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This Is My First Pandemic: I Didn’t Know My Kid Would Cheat During Online Learning

April 18, 2021 By Christine Leave a Comment

online learning

I sighed and rolled my eyes as I dialed my friend’s phone number and waited for her to answer. I was about to have an uncomfortable conversation with her about online learning, one that I never dreamed I’d have to have with the friend who has been with me through 10 years of parenting. Her son […]

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Parents of High School Juniors, I Feel Your Angst

April 15, 2021 By Christine Leave a Comment

high school junior

I had been warned this time was coming, but I resisted. Parents of high school juniors used to look at my toddlers and tell me I would miss the days when I could contain them in a crib at night. Parents of teens would stop me in the grocery store to comment how much they […]

Filed Under: Parenting Is Hard Enough, Uncategorized Tagged With: parenting teens

Driving My Teens Isn’t As Annoying As It Used to Be

April 13, 2021 By Christine Leave a Comment

chauffeuring

Almost from the time you find out you are going to be a parent, your focus turns to driving them across town. You start looking at vehicles with doors that slide open, have more cup holders than you need, and trunk space becomes key. You spend your days lugging car seats and diaper bags and […]

Filed Under: Parenting My Way, Uncategorized

The Pandemic Has Made Me Miss My Morning Routine With My Teens

January 12, 2021 By Christine Leave a Comment

morning routine

Our morning routine tradition started, much as they often do, by accident. My son had recently passed his driver’s test. He was preparing to drive to my mother-in-law’s home for the weekend. Because she lives two hours away in another state, I was, naturally, nervous about him being on the open highway so far from […]

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My Teens Have Social Lives: Will I Ever Stop Driving?

October 4, 2020 By Christine 2 Comments

social lives

I’m pretty sure my kids’ social lives are going to be the death of me. When my son started high school, I had no idea that I was about to embark on quite possibly the most challenging part of raising teens. And I’m not talking about block scheduling or AP classes. I’m not talking about […]

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When Should Teens Get a Part-Time Job? Hubby and I Disagree

September 6, 2020 By Christine 2 Comments

part-time job

I can distinctly remember my first job interview. I was fresh out of high school and was hoping to make extra money during the summer to pay for college. I scheduled an interview at a local temp agency and was hired for a part-time job doing secretarial work in offices in my area. On my […]

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This Viral Hearing Experiment Proves Teens Can Actually Hear You

July 26, 2020 By Christine Leave a Comment

Teen hearing music

Once again, a heated Internet debate is flaring, only this time, it’s pitting kids and teens against parents. And it’s glorious, trust me. Spoiler alert: a hearing experiment that has taken the internet by storm proves teens have been ignoring you since forever. Yes, really. The people of the Internet love a good debate, particularly […]

Filed Under: Parenting My Way, Uncategorized Tagged With: friendships, parenting teens

Don’t Hate Me: My Teens Are Best Friends (Yes, Really)

July 22, 2020 By Christine 1 Comment

best friends

I hear the slider door of our beach house squeak and the sound of footsteps as they amble down the wooden deck stairs. I can hear them before I see them: my teens are headed out on their summer evening ritual. Every night, shortly after dinner, they grab an ice cream from our beach house […]

Filed Under: Parenting My Way, Uncategorized Tagged With: parenting, parenting teens

The Day I Realized My Teen Needed Me to Help Him With His Mental Health

August 1, 2019 By Christine 4 Comments

mental health

This is a sponsored post. I was compensated by Med-IQ through an educational grant from Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. and Lundbeck to write about depression in college-aged students.   All opinions are my own “I’m exhausted, Mom. I can’t do it all. And all I keep hearing from my teachers is that I’m not committed enough. […]

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My Teens Have Curfews And Science Says It’s A Good Idea

May 26, 2019 By Christine 3 Comments

Curfew

My son and his friends looked ridiculous as they posed for Homecoming pictures. Though they were all freshly shaven and wearing ties, they were also donning silly white “clout goggles.” Because my son isn’t old enough to drive yet, the boys had gathered at our home so that I could drive them to the dance. […]

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When Cancer Comes To Your Family, It’s Hard To Remember All The Things

May 6, 2019 By Christine Leave a Comment

Cancer Chemotherapy treatment

This is a sponsored post. I was compensated by Med-IQ through educational grants from AbbVie, Astellas, and Genentech to write about communicating symptoms and treatment side effects with the healthcare team. All opinions are my own. My father and I had a long history of arguing. Both stubborn to a fault, we would spar over […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: cancer, grief

When Cancer Came To My Family, The Hidden Stresses Were Surprising

February 6, 2019 By Christine 2 Comments

Cancer related stresses

I was compensated by Med-IQ through educational grants from AbbVie, Astellas, and Genentech to write about managing distress for cancer patients and their caregivers.  All opinions are my own. When my phone buzzed in my pocket, I was filing papers on a brisk January morning. I smiled when I saw my Dad’s number pop up on my […]

Filed Under: Losing My Dad, Uncategorized Tagged With: grief, grieving

Parents, We Need To Talk About The Word “Commitment”

January 24, 2019 By Christine 9 Comments

Commitment

Parents, we need to have a chat.  *pauses to allow parents to grab coffee and gather ’round* Can we please talk about the word, “commitment”? Or, shall I say, the overuse of the word “commitment” when we are talking to our teens about their extracurricular activities? (My apologies to the parents who thought I was […]

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10 “Unputdownable” Books You Should Buy Yourself This Winter

August 5, 2018 By Christine 4 Comments

These books are unputdownable.

For as long as I can remember, reading has been my salvation. In fact, my earliest memory is that of my then eighteen month self sitting in a play pen on a hot summer’s day while looking at the Golden Book “The Poky Little Puppy.” For a shy girl who moved a lot growing up, […]

Filed Under: Keeper Approved, Uncategorized Tagged With: buy my book

If You Ask Me What I Do All Day, I Will Junk Punch You

May 6, 2018 By Christine 1 Comment

When the Fruit Loops were small, I was a stay at home mom. Mostly. By “mostly”,  I mean that while yes, I started my blog and worked part time as a nurse, for the most part, my main job was keeping the Fruit Loops from completely spilling out of the box. And, it continued that […]

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The Phrase I Used To Hate To Hear From Other Mothers

March 25, 2018 By Christine 1 Comment

When I was a new mom in 2003, I had the luxury of being able to stay home full time with my son when he arrived.  Before he came, I envisioned long afternoons of cuddling and bonding, making gourmet meals for my husband and catching up on all of the books on my night stand […]

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Connecticut Has A Free Submarine Museum and Your Kids Will Love It

March 18, 2018 By Christine 1 Comment

Traveling is my FAVORITE. And, there’s I love more than sharing my experiences from the road with pretty much anyone who will listen. Which brings me to my new series, Keeper of The Fruit Loops Approved! It’s official AF, I tell you. When I find a restaurant, museum or location that I love, I’m going […]

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My Smart Phone Makes Me Feel Like I Can Rule The World

March 11, 2018 By Christine 1 Comment

I am fairly certain I could rule the world with my iPhone. From scheduling play dates, to managing Hubby’s schedule, to counting calories, to connecting with my friends, my iPhone is my right hand man. From my kitchen, I can arrange food delivery for a bereaved friend, tweet to Ellen DeGeneres (Hey Ellen, call me, m’kay?), […]

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