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Confessions Of A San Francisco Parent: I Let My Gay BFF Cruise The Castro With My Kids

By D. Hanousek What's sexier than a good-looking, stylish gay with great hair walking down Castro pushing a stroller? I actually don't feel qualified to answer, but my

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Confessions Of A San Francisco Parent: How Many Bake Sales Does It Take To Run S.F. Public Schools?

By D. Hanousek Whether it's raffle tickets, silent auction items, gala tickets, or school carnivals, it seems that the San Francisco public school system runs on practically nothing but the blood,

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Confessions Of A San Francisco Parent: I No Longer Post Pictures Of My Kids On Facebook

By D. Hanousek For a long time, I was one of those parents who posted adorable pictures and videos of my precious offspring on Facebook. On almost a daily basis, in fact. Since

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Confessions Of A San Francisco Parent: Treat Yo' Self

By D. Hanousek Like many parents in the city, my family is on spring break this week. And, like many other families here in Baghdad by the Bay, we aren't making

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Confessions Of A San Francisco Parent: Why Do Dads Get The Shaft?

By D. Hanousek You may or may not have noticed that two weeks ago, I took the day off from writing . I wasn't going to talk about it because I'

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Confessions Of A San Francisco Parent: 'It's Getting Lonely Out Here'

By D. Hanousek Maybe it's the nonstop rain or the traffic on 101. Maybe it's the news that one of my SFUSD-champion parent friends is pulling her kids

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Confessions Of A San Francisco Parent: Babies In Restaurants Aren't A Problem

By D. Hanousek The other night, while my husband and I were enjoying a long overdue romantic dinner at Delfina (to which my husband dutifully and accurately remarked that we have done on

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Confessions Of A San Francisco Parent: I Don't Mind When My Kids Curse

A few weekends ago when San Franciscans were enjoying unseasonable Dolores Park weather, my husband and I threw an impromptu deck party for our friends with kids. At one point in the day,

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Confessions Of A San Francisco Parent: Valentine's Day Is For School Kids

By D. Hanousek If my husband walked in the door after work carrying a dozen red roses and a box of chocolate, I would roll my eyes and maybe even throw up a

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Confessions Of A San Francisco Parent: 'I Love SF'

by D. Hanousek So, this week I'm writing from Portland, Oregon. I'm in the middle of a two-week offsite and I've been away from San Francisco

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Confessions Of A San Francisco Parent: I Drive Everywhere

by D. Hanousek As I switched on the gas to run down to Safeway (three short, but steep blocks away) to buy the required Italian-flavored breadcrumbs to make Cauliflower a la Basso&

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Confessions Of A San Francisco Parent: 'Ignorance Is Bliss'

(By D. Hanousek) Yesterday, a close friend pregnant with her first child posted a link on Facebook to an article about a mother who was arrested for allowing her 10-year-old to

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Confessions Of A San Francisco Parent: My Baby Goes To Day Care In 'The Ghetto'

(By D. Hanousek) As I dropped off my baby girl at day care the other day and waved good morning to the neighbor who had been tinkering with the same dilapidated car he

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Confessions Of A San Francisco Parent: 'I Don't Want To Be Your Friend'

(By D. Hanousek) After changing park benches three times over the weekend, I realized that I have a confession to make. I don't want to be your friend. Sure, we both

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Confessions Of A San Francisco Parent: 'I Don't Care About Spreading Germs'

(By D. Hanousek) "This germ is your germ. This germ is my germ." As my three-year-old son lays passed out on the couch after throwing up three times this