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Your new neighbour and her three-year-old daughter are over for a visit. Things are going beautifully until your little guest grabs a toy from your daughter and runs off with it. You’re hoping her mom will step in but – surprise! – she does nothing.…

Back to School Buying

September 2, 2010

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While eating breakfast today, I watched as young models paraded up and down the set of a popular television program. Trudy, wearing skinny black jeans and a black t shirt stopped to pose and smile as the host oohed and aahed over her cool back…

Confident Kids, Back-to-School and Beyond

September 1, 2010

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Loss of family pet

September 1, 2010

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Anyone who knows me can attest to my being a cat fanatic. My younger daughter, Chloe, and her friends, often play a game where they go around the house in search of cat paraphernalia – not hard to find – and then will share the…

Coping with kids returning home from university

May 18, 2010

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I remember, as if it were yesterday, tearful telephone conversations with my friend as she anticipated her first born child leaving home, bound for a University a few hours drive away from home. Between sobs, she shared her worries about how he would fend for…

On Clutter and Mental Health

April 1, 2010

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(revised) Picture this. You’ve just left the kitchen after dinner clean up and you’re looking forward to some mindless television watching as a way of winding down after a long day. As you walk past the dining room, your mood shifts suddenly as that darn…