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Category Archive: Culture

Accepting my mom friendships for what they are

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What brings this group of mothers together beyond the common thread of parenthood and our kids’ friendships? By Lauran Bell

February 5, 2020 Culture

Parenting by the clock, but learning how to live in the moment

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Now if something takes too long, it means we’re late for something else. By Fiona Leary Boucher

February 4, 2020 Culture

The unexpected power of poetry for shy children

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When spoken language becomes a comfortable extension of a child’s being, speaking boldly is no longer a hurdle. By Megan Houston Sager

January 29, 2020 Culture

It’s my birthday. This is why I’m making my own cake.

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I’d rather take the time to create something I want than to compromise. In a small, sugared way, I see it as a rebellion. By Shannon Williams

January 23, 2020 Culture

Struggling to create a new life after my divorce

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On Friday nights, I would rush through my daughter’s bedtime books, slurring words and skipping full pages. By Shelley Mann Hite

January 14, 2020 Culture

Perspective | What am I sending them there for?

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We are a generation of parents who micromanage our children’s safety. And yet, despite the very real fear of death, we keep sending them to school. By Francie Arenson Dickman

January 9, 2020 Culture, Family

Perspective | It’s time we stopped with the phrase “gifted and talented”

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Being “gifted and talented” sounds a whole lot like being bestowed with a well, gift, that others were not granted. By Stephanie Sprenger

January 8, 2020 Culture

Motherwell’s most popular posts of 2019

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We are excited to share our most-read essays of the year!

December 17, 2019 Culture, Family, Parenting Challenges

My child wanted to be a boy

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I’m surprised by how many moms give me the thumbs-up for “letting” my daughter be a pirate. By Mimi Lemay

December 11, 2019 Books, Culture

The Santa myth is hard work and I won’t miss it

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As much as I love Christmas, without Santa I felt only glee and relief at the massive reduction in my December workload. By Michelle Deininger

December 4, 2019 Culture, Family

What will be the most popular baby names in 2020?

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Our favorite naming site, Nameberry, predicts next year’s hottest baby names.

December 3, 2019 Culture

Meeting my transgender daughter for the first time

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“What did you expect, Mom?” said my kid, laughing now, in her same boy-voice she’s always had. By Joanna Franklin Bell

November 27, 2019 Culture

Our favorite books that will change the way you think about parenthood

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Sixteen of the best books that offer a unique insight into parenting in our ever-changing modern world.

November 21, 2019 Books, Culture

Waiting for our family’s adoption to be complete

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What if birth certificates reflected reality? I imagined three spaces, one for our daughter’s biological mother and two for us. By Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser

November 19, 2019 Culture, Family

How much time does it take to make a friend?

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If the secret to friendship is hours logged, mothers of school-age children have a distinct advantage. By Michelle Riddell

November 14, 2019 Culture

How my two very different playgroups saved me

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The truth is I dreaded my Friday playgroup as much as I craved it. I stood apart from the other mothers in ways I couldn’t quite communicate or change. By Laura G. Owens

November 6, 2019 Culture, Family

The importance of tending to friendships

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As parents of older kids, socializing with other moms was apparently no longer part of the job description. By Anne Helena

October 30, 2019 Culture, Parenting Challenges

The ultimate guide to practical parenting books

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Ten of the best books out there that will help make the work of parenting easier, less worrisome, and more fun.

October 29, 2019 Books, Culture

Accepting my friend’s son when she can’t

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“Ryan,” I say. “If you ever want to play with the girl dolls, we have them. In this house, you can play with whatever you want.” By Ann Wainwright

October 11, 2019 Culture

The importance of friendship after divorce

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The hardest thing about divorce, I’ve found, is not the being alone. It’s the being alone when most of the people you know and love have a first port of call that isn’t you. By Lauren Apfel

October 8, 2019 Culture

Our family took a stand on our school’s dress code

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“No skinny pants” was a rule we could not and did not obey. Instead, we pulled our children out of the school. By Jennie Burke

October 2, 2019 Culture

Lice helped my family in a time of sorrow

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I’d been craving more one-on-one time with my kids for so long and now, thanks to those pesky parasites, I had it. By Kate Lemery

September 18, 2019 Culture, Family

After the baby, a marriage lost then found

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We would take a million pictures of our child but none of us. Forget to schedule date nights because we never needed them before. By Elizabeth Newdom

September 5, 2019 Culture, Family

How to talk with my daughter about anti-semitism

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My parents grew up in the shadow of the Holocaust. Neither one of them knew how to tell me what had happened, so instead they said nothing. By Elissa Jacobs

June 27, 2019 Culture, Family

Motherwell talks to bestselling author and therapist Lori Gottlieb

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So much of who we are has to do with how we think about our own parents and our own childhood.

June 19, 2019 Books, Culture

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