Tag: childhood memories
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Notes Under the Bedroom Door: A Nostalgic Look Back at Parenting
Get Pregnant Fast One of the most delightful experiences of parenting was discovering handwritten notes tucked under our bedroom door. These little treasures were typically folded up and secured with tape, addressed specifically to either Mom or Dad, with a clear instruction that only the intended recipient should read them. Most of the time, they…
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Why I’m Choosing to Let My Child Experience School Lunches
Get Pregnant Fast As my daughter prepares to start kindergarten, I find myself pondering how to approach the school cafeteria meals. Growing up in the ’90s, I was never allowed to buy school lunches. For one, my mom struggled to find options that wouldn’t trigger my allergies; for another, she deemed the lunches to be…
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Back to School: A Comparison of the 1970s and Today
Get Pregnant Fast As summer winds down, the back-to-school hustle begins, but it looks quite different now than it did in the 1970s. Let’s take a trip down memory lane and compare the experiences of gearing up for a new school year then and now. Back to School in the 1970s As August comes to…
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What Happened When I Decided to Give My Kids a Summer Inspired by the 1980s
Get Pregnant Fast As the school year drew to a close, a handful of parents gathered around a picnic table at the third-grade end-of-year celebration. We exchanged pleasantries about how quickly the year had flown by before diving into the topic on everyone’s mind: summer plans. “We’ve signed up for a few soccer camps, a…
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Gen-X Book Lovers, Unite!
Get Pregnant Fast Ah, the digital age and its endless sea of eBooks. But let me tell you—those aren’t my tribe. My people are the ones who delight in the tactile experience of flipping through the pages of a paperback, savoring that unmistakable scent as we bury our noses in the pages. We’re the ones…
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18 First World Frustrations of Growing Up in the ’80s
Get Pregnant Fast Let’s be honest: a minor inconvenience like a shortage of pumpkin spice lattes at your local café might not be on par with a natural disaster, but it can certainly throw a wrench in your morning routine. These so-called First World Problems—like finding out your friend texted you about a sold-out Tory…
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The ‘Dirty Dancing’ Remake is Making Me Feel OLD
Get Pregnant Fast This past summer, while helping my dad and stepmom transition to their new home, my sister and I decided to tackle the clutter in their attic. We unearthed a treasure trove of old notebooks, childhood letters, crumpled school projects, and dusty novels. Buried at the bottom of one box was a VHS…
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8 Willy Wonka Treats We’re Eagerly Anticipating
Get Pregnant Fast Remember the thrill of witnessing Gene Wilder’s iconic entrance into the mesmerizing Chocolate Room of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory? If you’re anything like me, you spent countless days dreaming of devouring chocolate toadstools and other fantastical confections. While we can now get our hands on Wonka Bars, Scrumdidilyumptious bars, and…