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Culture

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

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

Computer generated image of Eleven Stranger Things
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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

What our kids miss out on growing up in a curated world

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YouTube, Apple Music, Netflix. Kids seldom watch, listen to, or read anything these days they didn’t select themselves—or that wasn’t suggested by an anxious-to-please algorithm. By Mary Janevic

January 28, 2019 Culture, Family

Why I don’t like to shush my kids

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Sometimes making yourself quieter for other people is the same as making yourself smaller. By Lauren Apfel

June 7, 2018 Culture, Parenting Challenges

I’m the one who got away: an author Q&A

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Motherwell interviews Andrea Jarrell about her debut memoir, which touches on themes of motherhood, desire and vulnerability.

August 22, 2017 Books
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