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Obstacles

To the little girl on the train whose mother is on drugs

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As someone with a son dead because of heroin, I couldn’t look away.
By Bill Williams

August 28, 2017 Parenting Challenges

When I first realized my daughter has an eating disorder

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She slid into anorexia at 16. She stopped smiling. She ignored her friends. She counted almonds.
By Amy Rumizen

July 12, 2017 Parenting Challenges

Separated from my husband, parenting my daughter

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What if our split isn’t the best thing for her? What if it does irreparable harm?
By Robin L. Flanigan

June 19, 2017 Parenting Challenges

There’s the birth, and there’s the baby

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Any guilt or reservation about a “failed” birth plan was replaced by an unwavering commitment to my son.
By Stephanie Noll

August 8, 2016 Family, Parenting Challenges

Call our division of labor old-fashioned, I call it practical

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For now, what I hope my kids see is that family life is a team effort. We may run different plays than other families, but we’re only interested in the home field win.
By Ann Cinzar

July 5, 2016 Culture

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

Cousins can be complicated

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Cousins are more complicated than I’d realized. They give more than I thought possible, but they also demand more than I’d ever known.
By Antonia Malchik

June 6, 2016 Family

When I used to be my son’s go-to person

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That little boy who would cling to me is now a teenager who opts to spend much of his time in his room. By Randi Olin

May 1, 2016 Parenting Challenges
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