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By Katia Hetter, Special to CNN (CNN) — David Murphy hasn’t started shopping for his two boys yet, and he knows he had better get started. The divorced father of two boys, ages 11 and 14, has custody for a full week around Christmas Day this year and needs [...] By Katia Hetter, Special to CNN (CNN) — Noël Plummer can’t imagine making a conscious decision to inflict physical pain on her 8-year-old daughter as a punishment. She’s only slapped her daughter once, without thinking, when her then-5-year-old was having an enormous tantrum. She’s never hit her again. While she recognizes [...] By Katia Hetter, Special to CNN (CNN) — I have no idea why my 3-year-old wants to be a cowboy for Halloween this year, because she won’t tell me. That’s OK. I don’t need to know her reasoning to make it happen. Thanks to her outdoorsy grandparents who live in [...] By Katia Hetter, Special to CNN (CNN) — Olivia Nakamura can still remember the neighbor who always hosted a barbecue in his front yard for his son’s birthday party. He’d invite all the kids on their suburban Seattle block, except her son and the Asian-American children who lived there. “I [...] By Katia Hetter, Special to CNN CNN) — While the Bible Belt is known for its devotion to traditional values, Southerners don’t do so well on one key family value: They are more likely to get divorced than people living in the Northeast. Southern men and women had higher rates of divorce [...] By Katia Hetter, Special to CNN (CNN) — A glance at teen stars Miley Cyrus and Justin Bieber’s letters to their younger selves makes one thing clear: their handwriting is terrible. In the letters, part of the Habbo Celebrity “Advice to My Teenage Self” book, the content is messy and their [...] By Katia Hetter, Special to CNN (CNN) — “I can’t watch TV without my pajamas!” I should be reading the last of three bedtime stories to my 3-year-old before I sing the three songs that usually send her to sleepyland. No more than three. That’s the deal. But I have to make [...] By Katia Hetter, Special to CNN (CNN) — “Mama, put the phone AWAY.” That’s my kid talking to me, and she’s only 3. She’s scolding me, but she’s scolding you, too. So listen up. I understand your work pays the bills and you only have time to connect to people through Tweeting your mood or [...] By Katia Hetter, Special to CNN “Hey, we didn’t sing the blessing!” After all these months, my 3-year-old daughter’s words still startle me. Since my family’s move from New York to Atlanta, Georgia, last year, almost everything in our lives has changed. That includes the instruction of a blessing before eating. We do [...] By Katia Hetter, Special to CNN (CNN) — The job of a children’s birthday party host seems straightforward: Thomas the Tank Engine or princess theme? Traditional yellow cake with icing or ice cream cake? Jelly beans or arts and crafts in the gift bags? To which we suggest a modern twist: Don’t [...] |
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