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The Way Women are Portrayed at Arcades: This BUGS me!!!

2015-05-02 aprilmomoffour family, little boys, parenting, toys, video games

Am I the only one annoyed by this? We try to be good parents. We monitor every single thing that comes into our house. The boys only get to play video games on the weekend, and even then, it’s Mario, Sonic, or Lego characters. But what happens when you take your children to a restaurant/video game arcade? And not just one particular one, but pretty much all of them? Scantily clad women waving flags on the motorcycle game. Ughhhhhhh. Why? […]

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Little Girls: Not So Different

2014-04-13 aprilmomoffour organizing

Today Alan and I helped out with 1st and 2nd grade children’s church. The usual teachers were out of town, but they left their young adult children to teach the class. They just asked Alan and me to come and help with crowd control. Easy job for us. I felt like such a tough guy–being in charge of behavior. I had to put forth extra effort not to let this role get to my head because I was on a […]