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Should Texans Tear Up Their Red Light Camera Tickets? Not Just Yet.

In Lifestyle May 20, 2019

I wonder if you could hear Ding! Dong! The Witch is Dead in Austin last week. A bill to...

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First Family Weekend as a UT parent.

First Family Weekend as a UT parent.

Fun new read from @zibbyowens . Love books featuri

Fun new read from @zibbyowens . Love books featuring writers as protagonists and female characters making life pivots in their 40s and beyond. This book has both, plus lots of sharply written dialogue. #lawyermom #bookstagram #mom2summit #carpoollinelaw

This week 26 years ago I walked into my first clas

This week 26 years ago I walked into my first class at The University of Texas School of Law and sat down near a cute guy in a Notre Dame polo shirt. Today that cute guy and I are back at UT Austin to drop off our eldest daughter for college. Plan II Honors at one of the greatest universities in the world. Going to miss our girl terribly, but am so excited for what the future has in store for her. #hookem #whatstartsherechangestheworld #utaustin #atx @ckratovil @cate_kratovil

My eldest daughter is a (gulp) high school senior.

My eldest daughter is a (gulp) high school senior.

While she’s knee-deep in college applications and essays, I’m struggling to come to terms with the fact that this time next year my baby won’t be at home.

To make sure I can help her if god forbid a life-altering accident and illness happens to her, I'll be making sure she signs a couple of basic estate planning documents before she leaves for college.

For more on the legal documents every college student needs, click on the link in my bio for my latest blog post.

#dallasmoms #lawyermoms #carpoollinelaw #emptynesters

Middle school group projects…where social pressu

Middle school group projects…where social pressure and academic pressure collide.

Choose your own group? Move fast to avoid the dreaded “we already have enough members” cutoff.

Assigned groups? If you have lazy partners, you can either do all or most of the work yourself, or rat out your partners and risk having the word snitch attached to your name for the rest of middle school.

3 out of 4 of my daughters are in or have been through middle school. After years of listening to their complaints about group projects, I’ve got a thing or two to say.

Like why not ask each kid (in private) what work they agreed to do at the beginning of the project, and what work they actually did?

For more on my thoughts on middle school group projects, click on the link in my bio for my latest post for @dallas_moms .

Are school group projects preparing kids for teamwork in the workplace, or are they as far removed from real-world, on-the-job teamwork as playing Mario Kart is to Formula One racing?

Leave a comment and let me know.

#dallasmoms #carpoollinelaw #lawyermom #mombloggers #middleschool #juniorhigh

One surefire way to add a little fun and joy into

One surefire way to add a little fun and joy into the endless Texas summer is to make time for reading.

In my latest post for @dallas_moms I'm sharing some of the favorite recent reads. Click on the link in my bio.

Meant to Be by Emily Giffin
The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams
The Maid by Nita Prose
The Feather Thief by Kirk Johnson
Tracy Flick Can't Win by Tom Perrotta

#dallasmoms #lawyermoms @emilygiffinauthor @nitaprose #dictionaryoflostwords #tracyflickcantwin #bookstagram #summerreads

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