Category Archives: Parenting

All about raising a family

My Father, but not my dad

Posted on January 6, 2010 by Core_Appler

In early December of last year I met up with Ray, at the Sugar Cafe .  Me and Ray have worked together on several posts on each others blog before.  We met up to talk about possible posts that we … Continue reading →

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I laughed but…I also cried (Inside that is)

Posted on December 13, 2009 by Mateo

Today is Sunday, just like any other Sunday before it, that was until I tried to say good morning to my SLMB. See Sunday’s tends to be the longest day of the week, since I go to school, then work … Continue reading →

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What is homework…

Posted on December 9, 2009 by Mateo

The other week, I once again spent some time with my sons classroom talking about composting.  I took time to collect the homework I had assigned them, and read it out loud in hopes to get a small discussion going.  … Continue reading →

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Our condition can not excuse us.

Posted on December 2, 2009 by Mateo

I happen to run across this here article earlier today, and most say it is a great read with very valid points.  I do feel there is something wrong with our inner city men, as you can tell by the … Continue reading →

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Time versus Life lessons…

Posted on November 26, 2009 by Mateo

One of the things I’ve learned as a parent, is simple projects do not exist, ever, …never are they as simple as anticipated. Take a simple grill cheese sandwich, it should take a max time of all about 7 minutes, but … Continue reading →

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