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Category Archive: Books

Simple Acts: The Busy Teen’s Guide to Making a Difference

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Motherwell talks to advocate Natalie Silverstein about how to get teens to give back.

June 6, 2022 Books

Motherhood: Facing and Finding Yourself

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Motherwell talks to Jungian psychologist Lisa Marchiano about her new book, and motherhood as a journey of self-discovery.

April 27, 2022 Books, Parenting Challenges

The book that taught me to trust my explosive child

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To stand with your kid, in radical acceptance, is one of the hardest things a parent can do. By Amanda Diekman

April 7, 2022 Books, Culture, Parenting Challenges

How reading so many books about grief helped me through my own

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I wanted to learn how people managed to survive the unthinkable. By Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser

February 2, 2022 Books, Parenting Challenges

How curiosity can help lead women to their unicorn space

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Why is the question—what makes you feel the most like you?—so often met with an extended pause? By Eve Rodsky

January 12, 2022 Books, Culture

12 of our favorite books about Christmas for little kids

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Great reads for festive days! By Anaita Vazifdar-Davar

December 14, 2021 Books, Culture

Books to gift the young readers in your life this holiday season

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10 titles that are sure to entertain and empower children and middle grade readers.

December 9, 2021 Books, Culture

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

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

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

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

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

Q&A: How To Raise Kids Who Aren’t Assholes

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Motherwell talks to Melinda Wenner Moyer about how to raise kind, tolerant, empathetic children.

July 20, 2021 Books

How we measure our children against each other (and why we shouldn’t)

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Don’t tell the youngest he should eat nicely like his elder sister, just say you can see he’s playing with his food. By Lynn Berger

June 30, 2021 Books, Parenting Challenges

10 children’s books that make armchair travel fun

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If you can’t travel now but want your kids to get to know a destination, plunge into these books. By Anaita Vazifdar-Davar

June 24, 2021 Books

3 things I learned at the CIA that helped me survive early postpartum

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It was my CIA training and experience that eventually helped alleviate some of the anxiety. By Christina Hillsberg

June 8, 2021 Books, Parenting Challenges

Q&A: Simple Acts, The Busy Family’s Guide to Giving Back

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Motherwell talks to author Natalie Silverstein about her book for parents who want to raise kind, grateful kids.

May 27, 2021 Books

Q&A: You Don’t Have to Be Everything

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Talking to Diana Whitney about her collection of poems for girls becoming themselves. By Daisy Florin

May 13, 2021 Books, Culture

Excerpt: How to give your kids the gift of autonomy

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Parents who help their children too much leave their kids ill-prepared to be adults. By Michaeleen Doucleff

May 10, 2021 Books, 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

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

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

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 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

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