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Watching Bridgerton with my daughter was worth the embarrassment

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Viewing the show together became a rite of passage for both of us. By Lori Tucker-Sullivan

January 27, 2021 Culture, Parenting Challenges

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

Finding a little bit of hope in a dark time

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During my treatment, and in the months after, my daughters watched me closely. By Jessica Wahlstrom

December 17, 2020 Parenting Challenges

This week in parenting: November 13, 2020

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Your Pandemic Stories, Jill Biden to Keep Working, How to Help Kids With Strong Emotions, and more.

November 13, 2020 Books, Culture, Parenting Advice

10 ways parents have grown in the pandemic

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Parenting, relationships, work-life balance. Here are your stories (in 100 words or less) about what you’ve learned in the pandemic.

November 10, 2020 Culture

How to help my daughter release her rage

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She screams with a primal, gut-shriek: “I hate math! Math is stupid!” By Melissa Savoie

October 29, 2020 Culture, Parenting Challenges

This is how judging people during COVID feels like new motherhood

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When I was a new mom, it was easier to shame and blame than sit with the fear that I had made the wrong choice. By Caroline Grobler-Tanner

October 15, 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

I have a trans teen. This is why it’s hard right now to be a Harry Potter fan.

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It’s a shock that J.K. Rowling—one of our family’s champions—has chosen to deny the very existence of our child. By Carrie Goldman

September 15, 2020 Culture, Parenting Challenges

Video games are helping teens connect with friends right now

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In the Before Time, I wouldn’t have allowed Call of Duty in our house, much less allowed him to play it for hours on end. By Deborah Williams

September 7, 2020 Culture, Parenting Challenges

Dads are taking on the burdens of remote learning too

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Last spring, when we finally gave up the dream of returning to school, I held onto September as my North Star. By Steven Newmark

August 21, 2020 Culture, Parenting Challenges

What you need to know if you’re planning to homeschool this fall

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You might love it. Maybe not every day, but there will be moments. By Laura Catherine Hanby Hudgens

August 12, 2020 Culture, Parenting Advice

What it means to be a food allergy mom

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What if you are the best mother you can be and it’s still not enough to save your child? What if one mistake is the fatal bite? By Lauren Weiss

July 23, 2020 Parenting Challenges

What have you learned about yourself during the pandemic?

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Parenting, relationships, work-life balance. Your pandemic self-growth in 100 words or less.

July 15, 2020 Culture

Letting go of the emotional labor of cooking right now

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It’s been a long, slow road to finding a balance between supporting others and supporting myself. By Yvonne Spence

July 8, 2020 Culture, Family

What happens to the kids when both parents model poor eating habits

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I know we’re both doing it wrong. I’m teaching our children that restraint is a shackle; he’s teaching them that tight control is the only way to avoid obesity. By Lorren Lemmons

July 1, 2020 Culture, Family

Moms are the ultimate carriers for their kids

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As much as I juggled and schlepped and complained, the day eventually came when I realized my arms were empty. By Laurie Sunderland

June 29, 2020 Family

How not to kill your kid in the kitchen

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Have you ever watched a five-year-old pour a package of cooked green beans into a bowl? I have. And let me tell you, it nearly did me in. By Debra Arbit 

June 17, 2020 Family

I want to be the mom who bakes

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My son loves to eat at Grandma’s house, he gets real cream and real sugar. Unlike the dishes I cook, which are vegetarian or Paleo or Whole30. By Elizabeth Newdom

June 10, 2020 Family, Parenting Challenges

What it means to be the mother of a black teenage son right now

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I’ve been sitting with the reality that this world will never see my son’s heart before they see his color. By Kai McGee

June 1, 2020 Culture

When my twelve-year-old got a digital Amber Alert

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We envisioned our daughter’s freedom: she could tell us dance class was ending early. But we had not considered her new awareness of danger. By Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser

May 26, 2020 Culture, Family

Balancing feminism with caring about what I look like

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I’ve raised my daughter to believe that a preoccupation with one’s appearance is trivial, but I’m a traitor to the cause. By Rebecca Knight

May 13, 2020 Culture

Will my only child be lonely during the pandemic?

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Obviously, a pandemic is an awful reason to decide to have another child. But that doesn’t stop me from thinking about it. By Amanda Gibson

May 11, 2020 Culture, Family

Here’s to hoping my kids leave for college in the fall

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How, my girls wonder, can they live a big life if they can’t get out of the gate? I feel for them. By Francie Arenson Dickman

May 7, 2020 Family

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