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Category Archive: Culture

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

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

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

This week in parenting: November 13, 2020

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Your Pandemic Stories, Jill Biden to Keep Working, How to Help Kids With Strong Emotions, and more.

November 13, 2020 Books, Culture, Parenting Advice

10 ways parents have grown in the pandemic

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Parenting, relationships, work-life balance. Here are your stories (in 100 words or less) about what you’ve learned in the pandemic.

November 10, 2020 Culture

Celebrating half birthdays matters now more than ever

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We sat together and sang and laughed and forgot for the moment what was happening in the world around us. By Amy Litzenblatt

November 5, 2020 Culture

How to help my daughter release her rage

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She screams with a primal, gut-shriek: “I hate math! Math is stupid!” By Melissa Savoie

October 29, 2020 Culture, Parenting Challenges

This week in parenting: October 23, 2020

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VOTE, VOTE, VOTE!

October 23, 2020 Culture

This week in parenting: October 9, 2020

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Sesame Street Racism Special, Kids and Political Views, New Color of the Year, & More

October 9, 2020 Culture

Why I let my seven-year-old put an election sticker on his bike

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I don’t allow myself any excitement, not after 2016, but I allow him his. By Caroline Horwitz

October 7, 2020 Culture

All working moms don’t have to be like RBG

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RBG worked so hard not only to open doors for other women, but so that other women wouldn’t have to work just like her. By Jenny Leon

October 7, 2020 Culture

This week in parenting: September 25th, 2020

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Motherwell’s go-to newsletter for all things parenting, featuring the most noteworthy and entertaining family-related news each week.

September 25, 2020 Culture

I have a trans teen. This is why it’s hard right now to be a Harry Potter fan.

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It’s a shock that J.K. Rowling—one of our family’s champions—has chosen to deny the very existence of our child. By Carrie Goldman

September 15, 2020 Culture, Parenting Challenges

Teaching my Black son how to bake

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Was Tamir Rice also an only child? Did he also make cookies with his mother? By Jill Moffett

September 10, 2020 Culture

Video games are helping teens connect with friends right now

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In the Before Time, I wouldn’t have allowed Call of Duty in our house, much less allowed him to play it for hours on end. By Deborah Williams

September 7, 2020 Culture, Parenting Challenges

Bullying in the age of remote learning

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With all the changes in 2020, one thing has remained constant: being bullied is a traumatic experience for kids. By Lori Orlinsky

September 3, 2020 Culture, Parenting Advice, Parenting Challenges

A recipe for learning how to accept your body

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Step Three: Layer 2 healthy parents and 1 naturally skinny sister. By Amye Archer

August 26, 2020 Culture, Parenting Challenges

As a psychologist, this is how back to school anxiety affects me

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I am carrying my own maternal fears right now and also those of my patients. By Ilyse Dobrow DiMarco

August 24, 2020 Culture, Parenting Challenges

Dads are taking on the burdens of remote learning too

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Last spring, when we finally gave up the dream of returning to school, I held onto September as my North Star. By Steven Newmark

August 21, 2020 Culture, Parenting Challenges

My relationship with food as a first-generation mom

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I talk with my mother multiple times a day. “Saaptacha?” It is routine, this asking if I’ve had my meal. By Lakshmi Lyer

August 19, 2020 Culture

What you need to know if you’re planning to homeschool this fall

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You might love it. Maybe not every day, but there will be moments. By Laura Catherine Hanby Hudgens

August 12, 2020 Culture, Parenting Advice

Why I love it when my kitchen is closed

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I didn’t know that motherhood would feel tantamount to being a short order cook. By Lauren Apfel

July 28, 2020 Culture, Family

Perspective | It’s time to drop the Karen stereotype

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Karen is the internet equivalent to the age-old double standard that a man who is vocal is assertive but when it’s a woman she’s a shrew. By Laura Catherine Hanby Hudgens

July 27, 2020 Culture

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