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| Url: | http://www.uncoolmom.com |
| Author(s): | Patricia Long Allbee |
| Language: | English |
| Tags: | Parenting, Life, Family |
| Description: | Celebrates anti-helicopter, no-nonsense parenting and muses on life with two daughters, ages 11 and 15. |
| Ratings |  (18 Ratings) |
| Popularity: | 159 Followers |
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The Twelve Days of Fishmas
| (an edited version of the following, written by me, was printed in the Dallas Morning News on Jan. 31, 2001.)"On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me, a really cool fish tank." My ol...more |
2009-11-30
Growing a Giver
| I know some families who, when giving their kids allowance, or birthday money, or money earned from jobs, or all three, make them divide it up: the kids have to put some aside for savings, some for...more |
2009-11-23
My Elusive Perfect Holiday Season
| Gee... just when I was feeling proud of myself for getting the Halloween decorations put away by Nov. 15... the jingling, snowflake-filled ads on TV are reminding me that in less than two weeks, it...more |
2009-11-19
Disappearing Doos
| Did you know that a lot of women over a certain age never wash their own hair? And they have it "done" only once a week? "That's so GROSS!" say my girls. (Hmmm, if I were them, at least some of th...more |
2009-11-14
Maybe We Should Just Buy A Rooster...
| Jim Fay, co-author of Parenting With Love and Logic (one of my favorite parenting books) often says "You can't make a kid go to sleep, but you can wake him up, so stop trying to control what you ca...more |
2009-11-09
A Day in the Life
| When I was once a part of the 9-5 business world, there was a time I followed the adage, "Don't dress for the job you have, dress for the job you want." So lately I've been thinking maybe I should...more |
2009-11-06
The (Almond) Joys of Parenting
| Ahh, the simple pleasures of being a parent on Halloween-- at the end of the evening, we get all the candy rejects our kids don’t want. This year, out of Emmie’s massive collection of 130 pieces o...more |
2009-11-01
Time to Celebrate
| Isn't "Fall Back Day" the greatest? You know, the day we "fall back" to Standard Time. The day that Daylight Saving Time ends. I like it so much, it just might be my favorite holiday. Oh, I know,...more |
2009-10-29
Witches, Sharks, and The Generation Gap of Fear
| Just in time for Halloween: A study by Finnish researchers says kids get more scared when watching scary movies with their parents than when they're by themselves. According to a new study publish...more |
2009-10-26
Search for a Cure
| I get sidetracked a lot when I'm cleaning the house, but sometimes that's a good thing. Like the other day, when something caught my eye as I was throwing away the "dog newspapers"-- the ones we p...more |
2009-10-20
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My blog is simply about my life. I love to talk about my 3 month old daughter and all the new happenings with her and her milestones. I also like to post anything that I think will be useful to others. Such as how to make homemade laundry detergent and cake balls!
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