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raising allies (preventing the bullying bystander effect)

August 8, 2012

The following post is sponsored by Chase - a strong supporter of the Bully Project, a program committed to ending bullying and ultimately transforming society. Learn more here. Between recent news stories on bullying and the Bully documentary exploring the epidemic, there has been a much-needed national conversation about the problem of childhood bullying.  Much has been said about protecting kids from bullying, and last week I wrote about how we can try to prevent our kids from . . .

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what I want you to know: stepmoms are not wicked

August 8, 2012

What I Want You to Know is a series of reader submissions. It is an attempt to allow people to tell their personal stories, in the hopes of bringing greater compassion to the unique issues each of us face. If you would like to submit a story to this series, click here. This guest post is by Diana Carbajal Mejia. Not long ago I wrote a post for the Huffington Post Divorce section. It was the first post I have ever written for them and I was thrilled that it was published. I wrote the post after . . .

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ideas for quick gluten-free dairy-free school lunches

August 8, 2012

I’ve talked a bit about transitioning Jafta to a GFDF diet to help with his sensory processing disorder.  We are still finding this diet to be hugely beneficial, and I thought I would share some tips for packing gluten-free, dairy-free school lunches. A couple months ago, I shared some of the foods we typically send in lunches.  Most of them involved leftovers or foods that required preparation the day before. Today, I’m sharing ideas for quick school lunches that you can assemble in . . .

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what I want you to know: being 30, single, and barren

August 7, 2012

What I Want You to Know is a series of reader submissions. It is an attempt to allow people to tell their personal stories, in the hopes of bringing greater compassion to the unique issues each of us face. If you would like to submit a story to this series, click here. This guest post is by an anonymous reader.. I want you to know that all I've ever wanted in life was to be a wife and mother. I am 30 this year and I have yet to meet my husband. I want you to know that I am 30 and a virgin. I . . .

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what I want you to know: an ectopic pregnancy ended my unplanned pregnancy

August 6, 2012

What I Want You to Know is a series of reader submissions. It is an attempt to allow people to tell their personal stories, in the hopes of bringing greater compassion to the unique issues each of us face. If you would like to submit a story to this series, click here. This guest post is by Jenny H. I had an ectopic pregnancy...which ended my unplanned pregnancy. How am I feeling? I’m not sure. If I take the time to figure out how I really feel, I will have to choose to own those feelings, even . . .

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that’s what SHE said: internet-induced anxiety and the race to nowhere

August 5, 2012

Is the Internet Making Us Crazy? What the New Research Says | The Daily Beast Now, however, the proof is starting to pile up. The first good, peer-reviewed research is emerging, and the picture is much gloomier than the trumpet blasts of Web utopians have allowed. The current incarnation of the Internet—portable, social, accelerated, and all-pervasive—may be making us not just dumber or lonelier but more depressed and anxious, prone to obsessive-compulsive and attention-deficit disorders, even . . .

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what I want you to know: when a friend is diagnosed with cancer

August 4, 2012

What I Want You to Know is a series of reader submissions. It is an attempt to allow people to tell their personal stories, in the hopes of bringing greater compassion to the unique issues each of us face. If you would like to submit a story to this series, click here. This guest post is by Cynthia. Like most mothers of young children I eagerly look forward to those rare times when I can get out of the house for a Girls’ Night Out. One night in March 2010 Charlotte, a good friend of mine, was . . .

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what I want you to know: meeting a foster child, and then letting her go

August 3, 2012

What I Want You to Know is a series of reader submissions. It is an attempt to allow people to tell their personal stories, in the hopes of bringing greater compassion to the unique issues each of us face. If you would like to submit a story to this series, click here. This guest post is by Kristen B. I had never experienced the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) before. This was my first time. While enjoying a trip out of town I received a phone call for a 2 week old baby that needed a . . .

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what I want you to know about august

August 3, 2012

I’m going to be on a lighter posting schedule for the month of August. I’m traveling a bit, but I’m also wanting to slow down a bit to try to have a bit more fun with the kids before they start school again.  I’m going to be posting some What I Want You to Know essays in the meantime, which is a win-win because the queue of posts is nearly a year long. There are some great stories that I’ve been wanting to share, so this will give me a chance to publish more of them.  On that . . .

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what I want you to know: why we treat our son’s ADHD with biomedical therapy

August 2, 2012

What I Want You to Know is a series of reader submissions. It is an attempt to allow people to tell their personal stories, in the hopes of bringing greater compassion to the unique issues each of us face. If you would like to submit a story to this series, click here. This guest post is by Summer. Note: Biomedical therapy is based upon extensive biomedical tests such as lab analysis of urine, blood, hair and stool.  It evaluates nutritional status, heavy metal toxicity, allergies, . . .

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