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The Rockwood Files: Tummy time for grown-ups

10/11/2025 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Hold your head up. Not just because you’re a fine, upstanding human being. Not just because it makes you look better in photos. Do it because, […]

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The Rockwood Files: The one-eyed, no good, very bad day

10/04/2025 nwamamas

Last Thursday, I sat in a packed parking lot on a college campus teeming with people in a city of more than 100,000. But I might as well have been alone on a leaky raft […]

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The Rockwood Files: American idle

09/27/2025 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 I hear voices. There, I admitted it. And I’d bet good money you hear them, too. Here’s how it usually works: About one percent of the […]

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Laser-light vacuuming: Can you handle the truth?

09/20/2025 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 My mom and I have joint custody of a fancy vacuum cleaner. A few years ago when we both needed a new one, we decided to […]

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The Rockwood Files: Dopamine’s double life

09/13/2025 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 People are a mystery. Sometimes I’m convinced we’re all just a bunch of intricate puzzles who happen to be wearing pants. To have a decent shot […]

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The Rockwood Files: Beanie baby

09/06/2025 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 There’s a baby in the house. A tiny, orange, fuzzy baby with two green eyes, 18 pink toes, and 24 whiskers that are too long for […]

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The Rockwood Files: August came with baggage

08/30/2025 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 August has baggage. And I’m not just talking about the oppressive heat and the swamp-level humidity. The month begins with the last dregs of summer and […]

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The Rockwood Files: The close call

08/23/2025 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 There’s an easy way to tell whether or not you have an unhealthy attachment to your computer: How do you react when it might be broken? […]

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The Rockwood Files: How Mama got her snooze back

08/02/2025 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 I wish I’d known years ago that my ability to sleep well might have an expiration date. I used to be so good at it. In […]

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The Rockwood Files: An angry inbox

07/26/2025 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Sometimes, I get angry emails. It doesn’t happen often, which is good because I don’t try to inspire irritation. But when you write for the public […]

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