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Message Boards: Helpful or Harmful?

2/10/11 10:00am by Pistols and Popcorn
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Twins

I used to work as a Substance Abuse Counselor and facilitated many many many group meetings where I saw shared experiences helping all the people present. There's no way to deny that support from people who have shared a common struggle can help each other. The flip side of that is: It can also make you act like a wussy whiny pants. Support Group-modeled message boards, friends. That's what I'm talking about today.  Read more >

4-Year-Old Boy Expelled from School for Long Hair Intended for Donation

11/6/10 7:00am by Pistols and Popcorn
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Scissors and Comb

While most parents are pulling their own hair out trying to teach their four-year-old children to share, to be sympathetic to others, and to realize that there is a world outside of their own needs, one set of parents in New Jersey have had to explain to their child that he has been expelled from his private school due to his efforts to embrace these concepts.  Read more >

So My Son Wanted to Get His Ears Pierced

10/21/10 10:32am by Pistols and Popcorn
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Ear Pierced

In the spirit of always pushing my brain to new places, my six-year-old son, Roan, threw this one at me over breakfast a few days ago: "I'd like to get my ears pierced. Ok?" "Nope. You're too young. When you're...twel...fourtee...er...ummm...thirteen you can choose to get that done." "Why?" "Because." "Why?" "Because I haven't had enough coffee yet, and cannot answer any more questions."  Read more >

Marriage: Why Can't I Walk Away From Dumb Arguments?

10/12/10 8:04am by Pistols and Popcorn
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Couple fighting

I suppose I just have to wonder, in the sobering light of mid-morning, if there is such a thing as the ability to walk away from these dumb dumb arguments. While engaged in these, I know how stupid it all is, how meaningless and that there will not actually be a medals ceremony at the end of it all, with me walking away with a tiara and sash of righteousness. Yet I still give the argument my energy, I still hold a grudge.  Read more >

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Full Name
Jodi Call
Member Since
March 2010
About Me: 

 

I have been an English Teacher in Seoul, a Bartender in Japan, a Substance Abuse Counselor, Record Store Owner, Night Club Operator and Coffee Slinger (not all at once) in Utah, and an Events Promoter, Children’s Room Designer and Muay Thai Kickboxing Instructor in New York.  I've written for numerous sites about activities for families in New York City.

 

My own website, Pistols + Popcorn, won a Bloggie in 2009 for “Best-Kept Secret Weblog”, as well as the Nickelodeon Parents’ Picks Award for the Best Brooklyn Blog.  I live in Carroll Gardens in Brooklyn with my husband, our seven-year-old son and our infant twin boys. Busy? Me? Naaaah....

 

 

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Brooklyn, New York

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