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Summer is here and you know what that means?  Young children who have two months of unstructured time to be creative and independent. How great it is when on day two of summer vacation they turn to you and say...

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TUESDAY, MAY 15, 2012

Many of you cat lovers are laughing at this.



Right now as I type this, my cat is really letting me have it.  She has a meow that is incredibly versatile, depending on the circumstances.



The Wail:  Mau can mimic a child's cry.  Sometimes it is so cute and sometimes it is just creepy.



The Whine:  This is a tiny but drawn out meow.  It is really a hoot when it lasts a good few seconds.



The Grunt:  She will make this very short grunt…

For those of you who thought that packing up and moving an "adult" child to school would be difficult need to consider this.  They will have to be moved home in nine months...

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he talk among teenagers and adults recently has been all about The Hunger Games. Hopefully children will take a life lesson or two away with them. Some may already have preconceived notions...

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As parents we must have done something right. None of our children seem to have any problems with how their bodies look. Body image issues are a large component of teenage angst and can cause depression, anxiety or worse yet make you believe Joan Rivers and the women from Mob Wives look better with plastic surgery. Of course I could be giving us too much credit as parents...…

OK, so maybe it's not the plague but the Norovirus is running through the Sdyor house and it is not fun. You may have heard it called the Norwalk virus but my personal favorite is the Snow Mountain virus. Which if you live in New England is ironic because it's now February and it's the only snow we've had this year...

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No, not the little burgers they serve up at pubs. Not the strange Sci-Fi show about the people who travel the multiverse. The SLIders I speak of are those who suffer from the psychic event known as street lamp interference, or SLI...http://yourfamilyshouldhaveashow.blogspot.com/2012/02/sliders.html…

My wife Ann has a small obsession. Colors. As a child she memorized the names of the crayons in the big box and became incensed a few years back when they retired some colors and added some new ones. The Sdyor children have taken up their mother's mantle. Of course not without a twist...

It seems only fitting that James (Age 9) came home with a bullroarer. The original Australians believed that the dream world was real and the time spent awake was a dream. Apparently James knows something about this...…

The elementary school oral history project. One of the most loved or feared events in a young students life. Combining a keen understanding of the subject matter, a mastery of oratory skills, and acting in perhaps the Stanislavski method... 

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Recently I made the mistake of flipping through the TV channels. This never goes well. By the time I'm done my retinas have been seared out of my head, my tender psyche has been tattered and torn and my left thumb is swollen to the point where it no longer bends. I did however find that the we get the Sundance Channel...…

I would like to use today's blog post to wish my lovely bride Ann a very happy 43rd birthday. Some of you are cringing right now that I broadcast my wives age to the world. This is by far the least worst thing I have ever done on my wives birthday. In the twenty years we have know each other I have... …

News Flash! Children are NOT like fish and I'll tell you why...

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Our oldest son Brady (Age 19), is a social media fanboy. We are constantly contacting him for clarification on what his posts mean. This is a natural parental reaction to statements like... http://yourfamilyshouldhaveashow.blogspot.com/2012/01/cup-of-prevention.html…

My children may never get their drivers licenses, but for different reasons...

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