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- A soapbox blog where Offsprung members can take turns spouting off about a topic of their choice, including but not limited to:
- Family life perspectives (e.g., multi-racial families, military life, adoption).
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- Family life perspectives (e.g., multi-racial families, military life, adoption). Other life perspectives (e.g., work life, hobbies, relationships).
- Personal reflections (e.g., humorous or ponderous takes on life experiences).
- Policy/political opinions (e.g., health care reform, economy, foreign policy).
- Advice and information (e.g., how to change your diet, how to go green, how to save money).
- Anything else you think this community would find interesting.
If you'd like to submit a post to appear in Use Your Words, please message The Oracle with a short description of your topic. She will respond with further details and instructions.
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How I Got Here: Early Intervention in Work and Life
Posted on September 9, 2009 at 1:30pm 13 Comments 0 Likes
The Early Years
In 2002 -- just before his second birthday -- my younger son, Luke, was evaluated by our local early intervention (EI) agency for language delays. He’d been a quirky baby, needing constant holding, developing a degree of stranger anxiety that required us to warn people “don’t make eye contact with the baby,” and emitting the occasional high-pitched, inhuman screech.
And… Continue
Man Up Already: Parenting the President through the Health Care Debate
Posted on August 19, 2009 at 11:46am 10 Comments 0 Likes
My dad has been working up in Alaska for the past six months. Last month, he came back home for a short visit. We were fortunate enough to spend several days at the family beach camping… Continue Spanking
Posted on August 12, 2009 at 11:26pm 17 Comments 0 Likes
Originally published here
Nonviolence is absolute commitment to the way of love.I would never spank a child, not as a teacher or parent. This is a vow I made long before having a child of my own, and it’s one I’ve… Continue
-- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Growing Up Color Blind
Posted on August 7, 2009 at 7:30am 20 Comments 0 Likes
What I Remember
I had my first real experience with racism just outside of Charleston, West Virginia in 1983.
My brother wanted his friend from kindergarten to come over and play after school. Phone numbers were exchanged; our mom talked to his mom. One day he rode the bus home with Justin, and they played happily together all afternoon. When his mother came to pick her… Continue
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