The Two-Penny Soapbox

The Two-Penny Soapbox

Sharing my two cents. A blog primarily about issues revolving around the work/family balance, but also prone to life anecdotes and adoption musings.

The One Thing Society Cannot Function Without

We are living in an age where everyone seems to have an opinion and those opinions seem to be based on wildly different facts. What we have ...

The Top 2 Things Parents Need Most Right Now

The pandemic has everyone spinning right now. All of us parents seem to be in one of the 5 stages of grief. I have moved past denial and am ...

Valuing Families has never been more important

For the last 3 years it felt frivolous to write about valuing families, supporting caregivers, or supporting childhood independence- not whe...

Incredibly true stories from the Perea Household: Tales from the run

For years the Perea family has run the Bolder Boulder. It is a family tradition, but our two youngest children have never joined us before...

Jokes with Talia

My oldest daughter has what we affectionately term a "developing sense of humor." She is delightfully logical and studiously seri...

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In a Nutshell

Amie Perea: A concerned mother who sees a real need in the American culture for more defined support for all families, not just those with young children. I believe that by applying an anthropological framework to the issues facing parents and famliies today we can create a grassroots movement to improve the lives of millions of families. Let's forget "Family Values", and start Valuing Families.

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