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Celebrating half birthdays matters 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

Teaching my Black son how to bake

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Was Tamir Rice also an only child? Did he also make cookies with his mother? By Jill Moffett

September 10, 2020 Culture

Video games are helping teens connect with friends right now

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In the Before Time, I wouldn’t have allowed Call of Duty in our house, much less allowed him to play it for hours on end. By Deborah Williams

September 7, 2020 Culture, Parenting Challenges

Bullying in the age of remote learning

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With all the changes in 2020, one thing has remained constant: being bullied is a traumatic experience for kids. By Lori Orlinsky

September 3, 2020 Culture, Parenting Advice, Parenting Challenges

A recipe for learning how to accept your body

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Step Three: Layer 2 healthy parents and 1 naturally skinny sister. By Amye Archer

August 26, 2020 Culture, Parenting Challenges

As a psychologist, this is how back to school anxiety affects me

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I am carrying my own maternal fears right now and also those of my patients. By Ilyse Dobrow DiMarco

August 24, 2020 Culture, Parenting Challenges

Dads are taking on the burdens of remote learning too

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Last spring, when we finally gave up the dream of returning to school, I held onto September as my North Star. By Steven Newmark

August 21, 2020 Culture, Parenting Challenges

My relationship with food as a first-generation mom

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I talk with my mother multiple times a day. “Saaptacha?” It is routine, this asking if I’ve had my meal. By Lakshmi Lyer

August 19, 2020 Culture

What you need to know if you’re planning to homeschool this fall

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You might love it. Maybe not every day, but there will be moments. By Laura Catherine Hanby Hudgens

August 12, 2020 Culture, Parenting Advice

Cancer taught me you don’t need to be a perfect mom

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My daughter was born four weeks after I was diagnosed with breast cancer. By Jenny Leon

August 10, 2020 Family, Parenting Challenges

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