Q and A Tuesday

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Q&A Tuesday: What Are The Ingredients of a Successful Playgroup?

by Tsh

Reader Aimee writes, “I am planning to head up a playgroup in my area but am rather unqualified to do so. Well, I have the children (ages 3 and 1) and am a SAHM, but have never done the playgroup scene. “Now that my son has blossomed into a social butterfly, and the long cold [...]

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Q&A Tuesday: Should We Still Mind Our Manners?

by Tsh

Sure, most of us would agree that it’s important to teach our kids to say “please” and “thank you.”  And I can’t imagine that Simple Mom readers don’t kindly leave a tip when their waitress serves well. But… what about those rules that have been around for several generations, and – well, we’re not exactly [...]

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Q&A Tuesday: What Do You Think Of New Year’s Resolutions?

by Tsh

There’s two more days of 2008. The long-standing traditions of New Year’s Eve include champagne, parties, dancing, games, holding your eyelids open until midnight… and making resolutions. You can probably guess today’s Q&A: Do you make new year’s resolutions? Why or why not? And by golly, why do you think they’re so hard to keep? [...]

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Q&A Tuesday: Is Santa Real In Your Home?

by Tsh

I hesitate a bit posing today’s question, mostly because I’ll be on a plane all day today, leaving me unable to monitor comments. But I’m genuinely curious about the why behind the myriad of family philosophies out there. So please share yours in the comments for today’s question: Does Santa come to your home for [...]

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Q&A Tuesday: How Do You Handle Well-Meaning Gift Givers?

by Tsh

Today’s Q&A comes from all of you.  Enough of you have asked this question, mostly via email, that I thought I’d throw it out for all of us to discuss as a group.  And since I don’t really have a brilliant solution, I’d love to hear what you all have to say. The question today: [...]

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Q&A: How Do You Spend Quality Time With Your Kids?

by Tsh

Today’s Q&A Tuesday comes from the writer of one of my favorite blogs, Leo Babauta of Zen Habits. His blog is one of the most successful and fastest-growing in the blogosphere, with over 75,000 subscribers.  He’s a dad to six (six!) kids, and in the past few years, he has managed to notch quite a [...]

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Q&A Tuesday: Where Do You Want To Go?

by Tsh

I suppose I still have some jet lag lingering to be thinking of this question today.  The older I get, the less I want to travel, at least until our kids are older.  C’est la vie. My husband and I met while we were separately living overseas as expats, and though we often bemoan the [...]

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