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October 2014

October 14, 2014

Re-post: A Mama’s Journey

This was originally published June of 2011. I've also included an excerpt from a post...

October 11, 2014

Re-Post: Rights of a Child

This post was originally published August 2011. It was part of my reaction to Michael...

October 08, 2014

Breaking the Silence

Cynthia Jeub telling her story brings up a lot for me. Memories. Memories of hiding...

July 2014

July 03, 2014

Brave New Life: Part 6: Never the same, and that’s OK

This post is part of a seven part series. To start with the introduction click...

November 2012

November 01, 2012

Spanking and Unconditional Love

I wrote in several of my childhood journals that I would never spank my kids....

August 2012

August 09, 2012

It really wasn’t that long ago

Does this look familiar to you? I remember seeing Lucy get spanked by Ricki, and...

July 2012

July 13, 2012

Train up a child, in the way he should go

I remember a time some months ago, when 2 year old Ms Pooky was getting...

January 2012

January 17, 2012

Dreams of Defiance

I can hear them in the next room. Dad yanks at his arm, yelling at...

August 2011

August 17, 2011

The Decision that Changed my Life

We were at a park with our kids. I watched a young mom play in...

August 15, 2011

The Rights of a Child: Part 2

After writing my rant last night, I’ve been thinking that this post may deserve more...

June 2011

June 07, 2011

A Mama’s Journey

I recently found an old list of “important goals” that I wanted to achieve in...

April 2011

April 30, 2011

National Spank Out Day

I felt so lost when I first decided not to spank. It seemed like there...

January 2011

January 19, 2011

Spanking and Trust

Recently Ms Drama had some dry skin patches on her lower back. One night I...

August 2010

August 10, 2010

I Quit Spanking

We stopped spanking a year ago this month. And I would never go back. I...

May 2010

May 04, 2010

Sin and spanking

I had a commenter on this post that asked about what the Catholic church teaches...

April 2010

April 20, 2010

What to do when you don’t spank?

When I learned that discipline was not punishment, it was very difficult to reprogram my...

April 12, 2010

Spanking made me into a mean mommy

"What's this?" asked Ms. Action. I turned away from the pot I was stirring on...

December 2009

December 19, 2009

Discipline Vs. Punishment

I used to think that Discipline = Punishment. I grew up in a house that...