By Dustina Graeff I Asked My Students If Their Parents Read To Them; Their Responses Broke My Heart
“My dad doesn’t read to me because he said it’s boring.” I’ll never forget those words coming out of my…
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By Ashley Butler Your Kids Will Remember More Than You Think
Sometimes I forget how big the little things feel when you’re a kid. A random Tuesday trip for ice cream.…
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By Valerie Sawicki-Bellomo My Son Discovered the Truth about Santa—and Found Something Even Better
The other night, while my 7-year-old son was brushing his teeth, he spotted a shiny candy wrapper sticking out of…
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By Shannon Whitmore I Just Want One More Christmas
I might have missed my son’s last Christmas with Santa. I was there, and I watched it happen, but it…
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By Angela Williams Glenn Character Sits on the Bench
You see the young athlete standing on the sidelines, waiting for their chance to step on the field. You know…
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There’s Something Special about Blogger Kids
There’s something special about blogger kids. The ones raised in front of a camera lens, the ones finding a voice…
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By Holly Seidenfeld If Your Child’s School Project is Perfect, It’s a Problem
A picture frame. A state project. A collage. Every parent of a preschooler smiles when their child comes home and…
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By Ashley Ylvisaker The Neon Sign in Easter Candy: Normalizing Neurodivergence
“Ope, let me just grab a quick photo of this for future reference,” I said to my husband as our…
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By Ashley Woods What My Daughter Taught Me About Letting Go
I watched my daughter shed the last remnants of her childhood as she folded well-loved toys into a cardboard box…
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By Kimberly Keys This Is Asthma Mom Life
This is asthma mom life. It's panicking when your asthmatic child starts sniffling. What might be "just a cold" in…
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I’ll Love What You Love
From the very first time he tried bananas, my son knew he didn’t like them. That 5-month-old ate his first…
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My Daughter’s Struggles are Tough, but we are Tougher
Our “fishy” lives in the middle of our living room, and I try my best not to trip over it…
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