Tag: Humour

A – Z Blogging Challenge, Raising Boys: The Penis Chronicles presents the Letter V for Vagina
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A – Z Blogging Challenge, Raising Boys: The Penis Chronicles presents the Letter V for Vagina

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Parents Canada August/September 2016 edition published a short piece that I had written about my own experience with a curious son asking about body parts. My parenting adventures with questions about the penis and the vagina didn’t end with that article though. The body questions continue as do the blunders. In the not so distance… Continue reading A – Z Blogging Challenge, Raising Boys: The Penis Chronicles presents the Letter V for Vagina

A – Z Blogging Challenge, Raising Boys: The Penis Chronicles presents the Letter T for Things I’ve said
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A – Z Blogging Challenge, Raising Boys: The Penis Chronicles presents the Letter T for Things I’ve said

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I reached out to some other parents (raising boys, girls, or both) to help me create this list and I can only preface this post by saying this is a list of things that can be described as sentences we never thought we would say. Two of the most recent things I found myself saying… Continue reading A – Z Blogging Challenge, Raising Boys: The Penis Chronicles presents the Letter T for Things I’ve said

A – Z Blogging Challenge, Raising Boys: The Penis Chronicles presents the Letter S for Strange Games
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A – Z Blogging Challenge, Raising Boys: The Penis Chronicles presents the Letter S for Strange Games

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Sometimes I find my boys playing the strangest games. Sometimes they convince me to join in on these strange games, and my role in the games is usually the most bizarre! It must be a conspiracy, the pair of them conspiring to humour themselves and tease mom in the process. Anyway, here a few of… Continue reading A – Z Blogging Challenge, Raising Boys: The Penis Chronicles presents the Letter S for Strange Games

A – Z Blogging Challenge, Raising Boys: The Penis Chronicles presents the Letter F for Farts
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A – Z Blogging Challenge, Raising Boys: The Penis Chronicles presents the Letter F for Farts

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Picture this. You are sitting in the waiting room at the doctor’s office, and the room is moderately full. There is a soft hum of whispered talking. A woman enters with two boys in tote, they appear to be about 3 and 6 years old. Cute little boys, active but doing their best to try… Continue reading A – Z Blogging Challenge, Raising Boys: The Penis Chronicles presents the Letter F for Farts

Weekly Smile: Just Socks
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Weekly Smile: Just Socks

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So it is cold, and the ground is covered in snow and ice. Its early in the morning, the school bell is seconds away from ringing the children into their classrooms. I am walking out the end of the school that houses the daycare. I am sliding my feet back into my boots and putting… Continue reading Weekly Smile: Just Socks