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Give Me Some Credit!

Actual conversation with The Grouch (18, going on 2, who was home for the holidays): Grouch: I can’t send in my credit card payment. I can’t find the envelope. Mother: You can send them in with any envelope. The address is on the statement. Grouch: You can do that? Mother: Yep. Grouch: (Holding his check [...]

To Science, or Not to Science

I ran across this study this weekend. A bunch of kids in 7th grade (11 and 12) were polled about future career choices. The results were tabulated against parents’ careers, and the student’s own later education. The results show that kids in the 11 and 12 year age range have a pretty good idea of [...]

And in this Corner–the Teenager

You can’t win. Really. Just give it up. Just when I thought I had a handle on how to deal with teens, I find out I’m DOING IT ALL WRONG. Not that that’s unusual, in any way. But it is a pain in the keester. As faithful readers of my blog know, I am a [...]