Clarksville Family Magazine — December 2009
The December 2009 Clarksville Family Magazine weighs a Christmas puppy, turns homeschooling into scholarship, and plans the perfect unexpected birth.
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The cover feature, “When All He Wants for Christmas Is a Puppy Dog,” brought a warm, family-relatable holiday story to the year's final issue, thoughtfully weighing the joys and responsibilities of a Christmas pet.
“Homeschool + ACT = Scholarship” offered homeschooling families an encouraging, practical look at turning their approach into college opportunity. “The Perfect (Unexpected) Birth Plan” shared a candid, reassuring take on how childbirth rarely goes to script, told in an honest first-person voice — its author recalling the reaction when she announced a third child and the way she pulled from every resource she could find about natural childbirth. “Teaching Dance” spotlighted a local pursuit, and a Holidays feature captured the season's spirit.
The recurring departments round out a December number that balances holiday warmth, education and honesty — a fittingly warm close to the year and the decade that captures the joys and realities of family life during the holidays, sending Clarksville families into the season a little more thoughtful and a little more prepared.
The puppy feature opened on a scene of shared parental dread: two mothers on the bleachers at their children's basketball game discovering a common problem. They were grateful their kids weren't asking for video games or DVDs — easy one-time purchases, easily stored and eventually forgotten — but their children had climbed onto Santa's lap and, amid a crowd of giggling onlookers, publicly requested a puppy for Christmas.
Table of Contents
- When All He Wants for Christmas is a Puppy Dog (p. 6)
- Homeschool + ACT = Scholarship (p. 10)
- The Perfect (Unexpected) Birth Plan (p. 14)
- Holidays (p. 18)
- Teaching Dance (p. 22)
- No Gain From Pain (p. 26)
- Nature (p. 30)
- Overweight and Obese (p. 32)
- Living a Life of Compassion (p. 38)
- Make the New Year Your Best Year (p. 40)
- Career (p. 44)
Regular Departments
- Family Values (p. 34)
- Giving Back (p. 36)
- Faith & Family (p. 46)
