2026-10

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Isn’t Makeup Supposed to Make You Look Pretty? A Mom’s Confusion

My daughter has discovered makeup, and I thought I was handling it well. Then her experiments took a turn I never saw coming. Parents of teens, brace yourselves.
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Two and a Half Hours on the Mat: My Son’s First Aikido Belt Test

I feared martial arts would fuel my son’s aggression. Then, at his first aikido belt test, he showed me something that blew away every worry I had.
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“The Hash Brown Heist That Wasn’t: Teaching My Son to Shop on His Own”

Tommy can do three-digit math, but word problems are a whole different story. After practicing money math, he asked to shop by himself. We went over everything, but he came home with something unexpected...
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The Wristwatch Problem I Thought Had No Solution

Even a quick shopping trip with Tommy can turn into an unexpected adventure, thanks to his unique way of seeing the world.