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March 2012 Blog Posts (3)

When IRL comes and bites you on the ass

I'm sure Madam Ellie has informed most of you via Facebook, but I had some identity theft issues this week. It's been...weird. A couple of months ago, Google informed me that my email account had been accessed from Malta, of all places. I followed their recommended procedures for changing my password, and will probably start changing them on a regular basis.

Then this last week, (on my birthday no less!) I got an automated call from my bank informing me that they had detected…

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Added by mightyninjamom on March 31, 2012 at 8:40am — 7 Comments

Who Cares About Caregivers?

My three year old came home from preschool yesterday and said “Mama, Miss Tara twisted my arm today at naptime and it hurt me”. These are words that scaffold every parent’s nightmares. My failure to have protected my child from pain/harm does battle with my immediate blinding rage. What is the due process in this case: should I dialogue with the school or should I ask for a public square and some rocks? What could possibly make the 45-year-old Ms. Tara hurt my child?

As my…

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Added by radicalparent on March 16, 2012 at 8:47am — 1 Comment