By Shelbie Farmer They’ll Remember the Fun, Not the Failures
“Motherhood is a balancing act.” I hear it all of the time. I can see how it’s such an easy…
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Motherhood Makes Me Tired But I Know Someday I’ll Want This Back
Someday, we’re going to own a couch that doesn’t have Goldfish crumbs embedded into every fiber. One with cushions that…
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By Sina Steele Honestly, Some Days My Kids Break Me
I love my kids. Sometimes I watch them and I’m brimming with pride. They amaze me with how quickly they…
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By Nicole Merritt Dear Moms, The Greatest Gift We Can Give Our Daughters is Our Time
Daddy-daughter dates are happening all of the time, everywhere. And that's great. We want to see that. We want to…
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By Whitney Fleming Live in Virginia? Your Teen Could Be Thrown In Jail for Trick-or-Treating
Last night at dinner, my three daughters talked about what they would dress up as for Halloween. One was going…
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By Anneliese Lawton Two-Year-Olds Aren’t Terrible, They’re Just Trying to Understand Life
My son wanted a popsicle for breakfast this morning. He's two. You can imagine the response I got from him…
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By Brea Schmidt I Don’t Want My Kids to Remember Perfection—I Want Them to Remember Me
I don't want my kids to remember grand adventures . . . I want them to remember that I was…
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By Stevie Swift I Can’t Give You All of My Time, But I Promise to Give You My Attention
You came up to me as I reviewed documents for a client and, without intro, you launched into a lecture…
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By Ashley Storey Dear Teacher, I See You
I see you struggling to make ends meet. You look at how much is coming in and how much is…
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By Magi Why I Enforce an Hour of Quiet Time Every Day in Our House
I make my kids leave me alone for an hour every day. OK, I'll admit that maybe it isn't every…
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By Sheelagh Lucas An Open Letter to Parents, From Your Child’s SPED Teacher
Dear Parents: I am sorry. Today is the hardest part of my school year. Today, I have to sit across…
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By Michelle Zunter Dear Daughter, I Promise Not to Push You When You’re Fearful
Parenting is hard. There's no map. No instructions. It's a confusing, exasperating, diluted mess. I know that most of the…
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