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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

A letter to my daughter about breasts

Pink ribbon for an awareness of Breast Cancer.
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The loss of my breasts made one thing clear. I had wasted so much time hating my perfectly good functioning body. By Jenny Leon

January 12, 2021 Family, Parenting Challenges

How to mother a daughter when you have food issues

Crispy Potato Chips in Row on Yellow Background
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There are few things I take genuine pleasure in, and one of those is eating. But what message does that send my daughter? By Jennifer Furner

December 28, 2020 Culture, Parenting Advice, Parenting Challenges

What happens to the kids when both parents model poor eating habits

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I know we’re both doing it wrong. I’m teaching our children that restraint is a shackle; he’s teaching them that tight control is the only way to avoid obesity. By Lorren Lemmons

July 1, 2020 Culture, Family

How being a mom has changed the way I eat

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Lately I tell myself that I’ll start to eat healthier. I won’t finish my children’s meals. I won’t pick off their plates, like a mother vulture. By Kelly Niebergall

April 22, 2020 Culture, Family

Dress codes: who gets to decide what a girl should wear?

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Leggings, spaghetti straps, midriff shirts—what’s the harm? Motherwell’s cultural conversation with parenting experts Lisa Damour, Jessica Lahey, and Peggy Orenstein.

March 27, 2017 Culture

What we tell our daughters about body hair

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What grooming habits is my daughter going to learn from me, and what will I say to her about why she might be expected to shave her legs but her brothers won’t be?
By Lauren Apfel

June 20, 2016 Culture

How motherhood made me a feminist

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Being a mother made me a feminist, it brought me face to face with ugly truths about society I would have rather not seen before.
By Lyz Lenz

June 6, 2016 Culture
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