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A good Wednesday read for your Wednesday

Psychologist Wednesday Martin is writes about step families. From her recent post on Psychology Today: “It’s hardest for stepmothers. The longitudinal studies of stepfamily life by psychologists James Bray and Mavis Hetherington and sociologist Constance Ahrons show that kids of all ages resent getting a stepmother more than getting a stepfather, and that they resent [...]

Little baby pumpkin eater

I’m having a love affair with the pumpkin. I don’t know why I ever felt the squash was too big or unwieldy to bake—I guess I just always trusted Libby to take care of any prep issues I might have had. I recently had a bit of s shock. You know those tiny little pumpkins [...]

She’s the victim

I have no idea how it happened. I don’t know the lead in, or how they arrived at that fateful moment. Instead, my mind draws pictures using the stories of thousands of girls like her, whose aggressors were nowhere near the public eye. I see the stereotype of a starry-eyed girl, quietly swooning over the [...]