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Books: The horrifying, and wonderful, complexities of parenthood

Original post made on May 13, 2015

Chara Burnett and Helen Waters are close friends, professionals, Palo Alto mothers and authors of the new book, "If Only Someone Had Told Me: Wickedly straight talk about parenting kids 0-5."

Read the full story here Web Link posted Tuesday, May 12, 2015, 10:11 AM

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Posted by Marie
a resident of another community
on May 13, 2015 at 2:43 pm

If lice is their biggest type of problem, I'm not so sympathetic. I hope they discussed the long term real costs of raising children in this area. That's where I see people not having a real understanding of how demanding it is before they go into it.


Posted by Uh-Huh
a resident of St. Francis Acres
on May 13, 2015 at 5:10 pm

Another "Mommy" book. Every Mom thinks she's discovering something when she goes through it for the first time, and every Mom before her rolls her eyes.


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