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Hell Hour: You don’t have to have them. Nope. Not at all.

Hell Hour tantrums don’t happen at our house. Yes, I am showing off. And yes, OK, maybe about three or four times a year we’ll get one, but we don’t have the regular Hell Hour that so many people speak … Continue reading

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The Place of Ritual in a Modern Family

Rituals anchor people. They give us a sense of continuity within a day, a week, a year and between generations. Our brains, which love anything with a beginning, middle and end, need rituals to feel content. But these days it can be … Continue reading

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