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What if my kids only remember me as a mother who yelled?

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The loss of self can wear on even the best of parents. By Amanda McCoy

September 21, 2022 Family, Parenting Challenges

Practicing the art of empathy as I send my kid off into the world

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I remember, 16 years ago, the judging eyes of women in coffee shops. By Gillian Steinberg

September 16, 2022 Parenting Challenges

Telling our family story of adoption has helped us to heal

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Neither my son nor I slept through the night for the first two years. By Karen Skalitzky.

September 15, 2022 Culture, Family

Bookstores helped me connect with my mother—and send my daughter off to college

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I’m already planning the first book I will send to her at school. By Sarah Gundle

September 8, 2022 Culture

The pictures we post of our teens don’t always tell the whole story

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Tashi is in college and I am so proud. I’m relieved. I’m also scared. By Andrea Askowitz

September 7, 2022 Parenting Challenges

When postpartum depression lasts beyond new motherhood

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Moms are supposed to rebound. Some of us don’t. By Christy Tending

September 1, 2022 Parenting Challenges

Here’s what “grooming” really looks like (hint: it’s not sex ed classes)

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Talking about sexuality or supporting kids’ identities sure isn’t “grooming.” By Ellen Friedrichs

August 18, 2022 Culture

When moms and stepmoms work together, it’s better for everyone

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We tried. And we kept trying. Nothing more, nothing less. By Susan Philips

August 11, 2022 Parenting Advice, Parenting Challenges

I was a child bride. It’s time to stop teaching young girls to stay sweet.

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Girls in my cult were drilled, above all else, to give up our sense of selves. By Tamara MC

August 10, 2022 Culture

How parents can get kids ready for visiting an art museum

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A family can visit a museum for less money than a movie—and far less than a theme park. By Linda Moore

July 27, 2022 Culture

Diet culture tries to infiltrate my family. Here’s why I reject it.

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I want to swoop in and re-wire the part of my son’s brain that thinks something is wrong with his body. By Kathleen Dunlap

July 27, 2022 Culture, Family

This is how I learned to let my son take his time

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He reminded me that there was more than one route to any destination. By Kaci Mason

July 22, 2022 Parenting Challenges

The time I caught my nanny drinking on the job

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I thought that if I could just find the right nanny, my life would be perfect. By Jennifer E. Rizzo

July 21, 2022 Culture

How to teach our sons that birth control is their responsibility too

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As a teenager, I absorbed the message that birth control revolved around the female body. By Billy Kilgore

July 14, 2022 Culture

What’s in baby formula, and why does everyone think it’s so terrible?

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The backlash against formula manufacturers isn’t about antibodies or probiotics. It’s about money. By Marie Holmes

July 1, 2022 Culture, Parenting Advice

For years we chanted, we won’t go back. And yet, here we are.

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Should I really be telling my daughter to delete her period tracker apps? By Ellen Friedrichs

June 29, 2022 Culture

I realized I used the wrong pronouns. This is what happened next.

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“If you go back,” my twelve-year-old said, “say I’m sorry *if* I mis-gendered you.” By Kim Anton

June 23, 2022 Culture, Parenting Challenges

How formula helped me connect with my baby

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The formula recall came days after I quit breastfeeding. By Samantha Schlemm

June 17, 2022 Culture, Parenting Challenges

How my kids helped reframe my body image during and after pregnancy

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With my breasts and belly so exaggerated, the rest of me felt diminished. By Jennie Rabinowitz

June 15, 2022 Parenting Guidance

Women can love being moms and still demand change

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As mothers, we are so good at keeping things beautiful and wrapped up in a bow. By Jillayna Adamson

June 9, 2022 Parenting Challenges

Simple Acts: The Busy Teen’s Guide to Making a Difference

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Motherwell talks to advocate Natalie Silverstein about how to get teens to give back.

June 6, 2022 Books

How do we take care of our girls as they move through the world?

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I tell my students: if something feels wrong, it probably is. By Ellen Friedrichs

June 3, 2022 Parenting Challenges

How to break it to kids that the family is moving (or other hard news)

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Be ready to take questions, and try to fill in those blanks before your kid’s imagination does it for you. By Marie Holmes

June 1, 2022 Family, Parenting Advice

After a school shooting, what can we do with our pain?

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I’m running out of fingers on my hands to count the students I’ve lost to gun violence. By Emily James

May 31, 2022 Parenting Challenges

Why our daughters need more heroes like Eleven

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Somewhere deep down, these girls sense that rage is exactly the right thing to feel. By Nan Mooney

May 27, 2022 Culture

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