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My daughter has become more needy in the pandemic

little girl screaming outside
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“I’m scared!” she refuses to go upstairs alone. “Sit next to me,” she pleads from the couch. “Closer,” then clings to my arm. By Jennifer Alessi

December 14, 2020 Culture, Family

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

On reminding our kids to be kind

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When my son was 11 he told me, “I wish I wasn’t autistic. It would be easier to make friends.” By Joanne De Simone

September 6, 2018 Parenting Challenges

As my kids turn sixteen, reflections on the then and now

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At the onset of adulthood we are, in so many ways, revisiting the days of infancy.
By Francie Arenson Dickman  

August 29, 2017 Family

How to prepare for my son growing up

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I wait for sleep, for the fever to break, the tooth to fall out, the rash to go away.
By Zsofia McMullin

April 14, 2017 Family, Parenting Challenges

Motherhood and Waiting: from boys to men

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All the years of doing and hoping, praying and sculpting—you wait to see if it worked.
By Lisa Romeo

April 11, 2017 Family

Mourning how quickly my tween is growing up

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The swings she used to ride are still moving, but she’s long gone, and I realize it’s only the wind.
By Robin L. Flanigan

March 20, 2017 Family

My teenage daughter is refusing the HPV vaccine

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The doctor finally looked at me and said, “We can’t hold her down. She’s sixteen.”
By Laurie Lichtenstein

March 13, 2017 Parenting Challenges

Sleepovers are an important part of childhood

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It’s important for parents to let their children take big bites of independence once in a while, even if it feels scary.
By Lauren Apfel

September 20, 2016 Family
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