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PTAN #35 – The Ultimate Parenting Challenge
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PTAN #35 – The Ultimate Parenting Challenge

Sam KJby Sam KJDecember 3, 2020December 4, 20200
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This Parenting Challenge Was Something That Maria Manna Could Never Have Expected Growing up in an Italian-Canadian household, Maria Manna learned early how to be responsible and to persevere. Yet …

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  • PTAN #35 - To the Brink and Back
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  • ESSAY - I Wish it Were 1978 Just For One Day
  • PTAN #34 - When Daugther Becomes Mother
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  • Essay - Memories of Low Tech Popcorn
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  • Introducing PTAN Essays
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  • Retro Memory #30 - Sideburns
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  • PTAN #31 - It's All About the Hustle
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  • PTAN #29 - But WHY? We Ask Tai
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  • Retro Memory #27 - The Manual Cash Register
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  • PTAN #28 - Not Like Mother, Not Like Daughter
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  • Retro Memory #25 - The Transistor Radio
  • Retro Memory #25 - The Transistor Radio
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  • PTAN #26 - Have Kids, Will Travel
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  • PTAN #24 - Of Religion and Representation
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  • Retro Memory #21- Leisure Suits
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  • PTAN #23 - The Culture of Community Parenting
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  • Retro Memory #20 - 45 RPM Singles
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  • #17 - Love Thyself, New Mom
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  • #11 - Charlie Demers
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  • Retro Memory #10 - Home Economics and Shop Classes
  • #10 - Can't Parents Just Get a Break?
  • #10 - Can't Parents Just Get a Break?
  • #9 - Free-Range Parenting in an Age of Fear
  • #9 - Free-Range Parenting in an Age of Fear
  • Retro Memory #9 - Video Stores
  • Retro Memory #9 - Video Stores
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  • #8 - Video Killed the Radio Star
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