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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

The reason why packing my kids’ lunches is so important to me

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My brother and I complained constantly about our sad lunches, but our parents ignored us. By Simone Muñoz

July 9, 2021 Parenting Challenges

A recipe for learning how to accept your body

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Step Three: Layer 2 healthy parents and 1 naturally skinny sister. By Amye Archer

August 26, 2020 Culture, Parenting Challenges

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

Why I love it when my kitchen is closed

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I didn’t know that motherhood would feel tantamount to being a short order cook. By Lauren Apfel

July 28, 2020 Culture, Family

Quarantined in motherhood

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There have been many moments when I have simply broken down, walked upstairs and fallen face-first on my bed. By Tara Mandarano

July 10, 2020 Culture, Parenting Challenges

Why parents should let their children help

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Mom and Dad never sat us down and told us he had MS. Or maybe they did and I don’t remember because I was just a kid thinking about snacks. By Megan Jean Sovern

June 22, 2020 Culture

Why I used to hate taking my kids to the park

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Nothing epitomized the drudgery and boredom of those early parenting years quite like an afternoon at the park. By Ilyse Dobrow DiMarco

June 12, 2020 Culture

I have OCD, how will it be as a parent?

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It’s both fascinating and frightening that my two-year-old son, Aksel, is starting to count. By Tommy Mulvoy

May 22, 2020 Parenting Challenges

My maternal focus on survival in the grocery store

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Where once I was gatherer, now I am hunter. Acquiring food to feed my family has taken on new significance. By Susannah Q. Pratt

May 20, 2020 Culture

Excerpt: How to help your teen be a (functioning) person

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Catherine Newman’s wonderful new book offers a guide to 65 hugely useful, super-important skills for teens and tweens.

May 19, 2020 Books, Culture, Family

The Santa myth is hard work and I won’t miss it

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As much as I love Christmas, without Santa I felt only glee and relief at the massive reduction in my December workload. By Michelle Deininger

December 4, 2019 Culture, Family

Our favorite books that will change the way you think about parenthood

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Sixteen of the best books that offer a unique insight into parenting in our ever-changing modern world.

November 21, 2019 Books, Culture

After the baby, a marriage lost then found

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We would take a million pictures of our child but none of us. Forget to schedule date nights because we never needed them before. By Elizabeth Newdom

September 5, 2019 Culture, Family

How to rekindle love after kids? Try fresh limes.

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Our married life was no longer comfortable. There was no indulgence, no whispered promises of sweet dessert. By Hannah Grieco

February 13, 2019 Parenting Challenges

How to respect kids’ privacy in the age of parenting writing

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KJ Dell’Antonia, Jill Smokler, Jordan Shapiro, Janelle Hanchett, and Jessica Lahey weigh in on how much is too much when it comes to writing about our children.

February 5, 2019 Culture, Family

I had a miscarriage. This is my story.

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If my belly was round and full of baby, would I hate my body less? This body that betrayed me. By Brittany Wren

December 3, 2018 Parenting Challenges

Not every child needs to read in kindergarten

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My son’s teacher said he needed the gift of time. She was right. By Jessica Smock

September 24, 2018 Culture, Parenting Advice

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

Why we want our kids to make mistakes

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The goal isn’t to lecture your children but to kick-start their critical thinking. By Katherine Reynolds Lewis

July 9, 2018 Books, Culture

What happens when your kid gets kicked out of preschool

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You speed through the five stages of grief or however many there are because you’re trying to wrap up a project at work and you don’t have time for this crap. By A.S. Callaghan

April 24, 2018 Parenting Challenges

Motherwell’s most popular posts of 2017

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Motherwell features parenting essays on culture, family life, obstacles and the process of overcoming them. We are excited to announce this year’s ten most read!

December 14, 2017 Culture, Family, Parenting Challenges

Why I have a problem with the word disabled

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I was raised to believe that my differences didn’t have to limit or set me apart. But the world disagreed. By Meg Zucker

November 2, 2017 Parenting Challenges

Will I ever share my bed with a partner again?

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It was hard enough to find somebody the first time, when I was young and untarnished by the scars of motherhood.
By Katherine Sargent

June 23, 2017 Parenting Challenges

Learning how to parent together, after the marriage is over

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I had to let go of the idea that I was the only one who could meet my children’s needs.
By Samantha Shanley

June 22, 2017 Parenting Challenges

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