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The Extraordinary Gift of a Stay-At-Home Mother

It is 12:30 on a Tuesday afternoon.  Our 8-month-old, Kate, has just awoken early from her nap after being unintentionally aroused by her 8-year-old brother, Will, who was determined to […]

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The Abuse Potential

She is just wailing.  35 minutes after she started crying, nothing seems to make a difference.  Not walking around.  Not rocking her.  Not patting her on the back or checking […]

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Why I’m Glad I Had the Strictest Parents on the Block, Now & Then

Growing up, it was widely known that the Schroeder parents were some of the strictest parents around. It wasn’t that they were considered unfriendly by many of our peers, some […]

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Playing the Parenting Odds—Teaching Our Children to Do the Same

About a year ago, my wife, Amy, and I had the privilege of talking to a group of teenage mothers, and those expecting, about many different topics related to their […]

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