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Are your kids online? Should they be?  

I’ve just published a new article over at The Blogfathers regarding online privacy, photo sharing, and blogging about your kids. Please visit and share your comments. Here’s an excerpt:
I’ve often considered the important issue of online privacy for myself and my family. I’m not concerned with any of the crazy kidnap/murder/stalking scenarios that the media [...]

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The perils of sleeping in  


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Better than planned  

Our vacation was so stress-relieving that, as I sat contentedly on the public toilet at the Morro Bay campground and heard footsteps approaching, I did not panic at all as I looked up and noticed that I hadn’t bothered to lock the door, the universal code among campers that means “this room is occupied.”
I half-stood, [...]

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Use the poop, Luke  

Both of our children potty trained several years ago which was unquestionably a Good Thing. And yet I’ve said and I still believe that, if it were possible, I’d have suspended or slowed their aging so that I could have enjoyed every nuance of their newbornness more completely. Not that I miss diapers and their [...]

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The sound of magic  

The kids are in bed.
The Girl is having trouble sleeping. The neighbor’s dog is barking beneath her window. She’s reading and drawing with the light on. I’ll check on her in a few minutes and tuck her in and slide the paper out from under her arm and admire her drawings and put her pencil [...]

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