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Motherwell’s favorite books on life as a blended family

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Ten books to help both adults and children navigate the complexities of life as a blended family. By Olivia Watson

January 14, 2021 Books, Parenting Challenges

This is what happened when my husband wouldn’t do the dishes

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Regardless of who works outside of the home, men do less housework than women. And COVID has made the imbalance worse. By Molly Winter

January 13, 2021 Culture, Parenting Challenges

A letter to my daughter about breasts

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The loss of my breasts made one thing clear. I had wasted so much time hating my perfectly good functioning body. By Jenny Leon

January 12, 2021 Family, Parenting Challenges

Here’s to hope, and hugging my grown son this year

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I wonder if this is the year I’ll get to invite my son inside. By Kathi Valeii

January 11, 2021 Culture, Family

When you can’t fix your kids’ problems anymore

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While maybe I’m no longer Mom the Fixer, I can still be Mom the Closer. By Ilyse Dobrow DiMarco

January 7, 2021 Parenting Challenges

What happened when my 20-year-old son became a single parent

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At 42, I’d gone from newlywed to grandma. And no, it didn’t feel like a blessing. By Rica Lewis

January 5, 2021 Family, Parenting Challenges

How to mother a daughter when you have food issues

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There are few things I take genuine pleasure in, and one of those is eating. But what message does that send my daughter? By Jennifer Furner

December 28, 2020 Parenting Advice, Parenting Challenges

On the right to grieve the twin that was not to be

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They call it a “Vanishing Twin.” Two fertilized eggs eventually diminish to one. By Shannon Frost Greenstein

December 24, 2020 Parenting Challenges

Why I don’t want to tell my 14-year-old the truth about Santa

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With an IQ of 70, I don’t think he has the capacity for figuring it out on his own. By Laurie Foos

December 23, 2020 Parenting Challenges

Motherwell’s favorite books of 2020

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Motherwell features twelve of our favorite reads of the year. Memoir, advice, fiction, and more!

December 22, 2020 Books

Why Christmas cookies are bittersweet to my brother and me

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In our small town everyone talked about everyone else’s business, but no one talked to us about why our mom was sick. 
By Elizabeth Creaswick

December 21, 2020 Parenting Challenges

Finding a little bit of hope in a dark time

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During my treatment, and in the months after, my daughters watched me closely. By Jessica Wahlstrom

December 17, 2020 Parenting Challenges

Winter is the best time for reading, especially now

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Here are some great ideas for how parents can help encourage their kids to read. By Lisseth Aizpurua

December 16, 2020 Books, Culture, Parenting Advice

The holidays are here, but my mother is not

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I order turkey, I plan to bake pies. The tears make my head pound but they will not fall. By Brianne DeRosa

December 16, 2020 Parenting Challenges

When Jewish kids think they are missing out on Christmas

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Our children have a thorough understanding of their culture. And yet, and yet the magic of Christmas beckons them. By Alla Umanskiy

December 15, 2020 Parenting Challenges

Motherwell’s ten most popular posts of 2020

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What a year it’s been! Here are our most read pieces of 2020.

December 15, 2020 Family

My daughter has become more needy in the pandemic

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“I’m scared!” she refuses to go upstairs alone. “Sit next to me,” she pleads from the couch. “Closer,” then clings to my arm. By Jennifer Alessi

December 14, 2020 Culture, Family

Making toffee at the holidays with the woman I never knew

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As I open my fifth holiday season as a single woman and a mother of three, I watch the butter and sugar vanish into one another again. By Samantha Shanley

December 10, 2020 Family

Walking with my child through the pandemic

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Now it is deep into fall and all I know is this: he sleeps late, he is very tall, and sometimes he still wants to walk with me. By Gretchen Michelfeld

December 9, 2020 Culture, Family

The pandemic made me a private school mom

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We’re not cut from private school cloth, but we’d also reached our breaking point. By Amy Paturel

December 7, 2020 Culture, Parenting Challenges

The world felt out of control. So I became PTA Secretary.

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When I was younger, there were life choices I viewed as a certain death of the soul. Now I’m the owner of a Honda Odyssey and parent to three kids. By Cara McDonough

December 3, 2020 Culture, Family

Motherwell talks to best-selling author Christie Tate

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One of the rules in group therapy is no secrets. The members become your support system, and everyone can talk about anything they want, without limitations.

December 2, 2020 Books

Why holiday food donations are so important to me

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My family used to be just like the ones who are going to benefit from the food drive at my children’s school. By Megan Hanlon

November 24, 2020 Culture, Parenting Challenges

How to help kids learn (and unlearn) about Thanksgiving

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We’ve selected nine books for children (and parents) on how to think critically about the origin and legacy of Thanksgiving. By Olivia Watson

November 19, 2020 Books

This is Jeopardy! How Alex Trebek influenced my mother’s life

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While life had taken people from her, Alex was dependable, he showed up every Monday through Friday. By Felicia Scarangello

November 19, 2020 Culture

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