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On pie charts, motherhood, and my uneasy relationship with feminism

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My decision to stop working felt retrograde, a betrayal of my gender. By Jenny Raj

December 15, 2022 Culture

How to give your kids the gift of mindfulness

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The essence of mindfulness is learning to be where we actually are. By Beverly Conyers

November 16, 2022 Family

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

Teaching my kids how to make focaccia helped my family find peace

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There’s power in knowing you can do something creative, even in a world turned upside down. By Sarah Walker Caron

January 24, 2022 Culture, Parenting Challenges

I’m a single working mom, trying to do it all in a pandemic. It’s really hard.

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I have a full-time job and yet I still feel like I’m waiting for my ex-husband to see me as an equal human. By Katherine Sargent

October 21, 2021 Family, Parenting Challenges

The day I re-thought what to say, and not say, to tired mothers

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Somewhere in my garage there is a bin of all the tiny rubber boots my children used to wear. By Kim June Johnson

September 23, 2021 Family

The best books about kids who have lived through difficult times

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Literature is a great way to put our pandemic struggles into perspective. By Laura Catherine Hanby Hudgens

September 20, 2021 Books, Parenting Challenges

How I respond to adoption questions like, are they really yours?

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I get that people are curious when your children don’t look like you. By Diane Bonina

August 31, 2021 Family

I dream what would happen if my two husbands met

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When Steve died, I found it hard to imagine ever finding love again. By Sarah Kilch Gaffney

June 15, 2021 Parenting Challenges

One mother’s quest for perfection as an OCD parent

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All my OCD has become focused on making unpredictable toddlers happy and I am exhausted. By Jenny Leon

May 25, 2021 Family, Parenting Challenges

Q&A: How to Stop Losing Your Sh*t with Your Kids

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Motherwell talks to parenting author Carla Naumburg, PhD.

May 3, 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

My toddler talks to bagels. Will he be able to talk to other kids?

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He’s been out of daycare for nearly a year, but he has befriended the couch. By Maya Schenwar

March 18, 2021 Family, Parenting Challenges

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

How making yogurt keeps my hope alive

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If you know the taste of real yogurt, or freedom, you won’t give it up easily. By Daniela Elza

February 18, 2021 Family

When you can’t fix your kids’ problems anymore

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While maybe I’m no longer Mom the Fixer, I can still be Mom the Closer. By Ilyse Dobrow DiMarco

January 7, 2021 Parenting Challenges

My daughter has become more needy in the pandemic

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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

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

The world felt out of control. So I became PTA Secretary.

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When I was younger, there were life choices I viewed as a certain death of the soul. Now I’m the owner of a Honda Odyssey and parent to three kids. By Cara McDonough

December 3, 2020 Culture, Family

My daughter is bald. This is how I taught her to love herself.

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In the beginning, we relied on hats to shield Rosie from unwanted stares as we hoped the hair loss would be temporary. By Paula Quinn

November 11, 2020 Parenting Advice, Parenting Challenges

This is how I hurt my kids by helping them

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Quarantine has forced me to turn off my snowplow parenting, otherwise I’d spend my entire day cleaning. By Andrea Askowitz

November 2, 2020 Parenting Challenges

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

Figuring out how to talk to my daughters about religion

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I never tell my children what’s real or what to believe, I simply lend definitions. By Katherine Sargent

October 12, 2020 Family

Why I let my seven-year-old put an election sticker on his bike

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I don’t allow myself any excitement, not after 2016, but I allow him his. By Caroline Horwitz

October 7, 2020 Culture

My relationship with food as a first-generation mom

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I talk with my mother multiple times a day. “Saaptacha?” It is routine, this asking if I’ve had my meal. By Lakshmi Lyer

August 19, 2020 Culture

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