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Perspective | Yes, I f-ing let my kids curse

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If you calm down about the illicit nature of the words, we’re just talking about talking.
By Brianne DeRosa

November 2, 2016 Parenting Advice, Parenting Challenges

Perspective | No swearing in my house

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Our no cursing rule is one way I maintain the boundary between child and adult.
By Lisa Sadikman

November 2, 2016 Parenting Advice, Parenting Challenges

The length of the pause

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One day my son was a typically developing, albeit shy, three-year-old. The next he wasn’t able to say a word in public.
By Tanya Mozias Slavin

October 31, 2016 Parenting Challenges

The boring tragedies of parenthood

Sketch of ancient women in a row holding onto each other
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I am shocked still by the parenting moments that break my heart.
By Catherine Newman

October 27, 2016 Family, Parenting Challenges

Learning to be a worrier mom from afar

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I had to step back and let her stand on her own two feet—even when she was shivering feverishly under the covers.
By Candy Schulman

October 25, 2016 Parenting Challenges

Perspective | Explain this tutoring thing to me, please                        

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Why do so many kids have tutors? Are the placement requirements that lax or is everybody just trying to get a leg up?
By Francie Arenson Dickman

October 15, 2016 Culture, Parenting Challenges

Is there such a thing as too many kids?

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How do we decide when a family is “complete”?
By Lauren Apfel

October 15, 2016 Culture, Family

The journey of pregnancy after miscarriage

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The #IHadAMiscarriage campaign was launched to de-stigmatize pregnancy loss.
By Jessica Zucker

October 13, 2016 Family, Parenting Challenges

What the Dutch can teach us about our daughters and sex

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While American parents are talking to their daughters about the risks of sex, the Dutch are talking about the joys of intimacy.
By Peggy Orenstein

October 10, 2016 Books, Culture

Why it’s important for kids to see women in power

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Hillary Clinton might not have won the presidency, but we need women to keep fighting for these roles.
By Lauren Apfel

October 10, 2016 Culture

Girls & Sex, a review

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Peggy Orenstein’s Girls & Sex is a deftly executed, non-judgemental cultural commentary on the complexities of female adolescent sexuality.
By Lauren Apfel

October 7, 2016 Books

Why our kids need others to love them

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Caregiving, which is typically undervalued and underpaid, needs to be given the respect it deserves.
By Vicki Larson

October 4, 2016 Parenting Challenges

The early days of an autism diagnosis

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Nowhere in my plans was talking to a stranger about teaching basic social skills. Nowhere in my plans was autism.
By Katie Read

September 27, 2016 Parenting Challenges

An ultrasound of a beating heart, at last

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By the time we left China, it felt like he was ours, wholly and completely. And he is. But he is not.
By Kelly Westhoff

September 27, 2016 Family, Parenting Challenges

Sleepovers are an important part of childhood

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It’s important for parents to let their children take big bites of independence once in a while, even if it feels scary.
By Lauren Apfel

September 20, 2016 Family

I don’t like my kids sleeping out

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Beyond the pillow fights and giggles, how can we make sure our kids will be safe when they sleep at a friend’s house? By Randi Olin

September 20, 2016 Family

How to wean your three-year-old with a cupcake

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I couldn’t let my child have carte blanche access to my body for as long as she saw fit, the way I had originally thought I would.
By Doña Bumgarner

September 20, 2016 Parenting Challenges

My son doesn’t smile for photos

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Her son never wanted to be in the picture. Then he discovered himself behind the camera.
By Debbie Urbanski

September 12, 2016 Parenting Challenges

For the love of potty training

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I wondered if my daughter would grow up to hate me for forcing her to do things—like I hated my parents.
By Anna Gracia

September 12, 2016 Parenting Challenges

How to parent in a world of bad news

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As parents, how do we keep moving forward in the face of one tragedy after another?
By Morgan Baden

September 5, 2016 Culture

A mom, and still not feeling like an adult

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I waited until my thirties to have kids, but there are still moments when my feelings don’t match my age.
By Ann Cinzar

September 5, 2016 Parenting Challenges

Measuring the baby’s ears

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My unborn kid had a 1 in 214 chance of having Down syndrome. Those seemed like pretty good odds.
By Amy Silverman

August 30, 2016 Books, Parenting Challenges

The Gift of Failure: an author Q&A

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Jessica Lahey’s book is an incisive and eye-opening read on the pitfalls of modern-day overparenting.
By Randi Olin

August 22, 2016 Books

On being my children’s memory keeper

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If I throw out the lunch box, will I be throwing these memories away with it?
By Daisy Alpert Florin

August 22, 2016 Uncategorized

If you give a pig a porno

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What do you say when your tween comes home talking about Princess Leia porn? A modern-day parody.
By Francie Arenson Dickman

August 16, 2016 Culture

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