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Family

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

How to break it to kids that the family is moving (or other hard news)

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Be ready to take questions, and try to fill in those blanks before your kid’s imagination does it for you. By Marie Holmes

June 1, 2022 Family, Parenting Advice

Why our daughters need more heroes like Eleven

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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

Q&A: Motherwell talks to best-selling author Jessica Lahey

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Her new book offers an honest and straightforward guide for preventing substance abuse in children.

April 7, 2021 Books

How a family roller disco saved our winter

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Our roller disco will be a celebration of survival, a catchpenny affair, meant to launch us into the season of renewal. By Samantha Shanley

March 10, 2021 Family, Parenting Challenges

Here’s to hope, and hugging my grown son this year

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I wonder if this is the year I’ll get to invite my son inside. By Kathi Valeii

January 11, 2021 Culture, Family

Winter is the best time for reading, especially now

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Here are some great ideas for how parents can help encourage their kids to read. By Lisseth Aizpurua

December 16, 2020 Books, Culture, Parenting Advice

Making toffee at the holidays with the woman I never knew

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As I open my fifth holiday season as a single woman and a mother of three, I watch the butter and sugar vanish into one another again. By Samantha Shanley

December 10, 2020 Family

Walking with my child through the pandemic

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Now it is deep into fall and all I know is this: he sleeps late, he is very tall, and sometimes he still wants to walk with me. By Gretchen Michelfeld

December 9, 2020 Culture, Family

Motherwell talks to best-selling author Christie Tate

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One of the rules in group therapy is no secrets. The members become your support system, and everyone can talk about anything they want, without limitations.

December 2, 2020 Books

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

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

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

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

What have you learned about yourself during the pandemic?

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Parenting, relationships, work-life balance. Your pandemic self-growth in 100 words or less.

July 15, 2020 Culture

Letting go of the emotional labor of cooking right now

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It’s been a long, slow road to finding a balance between supporting others and supporting myself. By Yvonne Spence

July 8, 2020 Culture, Family

Moms are the ultimate carriers for their kids

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As much as I juggled and schlepped and complained, the day eventually came when I realized my arms were empty. By Laurie Sunderland

June 29, 2020 Family

Perspective | Don’t have important talks with kids at the dinner table

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In our household, my children are allowed to eat with a good book or their tablet. I don’t expect them to talk. By Tania Lorena Rivera

June 24, 2020 Family

How not to kill your kid in the kitchen

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Have you ever watched a five-year-old pour a package of cooked green beans into a bowl? I have. And let me tell you, it nearly did me in. By Debra Arbit 

June 17, 2020 Family

What it means to be the mother of a black teenage son right now

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I’ve been sitting with the reality that this world will never see my son’s heart before they see his color. By Kai McGee

June 1, 2020 Culture

When my twelve-year-old got a digital Amber Alert

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We envisioned our daughter’s freedom: she could tell us dance class was ending early. But we had not considered her new awareness of danger. By Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser

May 26, 2020 Culture, Family

Will my only child be lonely during the pandemic?

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Obviously, a pandemic is an awful reason to decide to have another child. But that doesn’t stop me from thinking about it. By Amanda Gibson

May 11, 2020 Culture, Family

Here’s to hoping my kids leave for college in the fall

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How, my girls wonder, can they live a big life if they can’t get out of the gate? I feel for them. By Francie Arenson Dickman

May 7, 2020 Family

How teachers help make Mother’s Day special

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Each project was meant to show a child’s mom that she is appreciated. Respected. Loved. By Wendy Kennar

May 6, 2020 Culture, Family

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