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Finding the silver linings in a dark time

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I’m having a good quarantine. Can I say that? By Lauren Apfel

April 24, 2020 Culture

Movies to watch with your family right now

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Every night this family of five sits down together to watch a movie. Rotating who picks, no opting out. By Daisy Alpert Florin

April 17, 2020 Culture, Family

Finding out your baby has special needs during a pandemic

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Shelter in place has become a cocoon where our family has slowly let this diagnosis of Down syndrome sink in. By Maggie Shafer

April 15, 2020 Culture, Family

A thank you note to all teachers

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This job is hard—physically, mentally, emotionally—it’s so damn hard. By Maureen Boesen

April 13, 2020 Culture, Family

The relentless anxiety of being a single parent right now

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Let your children see you trying. Let them see you cry. By Kaci Curtis

April 8, 2020 Culture, Family

This is how perspectives change during a hard time

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He said, “I never knew you started dinner at 4pm every weekday.” By Teresa B. Duffy

April 6, 2020 Culture, Family

You will want to remember this

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How you went from the rigid enforcer to letting your kids to eat cake in their bedrooms. How you learned to wait. How you learned what mattered. By Michelle Riddell

April 2, 2020 Culture

Forgiving myself as a mother, especially now

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My kids are used to my loud, Jewish-mom complaining—but not this unkindness. Not this anxiety-fueled rage. By Hannah Grieco

April 1, 2020 Culture, Family, Parenting Challenges

Motherwell talks to best-selling author Ada Calhoun

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Ada Calhoun gives a voice to middle-age struggles—and empowers a generation of women who were raised to “have it all.”

March 30, 2020 Books, Culture

Parenting in the time of coronavirus

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We want to hear from you. Motherwell is here to tell your stories.

March 17, 2020 Culture

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