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Starting the school year sober. Here’s my story.

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I have spent years juggling my three jobs: teacher, mother, and alcoholic. By Jennifer Dines

October 21, 2021 Parenting Challenges

I’m a single working mom, trying to do it all in a pandemic. It’s really hard.

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I have a full-time job and yet I still feel like I’m waiting for my ex-husband to see me as an equal human. By Katherine Sargent

October 21, 2021 Family, Parenting Challenges

Mothers are rethinking how to return to the workforce post pandemic

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The last 18 months have clarified one thing for me— my job was not worth what I had been giving up to keep it. By Laura Longhine

October 19, 2021 Culture

The dreaded question for women like me, what do you do for a living?

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There’s a certain emotional security that comes with having a glamorous job title. By Chiazo Obiudu

October 18, 2021 Culture

My 16-year-old had to make medical decisions on his own. I was shocked.

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Whisking him off to surgery without even a mention to his parents seemed a premature exit from the cocoon of childhood. By Lauren Apfel

October 14, 2021 Parenting Challenges

Cooking a birthday dinner with my stepson changed our relationship for the better

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The particular bonding of a blended family didn’t come easily to me. By Tess Clarkson

October 12, 2021 Parenting Challenges

Playing with Legos is what helped two brothers build their strong bond

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My Lego games with Brian defined our relationship. Until, one fateful day, he left for college. By Matt Hollingsworth

October 7, 2021 Parenting Challenges

10 of the best books about witches (and Harry Potter isn’t one of them)

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Lace up your boots, don your pointy hat, pick up your broomstick and come along for the ride. By Anaita Vazifdar-Davar

October 6, 2021 Books, Family

No matter what stage of life, mothers are always listening out

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The saying that a mother is only as happy as her unhappiest child is true. By Beth Thompson

September 29, 2021 Parenting Challenges

The day I re-thought what to say, and not say, to tired mothers

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Somewhere in my garage there is a bin of all the tiny rubber boots my children used to wear. By Kim June Johnson

September 23, 2021 Family

The best books about kids who have lived through difficult times

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Literature is a great way to put our pandemic struggles into perspective. By Laura Catherine Hanby Hudgens

September 20, 2021 Books, Parenting Challenges

My grandmother’s handwritten recipes helped me find comfort in who she once was

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Not all recipes need to be cooked, but they all deserve to be read. By Tahnee Freda

September 15, 2021 Family, Parenting Challenges

How anxiety taught me to choose myself, even over my mother

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I wasn’t used to saying “no” to Mom—and didn’t know where to begin. By Elizabeth Newdom

September 14, 2021 Parenting Challenges

Q&A: Mom Brain

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Motherhood changes the way we think and feel about ourselves. We talked to Ilyse Dobrow DiMarco about how to cope with this upheaval.

September 9, 2021 Books

Learning how to accept the other mother in my daughter’s life

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I’m afraid of losing my daughter. I’m afraid of being replaced. By Jeannette Sanderson 

September 8, 2021 Family, Parenting Challenges

This is how it feels to parent through a miscarriage

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The sun was shredding us, both me and the stupid snow cone. By Mary Adkins

September 2, 2021 Parenting Challenges

5 lessons I’ve learned from managing my son’s food allergies

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The hard truth is that I can’t protect my child from everything. By Megan Hanlon

September 1, 2021 Family, Parenting Challenges

How I respond to adoption questions like, are they really yours?

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I get that people are curious when your children don’t look like you. By Diane Bonina

August 31, 2021 Family

Why cleaning my daughter’s remote learning space wasn’t so easy for me

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Her posters reminded me that the little home-learning sanctuary we had created was now coming apart. By Katie Greulich

August 26, 2021 Culture, Family

Books with a purpose that can help shape your child’s future

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A wonderful selection to ensure that every child has good, strong values to carry with them as they grow.

August 25, 2021 Books

Capturing the final moments of pregnancy in a picture

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It’s not just a celebrity thing. I know lots of mothers who have struck this pose. By Andrea Firth

August 23, 2021 Family

What’s the right age for a kid to get a phone? Emily Oster weighs in.

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It’s twelve. Happy Parenting! By Emily Oster

August 19, 2021 Books

Why I wish I hadn’t played with my kids so much

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During those play sessions I frequently felt resentful and bored. By Marya Markovich

August 11, 2021 Parenting Challenges

How a baby blanket taught one grandmother to embrace imperfection

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There’s a name for these knitting mistakes: “grandma kisses.” By Carol Ewig

July 28, 2021 Family

Losing a child and wondering if you will you ever be okay again

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I was in no hurry to let go of my grief. It was what I had left of my daughter. By Mary Janevic

July 22, 2021 Parenting Challenges

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