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"You are a wonderfully imaginative, playful, literate and creative writer. Don't stop."
— Lex Crane

Charting the puzzles and peeves of kid-herding — from Huggies to homework, Pilates to pinatas.

August 2008

• Starshine Roshell, Meet Talula Does the Hula From Hawaii
  Few people know what it's like to have a name as odd as Starshine's. But Talula Does the Hula from Hawaii? She knows.

July 2008

• Growing by Bleeps and Bounds
  Through some terrible mutation of natural law, a four-letter word has become my young son's all-time favorite utterance.
• Look Alike
  Despite what it looks like, Starshine swears she did NOT give birth to two Sarah Brightman-loving 68-year olds.

June 2008

• Next Stop: Freedom
  Powerless at the pump, the bus may be the exact change you need.
• Phantom Tiara Syndrome
  Lamenting that boys prefer guns to glitter.

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