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Discipline and Manipulation

Posted on 12/14/2008 by Backpacking Dad

The Terrible Two’s have come early. I’m going to blame daycare rather than my particular brand of lax parenting during Erin’s first year and a half. I’ll say that the increasing incidents of biting, pushing, and hitting have everything to do with what Erin is learning from a slightly older, out-of-control girl at daycare and…

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Little Guru

Posted on 12/12/2008 by Backpacking Dad

It is easy to forget, in the middle of the night when she insists that she is certainly no longer tired and that she would like some water, milk, pizza, a Nintendo Wii, or Australia, that she is an adorable little guru, teaching deep lessons deeply at the same time that she is learning deep…

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Mortality and Murder

Posted on 12/11/2008 by Backpacking Dad

The small spider in brown inched across the carpet, and the small toddler in brown followed behind. "I want to know what you are doing, Mr. Spider. What is it you are doing? Hey guys, what is Mr. Spider doing?" As she peered at him, and crouched to take a closer look, the tall woman…

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