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Housekeeping, Family, and the Homes that House Us

October 12, 2017October 12, 2017 Ashley Hales

It was in a portable classroom building, a sort of mobile home, where I first learned words and names for the power of story. While my junior high classmates sighed when asked to diagram a sentence for its grammatical parts, I flew to the board to help (Yes, I was that student). I read Tom […]

Dear Portia: My Kids Are Slobs. Help!

October 4, 2017September 26, 2017 Heather Caliri
desiring bad stuff

Dear Portia, How do you get your kids to clean up after themselves? My kids are 12, 10 and 7 and I feel like I’ve tried everything over the years. Chore charts, reward systems, scolding, drawing attention to the mess, calling them back to do it again when it’s not cleaned up properly. IT NEVER […]

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