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EFGO PODCAST EPI #3: LESSONS LEARNED

From EFGO Storytellers Adam Selbst & Dani Alpert! https://open.spotify.com/episode/25UvhEX9wPFcI8DsRrj4LL?si=eohCN7fTQROsd0Tz014pRA Listen to Episode #3 A family is like a microcosm of the world. It’s a testing ground; the first place you learn about how to interact with the world at large. Today’s family lessons come from… Image by raw pixel.com Adam Selbst! Adam learned a very big lesson from his mom. How big? As big as a tiger. And… Dani Alpert! Dani learns that being a “Girlfriend Mom,” a quasi-parental figure to her boyfriend’s teenagers, isn’t all fun and games. Sometimes it’s highly embarrassing. Listen learn how to [...]

The Day My Dad Took Me to Live With the Pigs

By Every Family's Got One Guest Writer -- Kathy Radigan The best parenting lesson I ever received came from my dad. And I was only five. Back then, family trips to Eisenhower Park were one of my favorite things to do. No visit was complete until we visited the pigs at the park’s small petting zoo. Whenever my two younger sisters or I dared to get a little out of line, my parents would warn us that if we didn’t behave, they would send us to live with the pigs. This threat was made lightly enough that we were pretty [...]