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Explaining the “C” Word to my Little Ones

My mom got her cancer diagnosis about two weeks before Thanksgiving. She had a small, stage 1 cancer in her right lung. The doctor recommended surgery to remove half her right lung. I had to think about how I would go about explaining the “c” word to my little ones. After that, the doctor was […]

Cursing and Kids: WHAT Did You Just Say?

One evening during quarantine, my family was sitting around the dining room table after dinner playing a game of UNO. Wholesome, right? That’s when my 8-year-old daughter leaned forward to pick a card, rolled her eyes, and as casually as you could ever imagine said, “darn yellow”. Except she didn’t say “darn”. My husband and […]