: About Me

I recently graduated from Brigham Young University with my B.A. in English with an editing minor. I had a cute little girl in January and now I'm a stay-at-home-mom who gets to write for fun. I'm currently working on a young adult fantasy novel and having fun with my blog, Typing With My Toes (http://karenmkrueger.wordpress.com).

My passion is ...

words

I know too much about ...

I'd like to say I know a lot about books and music...but know TOO much, not a chance :)

My parents always told me ...

"I don't know if you can, but you may" :) Bless their hearts.

My childhood ambition ...

I wanted to be an Egyptologist. Yah. And I knew what that word meant too.

My favorite memory ...

Reading the Chronicles of Narnia to my little brother.

Why I write ...

To make those cool things I see in my head become real.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

I'm trying to read all those books I've never gotten around to yet-usually it ends up being children's books; I tend to get hooked on watching House, Monk, or Chuck (must have a fettish for shows with one-named men); my standard listening library consists of Josh Groban and fun broadway stuff :)

My first job ...

A clerk in the General Store at Stone Mountain Park in Georgia...I got to wear period clothing and everything!

My best moment ...

Hmm...probably a combination of all those moments I spent laughing histerically with my best friend during my freshman year in college; Oh, and my wedding day of course :)

My inspiration ...

My husband and the Jumbo Pen he gave me for Christmas '07

Parenting & Pregnancy > Risky Child Behaviors How to break your child's addiction to video games

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My seventeen year old brother is addicted to computer games. Something I've noticed about him when he plays his computer games is that he gets frustrated with the game, gets angry, and then takes it out on the entire family. If something or someone takes him from playing his games to ask him to do a chore or some other activity, he gets grouchy. I've noticed these same problems with my friends' siblings as well. Somehow they get all worked up over a silly game and don't know where to draw the line when projecting their anger and frustration. Ironically, my brother also loves to read. He wi...

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