Parents With Daughters Vox 2008-07-01T10:02:46Z tag:vox.com,2006:6p00d4142275606a47/ Support for moms and dads who are raising girls Baby Boomers vs Generation Z tag:vox.com,2008-07-01:asset-6a00cdf7e319e6094f00fa9683f59a0003 2008-07-01T07:24:52Z 2008-07-01T10:02:46Z Tara M http://twingirls.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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My extended family has a couple of plots at the city's cemetery -- which happens to be 2 blocks from our house -- and my uncle, grandparents and father have been laid to rest there. The unfortunate thing is that my remaining uncles and dad coul...

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]]> Everybody was kung fu fighting tag:vox.com,2008-06-29:asset-6a00e3989f7c4d000500fa968348340003 2008-06-29T00:50:06Z 2008-07-01T08:00:46Z Emu with a Clue http://catandv.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

J darling harbour V Darling Harbour

We had a nice day yesterday. The day of my daughter's Kung Fu demonstration at one of the city movie cinemas was finally here. It was meant to be in honour of the opening of the movie Kung Fu Panda but was really badly organised so actually coi...

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]]> Claudia's 9 year Birthday Present tag:vox.com,2008-06-27:asset-6a00cd970f35d34cd500fae8c6eaf4000b 2008-06-27T21:15:25Z 2008-07-02T15:05:00Z JustListenToMe http://justlistentome.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Claudia's 9th B-day Gift - 1 Claudia's 9th B-day Gift - 2 Claudia's 9th B-day Gift - 3

Here is one of the presents I got Claudia for her birthday, which is on August 2nd. She already has 4 American Girl dolls, but she's been wanting these two...Molly & Emily...for awhile now. She had asked for one or the other, but since she did ...

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]]> Like a virgin... tag:vox.com,2008-06-26:asset-6a00e398a6d82f000100fad69436e60005 2008-06-26T17:53:59Z 2008-06-30T18:33:38Z IrishLuckyLass http://irishluckylass.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom I was eight years old when I learned about the "birds and bees." It was a sunny afternoon, I had just dropped my backpack down at the front door and went straight to the kitchen for a snack. My mom was in there getting some stuff ready for dinne...

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]]> Saturday morning comprehension fun! tag:vox.com,2008-06-14:asset-6a00e3989f7c4d000500fad69133c10004 2008-06-14T03:26:02Z 2008-06-16T00:31:42Z Emu with a Clue http://catandv.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Gold Apple - huge resolution! The Shape Game V+m.jpg The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales (Pantheon Fairy Tale & Folklore Library)

Wouldn't you just hate to have a frustrated English teacher for a parent at age 9? My daughter has been having a bit of trouble with comprehension tests at school lately (probably because she is not terribly keen on reading) so this morning I got...

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]]> Vox Hunt: Happy Father's Day tag:vox.com,2008-06-18:asset-6a00e3989f7c4d000500fad69188730005 2008-06-18T01:54:39Z 2008-06-19T00:14:06Z Emu with a Clue http://catandv.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Dad and me 1 Dad and me 2 Dad Grandad and me

Show us a picture of your father. Better late than never! I don't have a scanner so these are photos of photos. This first one was probably taken in late 1967 judging by the size of me. This one would be 1968 and was taken on the verandah of o...

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]]> Vox Hunt: Summer is Here tag:vox.com,2008-06-22:asset-6a00e3989f7c4d000500fa96812f220003 2008-06-22T03:24:00Z 2008-06-22T06:26:56Z Emu with a Clue http://catandv.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Cronulla in May

Show us summer. I have posted this previously but this is almost WINTER in Sydney! Just about to take the kids out to shoot some hoops at the local netball courts and take advantage of another sunny Winter day.

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]]> Queen bees and wannabes tag:vox.com,2008-06-24:asset-6a00e3989f7c4d000500fad69359d40005 2008-06-24T01:01:52Z 2008-06-25T00:42:07Z Emu with a Clue http://catandv.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Queen Bees and Wannabes: Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends, and Other Realities of Adolescence

The title of this post is actually the title of a book by American author, Rosalind Wiseman about 'helping your daughter survive cliques, gossip, boyfriends and other realities of adolescence'. My daughter, V, is not yet an adolescent but has...

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]]> Trip to the park tag:vox.com,2008-06-23:asset-6a00e3989f7c4d000500fa9680d5770002 2008-06-23T01:40:56Z 2008-06-23T06:54:51Z Emu with a Clue http://catandv.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Winter surfing Spinning V Group problem solving

Yesterday afternoon was sunny but with a cold wind so I took the kids and a friend and Mollie the dog to a different playground to the one we normally go to (which is located on a bay and not very sheltered). My daughter was most unimpressed abo...

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]]> Life QotW: Parenting Advice tag:vox.com,2008-06-23:asset-6a00e3989f7c4d000500fa968178be0003 2008-06-23T01:09:08Z 2008-06-23T03:13:11Z Emu with a Clue http://catandv.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Drawing of me

What parenting tip do you swear by? Never say never! I was reminded of this a few weeks ago when I heard a mother of a toddler swearing black and blue that neither of her children (including the one not yet born) would have cell phones as teenag...

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