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Finding a “teachable moment” in the Kavanaugh hearings

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I’ve always told my sons that “boys will be boys” is neither a license nor an excuse. To hear that rhetoric used to erase Christine Ford’s allegations makes me want to scream. By Deborah Lindsay Williams

September 26, 2018 Culture

Nationally televised parenting awards should be a thing

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For their dazzling displays of genius in the face of runny noses and interrupted sleep, the award goes to… By Helene Cohen Bludman

September 17, 2018 Culture

Why Serena Williams matters, now more than ever

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Serena has arguably done as much for working moms in the past year as she’s done for tennis in the past decade. By Mary Pflum Peterson

July 12, 2018 Culture

How to talk about the news of family separations at the border

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Whatever your political stance, this issue is one of basic human rights. By Maria O. Alvarez

June 26, 2018 Culture, Parenting Advice

What ‘Incredibles 2’ tells us about screen time

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The movie lands right in the sweet spot of our problem with screens: we know the dangers; we can’t stay away.  By Susannah Q. Pratt

June 22, 2018 Culture

Perspective | Thank you, Donald Trump, for making my teenager care

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Some lessons about social justice, no matter how terrible, are better learned by living than by lecture. By Francie Arenson Dickman

May 1, 2018 Culture, Family

Perspective | Why mothers need to stop calling themselves #blessed

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When we use #blessed, we are saying that we have been chosen for joy. The problem is what this word suggests in the context of suffering. By Liz Becker

April 26, 2018 Culture

What is the argument in favor of teaching cursive?

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Using script forces a child’s brain to slow down. It allows for deeper thoughts, more expansive word choices, and increased imagination. By Michelle Riddell

April 3, 2018 Culture

Raising a black activist in a mother’s white world

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I don’t want to mess this up. I live in fear of being seen as a privileged person with an accessory on my arm. By Jenn O’Connor

March 28, 2018 Culture, Parenting Challenges

My daughter is on her semester abroad, so why do we talk every day?

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Yes, I am enjoying a front row seat to my daughter’s semester in Cape Town. But I still wonder whether all this technology is giving us too much access to our kids. By Randi Olin

March 8, 2018 Culture, Family

My war against squirrels, bullets and grief

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Fourteen teenagers and three teachers are dead who were not dead a few of weeks ago, and my house is falling apart, and my children are at school. By Brianne DeRosa

March 6, 2018 Culture

How to talk to our sons about guns and aggression

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My son plays Fortnite. I’m not worried he will grow up to be violent because of it; I’m worried how the toxic masculinity it portrays affects us all. By Sharon Holbrook

February 22, 2018 Culture

Perspective | Our teachers need to be armed with better gun control laws

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As we reel from watching yet another school shooting, we must look closely at what we are asking of our teachers. By Kim Simon

February 20, 2018 Culture

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

How to protect our children from victim blaming

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My parents taught me how to keep myself safe. But they never told me if I got hurt, it wouldn’t be my fault. By Jamie Beth Cohen

October 27, 2017 Culture, Parenting Challenges

Childhood cancer in the UK, with no hospital bills

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This is how it works in a humane society. Someone gets a bad break, and the system is set up to cushion the blow. By Mary Janevic

October 16, 2017 Culture, Parenting Challenges

Yes, we might be overparenting, but it’s not all bad

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Not everything modern parents are doing is backfiring: our kids are tolerant, empowered and closer to us than ever. By Mary Janevic

September 28, 2017 Culture

Maybe it’s okay to judge parents after all

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Judgmental comments can be a reflection of our desire to connect, to become a village once more.
By Gail Cornwall

September 14, 2017 Culture

My obligation to my children when the world is on fire

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I actively chose hope in having a child, and when you choose hope you also choose despair.
By Shannon Lell

September 9, 2017 Culture

Challenging the stereotypes of the invisible workload

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From sitcoms to memes, the mom runs the show while the dad can hardly remember the kids’ birthdays.
By Kathleen Siddell

August 9, 2017 Culture

The day I wanted to buy all of the President Barbies

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Are we all so jaded and depressed by Hillary’s loss that we’ve just said: to hell with it, mermaid Barbies from here on out?
By Carrie Friedman

June 29, 2017 Culture

An editor’s perspective: the personal parenting essay is not dead

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Whatever the political climate, we will continue to write about bruised nipples, maternal ambivalence, how to raise kids who believe love is love.
By Lauren Apfel

June 15, 2017 Culture

What happened when my daughter and I stopped straightening our hair

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For black women, wearing our hair in its natural state was—and still is, to some extent—considered defiant.
By Margaret Auguste

March 30, 2017 Culture

Why politics matters to me in the college selection process

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I want my children to be part of a college community that is more in line with the ideologies of #Imwithher than #MAGA.
By Randi Olin

February 14, 2017 Culture, Parenting Challenges

There is no room for mom guilt in the resistance

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Yes, moms need to fight the current political situation. But they also need to take care of themselves.
By Ilyse Dobrow DiMarco

February 7, 2017 Culture

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