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September 8, 2008

Tips for Thursday, questions for Monday

I'm looking for subjects (and related tips) for this week's Tip Sheet Thursday and, while we're at it, questions I can ask experts for the next few Monday Consults. What's on your mind?

Posted by Kate Shatzkin at 4:38 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

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With a birthday coming up, how to keep grandparents from going completely overboard with expensive, elaborate, space-consuming gifts that don't relfect our parenting values. Example: I suggest that picture books of animals or a couple of those nice German plastic animals would be a big hit, adn get a $300 enormous "Rokenbok" motorized playset that will consume half of the space in our small living room. I can set limits with my kids, but could sure use help setting limits with my parents!

Posted by: Momof2 | September 10, 2008 3:09 PM

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About Kate Shatzkin

Kate Shatzkin is the parenting and families content editor at The Baltimore Sun and, before that, was its family beat reporter. But her most challenging and rewarding job is being mother to Leah, 8, and Sam, 6.

In her 14 years at The Baltimore Sun, Kate also has covered nonprofit organizations, prisons and courts, and has written several investigative series. She was previously a Knight journalism fellow at Yale Law School and a reporter at the Seattle Times and at the Patriot-Ledger of Quincy, Mass. She lives in Baltimore with her family.

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