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I’m a Google executive. This is why I advocate low tech for my kids.

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Our children’s immature brains do not stand a chance against the sophisticated algorithm we designed to hook users. By Eva Tsai

June 2, 2021 Culture, Parenting Challenges

Can yoga help parents of teens during the pandemic?

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He’s sick to death of online school, of not seeing his friends. By Heather Hewett

April 20, 2021 Family, Parenting Challenges

How a family roller disco saved our winter

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Our roller disco will be a celebration of survival, a catchpenny affair, meant to launch us into the season of renewal. By Samantha Shanley

March 10, 2021 Family, Parenting Challenges

Here’s to hope, and hugging my grown son this year

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I wonder if this is the year I’ll get to invite my son inside. By Kathi Valeii

January 11, 2021 Culture, Family

This is how I hurt my kids by helping them

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Quarantine has forced me to turn off my snowplow parenting, otherwise I’d spend my entire day cleaning. By Andrea Askowitz

November 2, 2020 Parenting Challenges

The importance of hugs, especially now

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Even though he’s grown, my son’s hugs mean more to me now than they ever have. By Dawn Gerber

October 22, 2020 Family

What happened when my daughter questioned my relationship with food

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She thinks when I say things like “balanced diet” what I really mean is “don’t eat sugar, it’ll make you fat.” By Lizabeth Sjaastad

October 14, 2020 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

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

Perspective | Don’t have important talks with kids at the dinner table

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In our household, my children are allowed to eat with a good book or their tablet. I don’t expect them to talk. By Tania Lorena Rivera

June 24, 2020 Family

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

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

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

Preparing our kids to thrive in an uncertain world

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When children feel pressured to perform well in the public realm, they have a hard time recognizing what really matters to them. By Dr. Madeline Levine

March 4, 2020 Books, Culture

My teen is not who he used to be, it’s hard

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We’ve had a rough time lately in ways that go beyond the ordinary awkward de-nesting of middle school. By Annie O’Brien

January 15, 2020 Family, Parenting Challenges

Perspective | What am I sending them there for?

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We are a generation of parents who micromanage our children’s safety. And yet, despite the very real fear of death, we keep sending them to school. By Francie Arenson Dickman

January 9, 2020 Culture, Family

The importance of tending to friendships

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As parents of older kids, socializing with other moms was apparently no longer part of the job description. By Anne Helena

October 30, 2019 Culture, Parenting Challenges

Seven sneaky signs your teen might be using drugs

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Did my son really need a backpack every time he left the house? By Sherri Sacconaghi

October 24, 2019 Family, Parenting Challenges

On staying connected to my blind son

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Our bond is like entangled particles—if he feels something in his heart, I feel it too, instantaneously. By Darcie Whelan Kortan

April 9, 2019 Parenting Challenges

When do you stick with something even if you’re not the best at it?

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I want my son to see the value in committing to something because it’s beautiful and worthwhile, not because he’s certain to succeed. By Daisy Alpert Florin

April 4, 2019 Family

How to help teens tackle mental health issues with reading

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Be bold. The book you suggest could save a kid’s life. By Melissa Hart

April 2, 2019 Culture

Why are girls more stressed out than boys?

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I now hear regularly about girls who are so fearful of disappointing their teachers that they skip sleep to do extra-credit work for points they don’t need. By Lisa Damour

February 11, 2019 Books, Culture, Family

Adopting older children and the transition to the empty nest

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I wanted to believe that bringing teenagers into our life would make it easier to let them go. I was wrong. By Meredith Gordon Resnick

January 16, 2019 Family, Parenting Challenges

My son’s recovery under the light of the moon

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This has become our routine: reliving each event point by point, trying to trigger a memory. By Amy Roost

January 7, 2019 Family, Parenting Challenges

The college application process: how to make sense of it all

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College counselor and admissions expert, Sara Harberson, offers valuable insight into the nitty gritty of the application process.

November 28, 2018 Culture, Family

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