Author: ggggminusgg

Kids at the Zoo
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Kids at the Zoo

Children are fascinating and can be resourceful and capable if we let them. They can also be underestimated and overprotected. Frankly, in the great big world with all its perceived bogeymen and dangers, overprotection is often a caregivers’ knee-jerk reaction. Have you ever watched kids though, as if they were exhibits? If you’re going to…

Slippery Slope
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Slippery Slope

I have a writer friend who recently uttered a question that, I think, is the beginning of a slippery slope, leading to a melty pile of slush. A meltdown, if you will. Her question was “What’s the point?” I hear that phrase so often in one form or another. “Why bother?” “Who cares?” “Is it…