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Category Archive: Family

What happens to people with infertility during a pandemic?

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According to specialists, a 12-week delay won’t make the difference between someone having a baby or not. By Mimi Sager Yoskowitz

May 13, 2020 Culture, Family

Will my only child be lonely during the pandemic?

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Obviously, a pandemic is an awful reason to decide to have another child. But that doesn’t stop me from thinking about it. By Amanda Gibson

May 11, 2020 Culture, Family

Here’s to hoping my kids leave for college in the fall

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How, my girls wonder, can they live a big life if they can’t get out of the gate? I feel for them. By Francie Arenson Dickman

May 7, 2020 Family

How teachers help make Mother’s Day special

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Each project was meant to show a child’s mom that she is appreciated. Respected. Loved. By Wendy Kennar

May 6, 2020 Culture, Family

How being a mom has changed the way I eat

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Lately I tell myself that I’ll start to eat healthier. I won’t finish my children’s meals. I won’t pick off their plates, like a mother vulture. By Kelly Niebergall

April 22, 2020 Culture, Family

Movies to watch with your family right now

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Every night this family of five sits down together to watch a movie. Rotating who picks, no opting out. By Daisy Alpert Florin

April 17, 2020 Culture, Family

Finding out your baby has special needs during a pandemic

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Shelter in place has become a cocoon where our family has slowly let this diagnosis of Down syndrome sink in. By Maggie Shafer

April 15, 2020 Culture, Family

A thank you note to all teachers

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This job is hard—physically, mentally, emotionally—it’s so damn hard. By Maureen Boesen

April 13, 2020 Culture, Family

What the women in the waiting room are thinking

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Every fertility journey is different. You never really know what somebody else is going through. By Amy Klein

April 9, 2020 Books, Family

The relentless anxiety of being a single parent right now

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Let your children see you trying. Let them see you cry. By Kaci Curtis

April 8, 2020 Culture, Family

This is how perspectives change during a hard time

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He said, “I never knew you started dinner at 4pm every weekday.” By Teresa B. Duffy

April 6, 2020 Culture, Family

Forgiving myself as a mother, especially now

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My kids are used to my loud, Jewish-mom complaining—but not this unkindness. Not this anxiety-fueled rage. By Hannah Grieco

April 1, 2020 Culture, Family, Parenting Challenges

How to save face when the tooth fairy forgets to pay a visit

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It’s all about the details, the sillier the better. By Lori Orlinsky

February 27, 2020 Family

Why it’s hard to be a mom and a military spouse

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When Finn took his first steps and my husband was on another continent, I couldn’t help but wonder, “How could you miss this?” By Kaci Curtis

February 13, 2020 Family

My preoccupation with sick kids on Instagram

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Maybe following these accounts is a form of penance for the guilt of being one of the lucky ones who got to take her baby home. By Justine Feron

February 11, 2020 Family

My teen is not who he used to be, it’s hard

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We’ve had a rough time lately in ways that go beyond the ordinary awkward de-nesting of middle school. By Annie O’Brien

January 15, 2020 Family, Parenting Challenges

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

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

When your sister has a miscarriage

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After bursting into tears, you text your brother-in-law: “Sorry, this is awkward, but make sure she doesn’t use a tampon for the bleeding.” By Lorren Lemmons

December 10, 2019 Family, Parenting Challenges

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

Perspective | Why I don’t use positive adoption language

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“Birth mom” does not make me feel like a baby machine without feelings, but it does clarify my role in her life. By Adrian Collins

November 25, 2019 Family, Parenting Challenges

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

Poetry | Flowers in odd numbers

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If my mother is not here, who will show up to bring me flowers when I am vacuumed out,
cells gone, clean, neat, dark, unseeded? By Emily Franklin

November 13, 2019 Family

Letting go of the baby things we don’t need

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They all took turns as babies, then toddlers, riding in the stroller’s deep reclining seat, casually enjoying Cheerios or clutching a favorite toy as I bounced behind. By Cara McDonough

November 12, 2019 Family

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

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