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Live with your children, not through them.
Live with your children, not through them. The Night, their Night belongs to them. Share their world, but let it be their world. The need their own time and space. And in turn they will always be yours.
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Middle School Teachers – The Truly Brave Souls
Not all Middle School Teachers are Drama teachers. All Middle School Teachers are Anti-Drama teachers. If you live with a child age 12-14 you’ll know exactly what I’m talking about. And don’t forget to...
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Standardized testing and the value of the GREAT TEACHER
How was school? I’m a mom so I have to ask. Clara started the infamous STAR Testing this week for the 8th grade. STAR Testing is the State of California’s Standardized Testing and Results which...
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Hot days, growing up and being a mom…and a Vampire…
Summer is here. I know it is only May 11, but when it is 90F outside it is summer to me. The teens need shorts and summer shirts NOW. There are sales. We have time. But it is so hot and bright and...
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Bullies are just a waste of human flesh
I talk about parenting and issues that kids go through. Bullies and being different are top topics here and on other blogs. My friend and neighbor Kelly shared a few experiences with me. Kelly When...
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What we’re talking about – working, parenting priorities, self-harm, odds and...
School is out so news and current events aren’t in the forefront in the world of my teens (now 14 and 17.) We’re still talking about serious issues. I’m going to cover a lot of issues right now, some...
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A little help from my friends…
As a child I never asked for help. At least never with anyone outside of my family. I’d be the kid in the back who watched and waited and figured, or not, things out by myself. Asking for help showed...
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The Ultimate Luxury (from the Vampire)
The word Vampire and luxury are synomymous. We’re known for our sumptuous clothing, grand houses, decadent lifestyle and living on the edge. So this morning when I was a writing prompt about “a luxury...
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Musings on Parenting – My heart and soul as a parent
We’ve been having a lot of Halloween fun with “Halloween Hotties” and other spooky and silly Vampire fun but today I want to get back to my core as a parent. Below is my famous list of what I feel, and...
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It Was a Dark Stormy Night – Kids, Vampires and Thoughts On Life
If you’re a parent don’t assume anything about people without children. They aren’t like the Baroness in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang or the Witch in Hansel and Gretel. Note: My husband Teddy always has a...
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My child
Childhood has gone by so quickly that I am almost in a panic knowing that I will be in a house without children. That said I know that we will always be as close as two souls can be, a bond that will...
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What I Give as a Mom
I’ve been a mother without the following: a lot of church, Dr. Who, soccer, tweenkies, parenting books, big mondo strollers, private schools, home schools, Disneyland, hamsters and a spotless house....
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Dear Parent Who Isn’t There
Dear Parent Who Isn’t There, This is to both mothers and fathers. You know who you are. Some of you left your current spouse to marry someone who doesn’t like your kid by the first marriage. You have...
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A Cold Dark Walk…with love
Last night we took a walk in the woods with the kids. It was the last walk before they get back to school. It was the first family walk in twelve years without our dog. We spoke of the past. We spoke...
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Go Throw Your Fit Somewhere Else
The other day I was out in public with a friend. I was wearing heels, something I haven’t done for a while, and I tripped down a couple of steps, and fell. Yes, Vampires do fall occasionally just like...
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Parenting Choices: Allowing your children to have their dreams
Strange but true: I trust my children. I raised them that way. It all goes by so fast… way too fast. That is the hardest thing about being a parent. When I’m asked where my children go to college, or...
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Ask Juliette: Boyfriend vs Kids, Dogs vs Cats, Hairy Palms, and Dreams
Ask Juliette (Ask a Vampire – Advice for Everyone) is a regular feature on Vampiremaman.com The questions come from vampiremaman.com readers. If you have a questions about parenting, Vampires,...
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Better Than Yourself
It is difficult, as a mother, for me to teach my children to despise those who embrace ignorance, hate, and the cult of narcissism, when most of our elected leaders, including the highest office,...
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Parenting: Nothing is By Accident
Today is my daughter’s 18th Birthday. I am no longer the mother of minor children. I can’t even express the love I feel for my children – it is too much to put into words. My daughter is one of the...
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Musings and Conversations with my Millennial Vampire
Between my summer road trip to Lincoln, Nebraska (and the great Western US Adventure), and my trip up to Oregon for the total solar eclipse, I spent time with Garrett. He is my first born, a late...
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