About this Burbia Blogger - added on 03/19/2008 Karen DukessKaren Dukess has been a newspaper and magazine reporter, editor, and publisher in Florida, New York and Russia. She's now semi-settled in the 'burbs of New York with her husband and two sons. Blogs by Karen Dukess
Last night, I had a conversation that unexpectedly revealed my 10-year-old son's deepest values. Trying to figure out how much he really, really, really wants a cell phone, I posed some questions: Me: Which do you want more, a cell phone or your own ...read more. 
If houses had names like motels, mine would be The Dew Drop Inn. I love having friends drop by unexpectedly. We're a household of optimists, and we greet the doorbell accordingly. My kids dash down the stairs and skid toward the door like opportunity is literally knocking. Maybe someone sent us an I-Phone! Nickelodeon wants me on iCarly! The school burned down! ...read more. 
My kids don't listen to me. My mother might say this is because a) I am insufficiently consistent with my rules, b) I have insufficient rules and c) I generally let them get away with murder. Guilty as charged. But lately I've begun to ... read more.
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