School of Smock
by Jessica Smock, Ed.D.
When I was watching this week's episode of The Walking Dead, I started thinking about how living during apocalyptic conditions would affect my parenting. How would I find the balance between …
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This weekend was graduation weekend at Boston University, where I could have technically walked onstage and received my doctorate. I'm not a big fan of graduation ceremonies -- too crowded, too long, …
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Stop Telling New Parents That "It Gets Better." My son turned two this weekend. It was a tough weekend with not too much of a birthday celebration. He had a fever and was sick again, …
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My son had a horrible virus last week. I have no idea what it was. Maybe the flu. But as I was sitting in the rocking chair with him in his room for hours every day and night, I had a lot of time …
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