Social Issues

People Watching with Kids

by Wendy Kwasny on April 3, 2012

My children are always watching, listening, and absorbing everything that going on around them. Even when I think my son is otherwise occupied, with his nose in an iPad book, like Jack and the Beanstalk, he’ll lift his head and ask a question or add to our conversation. It’s always a slightly shocking reality check [...]

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All in the Attitude

by Wendy Kwasny on December 20, 2011

Yesterday, I had a really bad day.  At least, it seemed really bad at the time. First, I found a black widow in my boot, while I was wearing it.  Then, at the store, I collected a whole shopping cart of cold supplies only to discover I left my wallet at the restaurant the night [...]

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Gender Confusion?

by Wendy Kwasny on December 8, 2011

As we were leaving the grocery store the other day, a man stopped and said, “See ya later pal!” to my daughter Ivy, who was sitting in the cart, decked in pink and brown, playing with a toy truck.  I smiled and moved along realizing that most everyone that at engaged with Ivy at the [...]

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