Posted by Unknown | 4:26 PM

We seem to be a pretty pro-toy gun bunch: over 60% of the respondents to my poll said they let their boys play with toy guns unrestricted. ...

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Posted by Unknown | 9:37 AM

And in interesting boy news today, we have this story of a fifteen-year-old boy who was trying to raise 53 baby birds in his room. His mothe...

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Posted by Unknown | 11:03 AM

I do not want to live my life in constant conflict with my kids. In fact, that's why I try to use more peaceful parenting techniques, w...

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Posted by Unknown | 12:43 PM

I love finding a great read-aloud book. The Legend of Vinny Whiskers tells the tale of Boomerang Lookout, a young prairie dog with a lege...

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Posted by Unknown | 9:36 AM

I know -- I sound like a representative of the NRA . In reality, nothing could be further from the truth; I actually think some gun control ...

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Posted by Unknown | 8:32 AM

After I wrote about the contents of our toyroom , another boy mama wrote in with a question: OMG! My son just (to my horror!) discovered ......

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Posted by Unknown | 7:43 AM

This pic, to me, is what Dads are all about. You can't really see my husband -- he's more of a background-guy here than anything e...

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Posted by Unknown | 1:37 PM

1. Sunscreen really does need to be applied often. The older three boys and I spent yesterday at America's largest waterpark . Having...

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Posted by Unknown | 9:00 AM

Please welcome another blogathon blogger, Sarah E. Ludwig. Sarah is the mom to four mostly wonderful kids, 11-year-old fraternal twin girl...

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Posted by Unknown | 7:36 PM

....your toyroom contains: 2 ride-on toys (1 Kawasaki four-wheeler and 1 John Deere tractor) 4 tractors 2 barns about a zillion Lincoln Logs...

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Posted by Unknown | 9:33 AM

Believe it or not, summer is probably the most stressful time of year for me. The popular image of summer is lazy days and sleeping in, swim...

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Posted by Unknown | 8:56 AM

Sandra had a great comment on my post, " Trust ." She said exactly what I've been thinking today: I wish there was a crysta...

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Posted by Unknown | 11:25 AM

After ripping on McDonald's yesterday, I'm here to admit that I'm a complete hypocrite. Ethically, I think McDonald's reach ...

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Posted by Unknown | 6:51 AM

Today's blogger, Amy Rauch Neilson, is another writer I met during the May blogathon . Although we'd never met before, we're c...

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Posted by Unknown | 12:11 PM

"Boy development is trustworthy." -- Michael Thompson, author of It's a Boy How often do we worry about our sons? When th...

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Posted by Unknown | 12:01 PM

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Posted by Unknown | 8:56 AM

As far as regular bedtimes go, most of us fall into the "More or Less" camp. I'll admit: I wasn't sure what to vote. I...

0 comments Labels: childcare, family, health, homeschool, living with boys, naps, nights, parenting, sleep, unschooling

Posted by Unknown | 10:20 AM

Please meet another one of the May blogathoners , Danielle Buffardi of Horrible Sanity . (Check it out -- I'm guest blogging over there ...

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Posted by Unknown | 6:33 PM

Boys with the "warrior gene" are more likely to join gangs and act violently. That's the result of a new study by researchers ...

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Posted by Unknown | 10:41 AM

It's summer -- and with summer comes sports. For us, the main sport of the summer is baseball. My husband plays in two softball leagues...

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Posted by Unknown | 2:21 PM

My three-year-old had a particularly dirty nose this morning. "What happened to your nose?" I asked. "How did it get so dirt...

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Posted by Unknown | 12:14 PM

Today started with no real plan. Boy #3 had speech this morning and gymnastics and baseball scheduled later this afternoon. (I know -- I thi...

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Posted by Unknown | 10:20 AM

academically. A study published today in Business First found that in western New York: Girls outnumber boys in the ranks of elite students...

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Posted by Unknown | 1:07 PM

Yesterday we picked stones. If you're from around here -- rural southeastern Wisconsin -- you probably know what I mean. If not, well, ...

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