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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

Motherwell talks to best-selling author Christie Tate

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One of the rules in group therapy is no secrets. The members become your support system, and everyone can talk about anything they want, without limitations.

December 2, 2020 Books

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

How to help kids learn (and unlearn) about Thanksgiving

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We’ve selected nine books for children (and parents) on how to think critically about the origin and legacy of Thanksgiving. By Olivia Watson

November 19, 2020 Books

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

How pandemic life is like life with a newborn

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The internet says this stage can last weeks or months or more. You think to yourself, those experts must be wrong because I can’t take another day. By Samantha Gratton

November 17, 2020 Family, Parenting Challenges

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

My daughter is bald. This is how I taught her to love herself.

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In the beginning, we relied on hats to shield Rosie from unwanted stares as we hoped the hair loss would be temporary. By Paula Quinn

November 11, 2020 Parenting Advice, Parenting Challenges

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

Why half birthdays matter 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

This is how I hurt my kids by helping them

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Quarantine has forced me to turn off my snowplow parenting, otherwise I’d spend my entire day cleaning. By Andrea Askowitz

November 2, 2020 Parenting Challenges

How can parents prepare for daylight saving time?

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Our kids are waking up at their “usual” time, yet the clock reads an hour earlier. Yikes!

October 30, 2020 Parenting Advice

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

The importance of hugs, especially now

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Even though he’s grown, my son’s hugs mean more to me now than they ever have. By Dawn Gerber

October 22, 2020 Family

This is how judging people during COVID feels like new motherhood

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When I was a new mom, it was easier to shame and blame than sit with the fear that I had made the wrong choice. By Caroline Grobler-Tanner

October 15, 2020 Parenting Challenges

What happened when my daughter questioned my relationship with food

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She thinks when I say things like “balanced diet” what I really mean is “don’t eat sugar, it’ll make you fat.” By Lizabeth Sjaastad

October 14, 2020 Parenting Challenges

Figuring out how to talk to my daughters about religion

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I never tell my children what’s real or what to believe, I simply lend definitions. By Katherine Sargent

October 12, 2020 Family

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

My breast cancer made me reevaluate breastfeeding

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After my diagnosis, there was no question in anyone’s mind that my daughter was going to be bottle-fed. By Jenny Leon

September 23, 2020 Family, Parenting Challenges

Why I don’t like the phrase “mommy brain”

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Behind every “mommy brain” story, there’s a fuller picture. Modern motherhood makes impossible demands. By Nicole Graev Lipson

September 21, 2020 Family

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

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