Friendship and Parenting, an original series

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Friendship is so important. Parenting is as well. This is why we wanted to explore the ways in which these two powerful and pervasive relationships can intersect.

Friendship and Parenting, a Motherwell original series, featuring:

The friends I made in the waiting room, by Elizabeth Michaelson Monaghan

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We don’t want our boys to be “cured.” There is no cure; autism is a chronic state, like arthritis, or love.

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The importance of friendship after divorceby Lauren Apfel

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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.

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Helping my son grieve the loss of a friendby Tanya Mozias Slavin

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How exactly could I break this news to a kid who already went to bed every night scared of death to the point of tears?

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Accepting my friend’s son when she can’tby Ann Wainwright

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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.”

 

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