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Sarah Smiley: Encounter with the Amish at the copy machine
I did not expect to see any Amish people during a recent trip to the local office supply…
Opinion
The one who calls himself Ford Smiley
Ford and I were checking out a book at the public library. Wait, let me rephrase that. Ford…
Letters to the Editor
Participation trophies: good or bad?
James Harrison, a Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker, last week sent back his sons' trophies because they were the dreaded…
Opinion
Sarah Smiley: GOP debates, crossroads in parenthood
As we sat down to watch the first GOP debates between candidates vying to be the Republican presidential…
Opinion
Sarah Smiley: Are you a cool lake person or a hot beach person?
There are two kinds of people in this world: Those who like beaches, and those who prefer lakes.…
Opinion
Sarah Smiley: Lessons not learned by playing Nintendo, phone games
The logic of video games was pretty simple, and utterly false, when I was 12 years old and…
Opinion
Sarah Smiley: What PG-13 movies teach us about comforting characters
Through some odd twist of circumstances, Ford, my oldest son, and I were the only ones home for…
Opinion
Sarah Smiley: All my children are vaccinated. Here’s why.
Imagine for a moment that a scientist has created a preventative vaccine-like shot for all types of cancer.…
Opinion
When your kid is afraid to go near the water
Two of my sons have suffered from a fear of the water, both for good reasons. When Owen…
Opinion
Dogs in purses among pop culture trends I’ve missed
I realize I'm getting older and that I've spent the last 14 years raising children — specifically, boys.…
News
Sarah Smiley: Consumed by ancestry family research
I've shared before how our family came to Maine seven years ago. The military sent us here after…
News
Sarah Smiley: No crying off the baseball field either
Crying is not allowed on the baseball field. You already knew that. But did you know that crying…
News
‘Thanking the troops’ didn’t happen for shunned Vietnam vets
Today’s military homecomings are grand events. They are celebrated in person and then again on videos shared on…
Opinion
Sarah Smiley: Thoughtful and conscientious son a teenage success story
Two years ago, my memoir, "Dinner with the Smileys," exposed with painful transparency my difficulty raising a pre-teen…
News
Sarah Smiley: What the books don’t tell you about teenage boys
There isn’t much cuter than a small boy with pudgy hands and wispy hair. One of motherhood’s greatest…
Opinion
Question: Is mom always the anchor of the family?
While at a stop light the other day, I watched a young mother walk her toddler son to…
Opinion
Why we should all be the Baltimore mom in yellow
Last week, in the middle of the Baltimore riots that followed Freddie Gray's funeral, there was one glimmer…
Opinion
Navy Wise: Son’s Alice in Wonderland Syndrome brings fear, then knowledge
The first time it happened, our son was 5-years old. It was the middle of the night, and…
Opinion
Getting Free Range children will take guts, groups
Not many years ago, I wrote in protest of bringing snacks to kids’ soccer games. I said that…
News
A few times the commenters got it wrong
Last month, a local radio show, invited me into the studio to talk about online commenters. This meant…