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Joyce Franklin and the Curse of the Third Grade Teacher

At the beginning of this school year, my daughter’s teacher pulled me aside and asked if I’d read the child’s most recent explanatory letter/manifesto/airing of grievances. “It’s so good,” she said. “I’ve never seen a third grader write like this. She could be a …” Please don’t say it please don’t say it please don’t …

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Where the Mom Left Off

I had a blog. I had a blog that led to the writing career I started dreaming about when I was nine years old. You might have read that blog, Poppymom.com. It was around for a long time – about a month shy of eight years. It started when my daughter CJ was three months …

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