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When back pain becomes part of your life as a parent

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As the mental pain of being a woman collides with the physical pain of motherhood, I search for relief everywhere. By Megan Sovern

May 6, 2021 Parenting Challenges

After years of rejecting a beauty regime, this is why I finally embraced one

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My mother was praised her whole life for her beauty; I preferred praise for my mind. By Emily Franklin

May 5, 2021 Culture, Parenting Challenges

Q&A: How to Stop Losing Your Sh*t with Your Kids

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Motherwell talks to parenting author Carla Naumburg, PhD.

May 3, 2021 Books

Yes, I’m still a mother after all these years

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How could this have happened so quickly? My son is all grown up with a life and a sailboat of his own, 3,000 miles away from me. By Eileen Vorbach Collins

April 30, 2021 Family

Explaining to our kids that babies are made in more than one way

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In 2021, it’s not unusual by any stretch for doctors, friends, and donors to have a hand in reproduction. By Jennifer Berney

April 29, 2021 Books

Can yoga help parents of teens during the pandemic?

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He’s sick to death of online school, of not seeing his friends. By Heather Hewett

April 20, 2021 Family, Parenting Challenges

One thing strong kids do: they adapt to change

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Strong kids embrace the changes in their lives. They work on adapting to the things going on around them instead of resisting them. By Amy Morin

April 9, 2021 Books, Parenting Advice

Q&A: Motherwell talks to best-selling author Jessica Lahey

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Her new book offers an honest and straightforward guide for preventing substance abuse in children.

April 7, 2021 Books

How a hopeful dance became part of our family’s new bedtime ritual

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The Naked Baby Dance encompasses all of my favorite parts of toddlerhood. It is both silly and sincere. By Martha Quinn

March 31, 2021 Family

How I talk to my sensitive son about what he’s feeling

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“What color is fear?” my sons asks me. “I think it’s sunset orange.” By Lorna Rose

March 24, 2021 Family

My toddler talks to bagels. Will he be able to talk to other kids?

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He’s been out of daycare for nearly a year, but he has befriended the couch. By Maya Schenwar

March 18, 2021 Family, Parenting Challenges

Twenty years after my mother’s death, I still can’t make her breakfast casserole

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Food was a big part of my grief process. I was 25 when my mom died. By Natalie Serianni

March 15, 2021 Parenting Challenges

8 books to teach and inspire kids to become politically engaged

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Reading, Toni Morrison said, is political action in and of itself. By Olivia Watson

March 11, 2021 Books, Culture

How a family roller disco saved our winter

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Our roller disco will be a celebration of survival, a catchpenny affair, meant to launch us into the season of renewal. By Samantha Shanley

March 10, 2021 Family, Parenting Challenges

Women and caregiving in the pandemic, there’s hope on the other side

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We didn’t ask for this new life, this set of unattainable demands and responsibilities. By Karen Paul

March 4, 2021 Culture, Parenting Challenges

How to raise optimistic kids in pessimistic times

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Hopeful children are happier, more satisfied with life, and more willing to try. By Michele Borba, Ed. D.

March 3, 2021 Books, Parenting Advice

How we decide which picture books to save from our kids’ childhood

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It was the official end of the picture book era in our family, and I was surprised by how bereft I felt. By Mary Janevic

February 22, 2021 Books, Parenting Challenges

How making yogurt keeps my hope alive

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If you know the taste of real yogurt, or freedom, you won’t give it up easily. By Daniela Elza

February 18, 2021 Family

Why is the cost of college so expensive?

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Many of us are or will be paying more for our children’s college education than our parents did for ours, what or who is actually responsible? By Ron Lieber

February 17, 2021 Books, Culture

I was pregnant when I confronted sexual violence for the first time

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It took growing another being inside of me—becoming two—to learn to truly stand up for myself. By Rebecca Kling

February 10, 2021 Culture

The things I tell myself one year after giving birth

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In the past twelve months you have become Mama and Mommy and Mum, but you are also still you. By Emily Brisse

February 3, 2021 Family

My guy friend grabbed my butt, what should I have done?

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I’ve been told more times than I can count not to make a big deal out of things, that the man was only kidding. By Corie Adjmi

February 2, 2021 Culture

Raising a Rare Girl: an author Q&A

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This book is a meditation about what unconditional love offers both recipient and giver. By Sarah Buttenwieser

January 28, 2021 Books, Parenting Challenges

Watching Bridgerton with my daughter was worth the embarrassment

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Viewing the show together became a rite of passage for both of us. By Lori Tucker-Sullivan

January 27, 2021 Culture, Parenting Challenges

How to empower our daughters to find pleasure

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It’s your vagina, you’re allowed to love it all you want. By Ellen Hagan

January 25, 2021 Culture, Parenting Challenges

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