By Audra Powers These Candid Mothering Moments Matter
My almost-4-year-old snapped this photo of me. She swiped my phone off the couch while I was nursing her baby…
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By Jheri Jordan The Firstborn in a Big Family is the Helper We All Need
It's half-past nine, an hour or so after the usual bedtime for kids in our home. The house is dark…
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By Jennifer Thompson This Year I’m the One Crying on the Last Day of School
Today, the kids woke up excited and ready for their last day of school. They ate breakfast and headed up the…
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Crayola Lauches a Skin-Colored Box of Crayons and it’s Perfect
“I’m finished with my picture, but it doesn’t really look like me,” the boy looked up at me with big…
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By Jenny Rapson Man Creates YouTube Channel For Fatherless Kids and Yep, I’m Crying
As we slide ever closer to Father's Day during these pandemic times, I can't help but feel super privileged to…
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By Carolyn Moore CDC Offers Guidance For Reopening Schools—And My Heart is Breaking For Our Kids
My kindergartener bounded out of her classroom, pink floral backpack bouncing on her slim shoulders as she skipped my way.…
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Little Kids Can Have Big Fears—Let’s Show Them a Bigger God
“Mommy, I’m shaking.” His little hands gripped the handlebars as he pushed his bicycle up the hill and away from…
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By Whitney Fleming Our Kids Will Remember the Ones Who Kept the World Turning When Life Stopped
They'll never say, "I'm glad my last orchestra concert was a Zoom meeting instead." They'll never say, "A car parade…
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By Nicole Greenplate It’s Time We Started Talking About the Losing Team
Growing up, I was a basketball player. Beginning in fourth grade, I played for my school and travel teams, practiced…
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By Leslie Lucadou Let Them See Jesus Working in You
They don’t need perfection. They don’t need you put-together all the time. They don’t need you to hide your mistakes…
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By Angela Anagnost-Repke Dear Strong-Willed Child, You Are Worth the Struggle
Strong willed kids are a lot. It’s as though they were born to not only rock the boat, but crash…
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I’m Giving My Kids an ’80s Summer
Let's indulge, this summer, sweet friends. Time has slowed down. Life's pace has given us a genuine chance to remember.…
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