    school, bullies, reading, motherhood, parenting, mamalode, empathy, loneliness, confidence, siblings, military, moving

    One Drop Off

    Jennifer Savage August 8, 2020 Elementary School

    Savagemama celebrates the first day of school because both of her kids are now in the same school.

    school, elementary, drop off, schedule, parenting, commute, motherhood, savagemama

    She Walks Alone

    Stacey of onefunnymotha December 1, 2019 Elementary School

    Mom tries to motivate other parents to allow their kids to walk alone to middle school. 

    mamalode, motherhood, daughter, walk, parenting

    Extreme Measures

    Dori September 13, 2019 Elementary School

    Mom goes to extreme measures to get her kids to stop fighting with each other.

    swearing, chores, discipline, sibling rivalry, sibling fighting, tattling, accusing siblings

    Stumped

    Jennifer Savage September 11, 2019 Elementary School

    Savagemama struggles with professional ambition.

    death, accident, neighbors, community, career, ambition, reality, identity

    Wild Things

    Stacey Conner September 9, 2019 Elementary School

    When good intentions go bad, mom has to tame the beast.

    discipline, wild, choice, motherhood, tantrum, empathy, compassion

    When Lice Attack

    Jennifer Savage August 31, 2019 Elementary School

    Mom found lice infested in her daughters hair.  The sight of the bugs will haunt her for the rest of her life.

    lice, hygiene, school, daughters, nits, anxiety, laundry, bugs

    Home Alone

    Stacey of onefunnymotha August 20, 2019 Elementary School

    I could be quite happy reading and writing and never leaving my home.

    alone, home, identity, tv, remote, quiet, responsibility

    Someone Like You

    Cecilia Garcia-Velez August 8, 2019 Elementary School

    I love music but cannot produce it in a way that is pleasant to humans. 

    music, daughter, performance, fear, stage fright, proud

    How To Get Your Child To Open Up About The Things That Matter

    Kate Orson November 12, 2018 Elementary School

    They open-up when we listen, when we play, when we give them time, and create a space in which they can start a converstation.

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