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Nope, I Didn’t Help My Kids With Their Valentine’s Day Cards

By Caitlin Fitzpatrick Curley 19 Comments

In honor of Valentine’s Day, I am sharing a post that I wrote last year, when my children were 6-, 5-, and 3-years-old. It’s about Valentine’s Day and giftedness and parenting and judgment. Valentine’s Day 2012: When Leo was 3-years-old and in his first year of preschool, we sat down to make Valentine’s Day cards…

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Parenting Skills and Judgment

By Caitlin Fitzpatrick Curley 7 Comments

Recently, I had the distinct pleasure of heading to the Department of Motor Vehicles… with Leo… during one of our worst weeks ever. I’m just going to let you picture that for a moment, folks. I know that some of you are sitting there thinking, “WHY?! Are you mad?!” Believe me, as soon as I walked through…

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poppies Hi, all! I'm Cait. I'm a school psychologist, wife, mom to three amazing children, writer, bookworm, nature lover, coffee drinker, Chesney fan, board game nerd, and now- suddenly-unexpected homeschooler...and podcaster!
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