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Use Of Psychology By A 3-Year-Old (Issue 4)

By Freedom Lady | January 5, 2008

For anyone following my stories, you will discover I write about children in general from time to time, and my grandchildren in particular. I have a lot of interest in a variety of subjects, not the least of which is children.
 
These past two years I have become quite interested in foster children—the government-subsidized program for [...]

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What’s An Octogenarian? (Issue 2)

By Freedom Lady | January 3, 2008

When my son suggested creating a blogging site called “octogenarian,” I was not familiar with “blogging” and unsure what the term octogenarian meant. If someone had asked me, I probably would have said it’s someone born in October, as opposed to a person in his or her eighties or an otherwise “old” person.
 
I had 4 [...]

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Are You Smarter Than A Preschooler?

By Freedom Lady | January 2, 2008

Dear Octogenarians—
I know there are thousands of you—probably past the age of 65 like me—sitting around doing nothing short of daydreaming. I also know there’s a lot of wisdom not being expressed. Everything begins with an idea, so begin expressing yourself by writing all the cute things your grandkids and great grand kids are saying [...]

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Bragging Rights Of A Grandparent

By Freedom Lady | January 2, 2008

It seems to me that when I was younger, I gravitated toward people older than me because they seemed more interesting. Then as I got older, I gravitated more toward those younger than me because most of the older generations only wanted to talk about their grandchildren, doctor appointments and medicine they were taking, which [...]

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