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5 Practical Ways for Parents to Show Kids the Facts of Financial Responsibility

Justin Bieber Clears a Room

Sarah Smiley | March 28, 2011

In our house, there is no better kid-repellent than the threat of Justin Bieber.

My Calendar is Being Watched

Sarah Smiley | March 21, 2011

You've heard of Facebook stalkers and the traditional stare-in-your-window stalkers, but at my house there is what appears to be a growing trend...

New Phone Number Sparks Emotion

February 28, 2011

Recently Dustin and I decided to change our telephone service. We were paying more than $100 for local and long distance, but we use our cell...

The Price of Gum Balls

Sarah Smiley | February 17, 2011

Gum balls, increasingly in low supply here at the Smiley house, have become a hot commodity. Of course, no one cared about gum balls, a box of...

How to Get a Club Penguin McMansion

Sarah Smiley | January 21, 2011

It's hard to believe that it's already been five years since Owen bought his first split-level. Or since Ford got that stacked refrigerator....

Weed-Whacking First Borns

Sarah Smiley | January 06, 2011

Weed-Whacking First Borns by Sarah Smiley, Jan. 3-7 Several weeks ago, in response to a column about a particular...

For Ford's 10th Birthday

Sarah Smiley | November 22, 2010

My first son came in the most unusual way: on his due date. Dustin and I were in between orders, having recently left San Diego, Ca., for Jacksonville,...

Playing Favorites

Sarah Smiley | September 29, 2010

Parents don't have favorites but I suspect that children often do. Perhaps this isn't always deliberate. It could simply be an expression...

Summer Vacation Challenges Moms

September 27, 2010

Don't tell Dustin, but sometimes he has a point. For six hours out of the day Monday through Friday, September to June, my oldest boys, Ford...

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