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# Saturdays are No Regrets Parenting days

April 9, 2012 1 min read 

Here are two beautiful posts about the importance of time with our kids. Although they focus on Saturdays, they apply to every day (and every moment) of our parenting lives:

From the NYT, by KJ Dell’Antonia:

http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/16/childhood-940-saturdays-and-youre-done/

From Scary Mommy, by Rachel Macy Stafford:

http://www.scarymommy.com/saturday-286/

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