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Category Archive: Parenting Challenges

One mom’s journey to becoming, and staying, a non-drinker

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Lunchtime beers would spill into afternoon cocktails and then more cocktails. By Jordan Souza

May 18, 2021 Parenting Challenges

Finding a way to keep my mother’s memory alive in my garden

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In death as in life, she would be surrounded by nature’s bounty. By Megan Hanlon

May 17, 2021 Parenting Challenges

How finding the right physical therapist for my son made all the difference

Eight-year-old with his physical therapist playing with an indoor plastic basketball hoop
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Each time Mark came for a session I saw Henry through a different lens. By Jaclyn Greenberg

May 11, 2021 Family, Parenting Challenges

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

Motherwell’s favorite books on life as a blended family

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Ten books to help both adults and children navigate the complexities of life as a blended family. By Olivia Watson

January 14, 2021 Books, Parenting Challenges

This is what happened when my husband wouldn’t do the dishes

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Regardless of who works outside of the home, men do less housework than women. And COVID has made the imbalance worse. By Molly Winter

January 13, 2021 Culture, Parenting Challenges

A letter to my daughter about breasts

Pink ribbon for an awareness of Breast Cancer.
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The loss of my breasts made one thing clear. I had wasted so much time hating my perfectly good functioning body. By Jenny Leon

January 12, 2021 Family, Parenting Challenges

When you can’t fix your kids’ problems anymore

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While maybe I’m no longer Mom the Fixer, I can still be Mom the Closer. By Ilyse Dobrow DiMarco

January 7, 2021 Parenting Challenges

What happened when my 20-year-old son became a single parent

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At 42, I’d gone from newlywed to grandma. And no, it didn’t feel like a blessing. By Rica Lewis

January 5, 2021 Family, Parenting Challenges

How to mother a daughter when you have food issues

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There are few things I take genuine pleasure in, and one of those is eating. But what message does that send my daughter? By Jennifer Furner

December 28, 2020 Culture, Parenting Advice, Parenting Challenges

On the right to grieve the twin that was not to be

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They call it a “Vanishing Twin.” Two fertilized eggs eventually diminish to one. By Shannon Frost Greenstein

December 24, 2020 Parenting Challenges

Why I don’t want to tell my 14-year-old the truth about Santa

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With an IQ of 70, I don’t think he has the capacity for figuring it out on his own. By Laurie Foos

December 23, 2020 Parenting Challenges

Why Christmas cookies are bittersweet to my brother and me

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In our small town everyone talked about everyone else’s business, but no one talked to us about why our mom was sick. 
By Elizabeth Creaswick

December 21, 2020 Parenting Challenges

Finding a little bit of hope in a dark time

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During my treatment, and in the months after, my daughters watched me closely. By Jessica Wahlstrom

December 17, 2020 Parenting Challenges

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