By Chelsea Ohlemiller Let the Grandparents Spoil While They Still Can
Today my children visited their grandmother, or as we call her Memeré (French for Grandma). It wasn’t like most visits…
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By Carolyn Moore Dear Grown-Ups: I’m Just a Kid, and I’m Still Learning
Last week, my kindergartener went viral. I posted a picture of the two of us, sitting on the kitchen floor…
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By Erin Uhlaender Dear Anxious Parents, I’m a Teacher and I Get it
Here we go again. A new school year is here and you’re not excited about it. Maybe you’re even dreading…
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By Esther Goetz To the Parents Saying Goodbye
I’m awake. It’s 4 a.m. Just 45 minutes ago, I heard the garage door open and close for the last…
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By Mikala Albertson Having Big Kids is Pretty Great, Too
Gather round young moms of babies and toddlers. I have a story to tell. I went to the gym. By…
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By Cara Arnold My Child With Special Needs Can’t Live Her Life in Captivity
Two years ago, my daughter got sick. Very sick. Her body began attacking her brain. As we watched her slip…
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By Whitney Fleming I Don’t Have Sons, But I See Your Little Boy Growing Up
I don't have any boys. My house is about as estrogen-charged as one can get with three teenage daughters living…
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By Tynea Lewis Dear Husband, Thank You For Giving Our Daughters the Best of You
To my husband and father of girls, I know you don't have a son to carry on your family name,…
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By Rachel Gossen Sheets on the Line
Sometimes on my nightly drives, I spot, in distant yards, sheets on a line. Some of them haphazardly strewn across,…
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By Janene Dutt Creative Parenting at its Best: Mom Holds Job Fair to Tackle Chores at “This Mom Means Business Inc.”
If you’ve ever been met with eye rolls, grunts, and sighs after asking your kids to help out around the…
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This is What it Looks Like to Grow Up
Over the next two weeks, you’ll see countless photos of smiling kids on their first days of school. I have…
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By Jessica Johnston Dear Son, You’re Not Done Needing Me Yet
You don't need me for a lot of things, but you're not done needing me yet. You're becoming a man-child…
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