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A – Z Blogging Challenge, Raising Boys: The Penis Chronicles presents the Letter W for What did he say?
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A – Z Blogging Challenge, Raising Boys: The Penis Chronicles presents the Letter W for What did he say?

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I warred with myself on this title. It was a toss-up between “What did he say?” and “Why do we teach them to speak?” I am sure at some point we have all heard swearwords coming out of a toddler’s mouth. In my experience they usually get the context correct when they utter those foul… Continue reading A – Z Blogging Challenge, Raising Boys: The Penis Chronicles presents the Letter W for What did he say?

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 U for Up the Nose
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A – Z Blogging Challenge, Raising Boys: The Penis Chronicles presents the Letter U for Up the Nose

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Way back in January of 2016 I wrote a post called Up the Nose: The Lost Milestone. In that post I discussed putting stuff up the nose as a lost milestone for children. How many French fries fit in a nose? How do you make a cheerio disappear? Anyway, I can’t say that too much… Continue reading A – Z Blogging Challenge, Raising Boys: The Penis Chronicles presents the Letter U for Up the Nose

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

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I am sure this is a sibling thing, this making everything into a race. We have contents, competitions, first place, second place and a battle over who gets what title. They race to eat, they race to get into their coats, to get into the truck, or up the stairs, and down the stairs, or… Continue reading A – Z Blogging Challenge, Raising Boys: The Penis Chronicles presents the Letter R for Race

A – Z Blogging Challenge, Raising Boys: The Penis Chronicles presents the Letter Q for Quiet? Not in my house!
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A – Z Blogging Challenge, Raising Boys: The Penis Chronicles presents the Letter Q for Quiet? Not in my house!

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Google defines quiet as follows: (February 25, 2017) adjective: 1. making little or no noise 2. carried out discreetly, secretly or in moderation noun: absence of noise or bustle; silence; calm verb: make or become silent, calm, or still Not one part of that definition applies to my house unless, of course, we aren’t in… Continue reading A – Z Blogging Challenge, Raising Boys: The Penis Chronicles presents the Letter Q for Quiet? Not in my house!

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

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My boys were almost 5 and 2 when we visited Walt Disneyland. The 5 year old was all about the princesses: Bell, Cinderella, Snow White, Ariel, Tiana, and etcetera. I wasn’t sure what the sudden interest was. I guess my mom intuition was hovering on naïve. Anyway, he was all smiles and hugs with these… Continue reading A – Z Blogging Challenge, Raising Boys: The Penis Chronicles presents the Letter P for Princesses

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

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The progression of career choices starts young. Somewhere around three my older boy started trying to decide his adult career. This first decision making period named him as future fireman, and sometimes a policeman. Another day I found him in deep thought about these career choices as well as alternatives for these choices. He turned… Continue reading A – Z Blogging Challenge, Raising Boys: The Penis Chronicles presents the Letter O for Occupation

A – Z Blogging Challenge, Raising Boys: The Penis Chronicles presents the Letter N for Never Let You Go
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A – Z Blogging Challenge, Raising Boys: The Penis Chronicles presents the Letter N for Never Let You Go

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In that way of childlike innocents my younger son melted my heart one night as I was putting him to bed. This little fella hadn’t always been the most affectionate and so this special moment caught me by surprise. We had finished bedtime story, last bathroom break, and a few minutes of talking about his… Continue reading A – Z Blogging Challenge, Raising Boys: The Penis Chronicles presents the Letter N for Never Let You Go