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RANT – Women ARE Part of Memorial Day Too, Dammit!

It's time for the sometimes weekly, sometimes daily, sometimes every few seconds…new exciting category of Mama Bear Rants! Ready?  I must caution you, however, MamaBear plans on using some mighty strong language like "Swell!" and "So's your old man!" in this post (points go to whomever can rattle off both the beloved song and the […]

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When BLATANT Bribery Works As An Awesome Parenting Tool

My gosh, is it the morning already? MamaBear has awakened, poked her nose out of her lair and decided that a 3-year long winter sleep would be most beneficial indeed! Alas, as she has to rouse her cubs to school and continue with her writing and blogging…the chances of that happening are less than 3 […]

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Ninjas – The Ultimate Efficiency Consultants!

This would have been sooo helpful back when I worked at AT&T and Bell Labs…. Click on the above comic to see it in its entirety!

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Surprise At The Locker Part 3

Don't you hate it when these things happen?

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“My son absolutely REFUSES to brush his teeth.”

From the mailbag "Dear MamaBear, My son just refuses to brush his teeth!  I've tried everything, I told him about how bad cavities are and how he'll get them, I've asked him again and again, and nothing happens! Help! Sincerely, At The End Of My Toothbrush" Dear AteoMT, Mamabear gets these types of questions all […]

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97 Marvelous Memorial Day Resources – God Bless the USA

If there's one thing MamaBear adores, it's the good 'ole USA. You simply cannot get a better country in which to live! And a good portion of our greatness comes from those individuals who were and are willing to put their lives on the line for folks like us to live in our democracy. Today […]

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Is It A Bird? A Plane?

Or a pineapple? Or a fossilized clam? Or a…

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When Skateboards Attack

Manly, it's very manly indeed.  🙂 Click above to see the entire comic!

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3 Can’t Fail Techniques to Compel Your Children To Actually UNDERSTAND One Another

It's the Memorial Day weekend! And that means it's time for yet another episode of that exciting show, "How can we misunderstand and unfairly take offense at our siblings today?" Yes indeed, while other families are enjoying exciting BBQs outside and opening their pools, MamaBear's cubs realized they could either get along and play nicely, […]

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Hell Froze Over And Incredible Kid Compassion Emerged

Well now, today has been most character-building to the extreme for MamaBear. Suffice it to say, our house is not exactly the neatest on the block.  'Matter of fact, I'd say that along with missing the gene for idjutness, our family was born starkly minus the Clean Gene. Normally, this doesn't bother me much; whenever […]

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