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The book that taught me to trust my explosive child

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To stand with your kid, in radical acceptance, is one of the hardest things a parent can do. By Amanda Diekman

April 7, 2022 Books, Culture, Parenting Challenges

Books with a purpose that can help shape your child’s future

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A wonderful selection to ensure that every child has good, strong values to carry with them as they grow.

August 25, 2021 Books

How I talk to my sensitive son about what he’s feeling

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“What color is fear?” my sons asks me. “I think it’s sunset orange.” By Lorna Rose

March 24, 2021 Family

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

On being a mother who still doesn’t know who she is

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I am a woman who sometimes needs a glass of wine or two in the evening, because even though her boys are no longer babies, five to six o’clock is still the witching hour. By Fiona Leary Boucher

March 7, 2019 Culture

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

Last call for one more child

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My plate is full, blessedly so. So why can’t I stop thinking about having another baby? By Daisy Alpert Florin

December 12, 2017 Parenting Challenges

How to raise boys not predators

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Let’s not assume our sons are innately predatory. They’re not. It’s on us to make sure they stay that way. By Logan Levkoff

December 7, 2017 Culture

Winter is here, but my baby is not

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I’m postpartum. Without a newborn. At 20 weeks of pregnancy, my baby didn’t make it.
By Jenn Press Arata

December 6, 2016 Parenting Challenges

My favorite part of motherhood? I’m not so sure.

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Is it possible to love being a mom without knowing why?
By Christine Organ

June 27, 2016 Family, Parenting Challenges

My half-brother, my brother

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What can be seen as the messy complications of a blended family are, when viewed differently, just more branches on a beautifully tangled family tree.
By Elizabeth Maria Naranjo

June 20, 2016 Family

On telling my kids I love them

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I don’t think we are a family who loves each other in some especially profound way. We have just made the words that stand for our love a part of the verbal dance we do.
By Lauren Apfel

May 1, 2016 Culture
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