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8 Essential Study and Life Skills You Won't Learn in School

Jan 28, 2017 08:25PM ● By Fredericksburg Parent Staff

  I can’t even count the number of teachers that I have heard say something along the lines of, “if it’s not on the test, I don’t teach it.” I don’t really blame them. We have created a culture...

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Ladyburg Love

Jan 26, 2017 10:26PM ● By Fredericksburg Parent Staff

I pause my normally written posts at Fredericksburg Parent and Family for a PSA for all locals in the Northern Virginia area… well, all of Virginia actually. Because anywhere you live in our...

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White Families - No More Excuses for Passivity

Jan 19, 2017 08:07PM ● By Fredericksburg Parent Staff

One year ago, while in first grade, our youngest Wanderer came home from school one afternoon full of thoughts on Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. She was passionate and ready to preach…. and...

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7 Things To Make The New Year Better

Jan 04, 2017 09:24PM ● By Fredericksburg Parent Staff

1. Say No To Sugar. Hi, my name is Susan and I haven’t had a gram of sugar for 6 days. My last encounter with sugar was during Christmas and it involved chocolate and cake and all-things carby. In...

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The most important gift for your child this Christmas!

Dec 21, 2016 02:34PM ● By Fredericksburg Parent Staff

It's almost CHRISTMAS EVE! It’s the time of year when moms all over the world are feeling the crunch of Christmas-Memory-Making-Mode. Each year, right about this time, I think: I only have a...

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Christmas

Dec 08, 2016 10:12PM ● By Fredericksburg Parent Staff

I have worked vocationally in kids ministry for twenty years. The majority of the days I absolutely adore my job.  Then there are some days, where I take a deep breath and hope tomorrow will be...

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Top 5 Things This Fat Girl Will Enjoy Most In Skinnyhood

Dec 01, 2016 09:07AM ● By Fredericksburg Parent Staff

So a few weeks ago my hubs and I began an adventure of Weight Watchers.  I wrote about it here. The first week was stellar. Between the two of us, we lost 20 pounds. I cried, I cheered, I...

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Five Ways to Teach Your Kids Kindness Today

Nov 26, 2016 09:35PM ● By Fredericksburg Parent Staff

A concern I have heard from many parents during the election season that just passed is, “What will we tell our children?” Many times the behavior I see promoted in popular culture, Hollywood,...

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Be an Arm-Linker and Not a Finger-Pointer

Nov 17, 2016 10:38PM ● By Fredericksburg Parent Staff

This is not right, I ordered NO cheese on this sandwich! If they plant one more bush closer to our line of the yard I am going to call the HOA and complain! That was MY parking place, lady!  I had...

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I Am Fat And I Joined Weight Watchers (Again)

Nov 03, 2016 04:42PM ● By Fredericksburg Parent Staff

To type this makes my palms sweat and my stomach get butterflies. I talked a big talk when I wrote Confessions Of A Fat Mom several months ago. So many of you (thousands actually) clicked on that...

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