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Crime & Punishment

5/23/12 5:55pm by SHembree
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I love the stories where someone else’s kids do something stupid. First, it makes me feel good to know my kids aren’t the only ones who get into trouble. Second, I like to hear what the parents did to address their children’s transgressions, because if my kids haven’t done it yet, there may will come a time when they do.  Read more >

I’m No Math Genius…Shhhh…Don’t Tell My Daughter…

5/17/12 6:49am by SHembree
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My grandfather was a math genius. He was in the Navy during World War II, and rumor has it, he could calculate where to aim the torpedoes faster in his head than they could on paper. This skill meant he was an invaluable asset, and he was taken on submarine mission after submarine mission after submarine mission – something that eventually led to his death.  Read more >

Where Are the Parents of Kids Who Bully?

5/9/12 6:38pm by SHembree
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“Rachel Ehmke, a 13-year-old seventh grader in Mantorville, Minn., died April 29 after hanging herself at her home. The months leading up to the tragedy were a whirlwind of peer abuse instances, her parents say.”That was the lead paragraph in this piece run by the Huffington Post. My first reaction was heartbreak. My second was terror for my own kids. My third was anger.  Read more >

A Harried Mom’s Train of Thought

5/9/12 5:41pm by SHembree
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*Warning: Text may not be suitable for parents considering a second…or third…of fourth child.A lot has been said about the train of thought of toddlers. It’s crazy. It’s erratic. It’s totally illogical to us. What hit me the other day is that it’s also strangely similar to my own. I don’t mean my normal adult train of thought – as in the one that helped me through high points in my career like working at the White House. I mean my train of thought since I stopped sleeping through the night with the birth of my first child…six…years…ago.  Read more >

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Website for moms looking for support for their parenting efforts

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Website for moms looking for support for their parenting efforts

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Full Name
Shannon Hembree
Member Since
July 2011
About Me: 

I am a stay-at-home mom with a Kindergartner and twin toddlers. In between eating bon bons and watching soap operas (ha ha), I am also a freelance writer. If you think this is a recipe for insanity, you are correct. To help save my sanity (at least I thought so at the time), I launched a website for moms at www.mamasagainstdrama.com with a good friend of mine. In my life before kids, I was the Director of Marketing at a government relations/public relations firm in Washington, DC. Prior to that, I was the Deputy Director of Correspondence and Presidential Messages in the Clinton Administration. Clearly, writing is an itch I just can't scratch. Stay tuned...with twins and a Kindergartner (and sleep deprivation thrown in the mix), you never know what will happen next! 

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Freelance Writer

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