By Carolyn Moore Watch the Viral Hobby Lobby Christmas Ad Making Boy Moms Sob This Year
Every year as the holidays near, a new batch of ads from virtually every business on the planet hits the…
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By Kaitlin Chappell Rogers I Don’t Want My Sons Growing Up Thinking I Wanted a Daughter
“Are you trying for a girl?” They ask this question under the assumption we will try for a third child…
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By Kristin May Boys Are Feral and Raising Them Is Worth Every Single Wild Moment
Coming from a home with three sisters and practically swimming in an ocean of estrogen my whole life, I had…
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My Son Used to Think I Hung the Moon
He used to think I hung the moon. When he was little, he looked for me in every room. We’d…
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I’ll Always Be the One Who Loved Them First
I’m no longer the last person he says goodnight to. That’s a hard pill to swallow. Here we are, just…
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By Kelsey Scism There’s Something Special about Football Boys
There’s something about football boys. Maybe it’s the sunrise practices when the heat is too strong mid-afternoon. Or maybe it’s…
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I’ll Make Time for My Tweens as Long as They Need Me
I’m at this stage of parenting. You know, the one when I hardly catch their faces in photos anymore but…
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By Melinda Tarcon But God, He’s My Son
She sits curled up as tight as she can make herself, in the corner of the sofa. She has never…
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By Megan Jean Wilczek I’m More Like My Strong-Willed Teen than I Like to Admit
My son slammed his fingers down the guitar strings enthusiastically while I stared at my computer screen, eyes glazed over,…
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By Amy Keyes I’ll Always Remember the Little Boys They Were
I have a lot of gray hair. More than most people my age, and probably no less than my mom,…
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By Melissa Burnett Before You, Boy, I Never Knew
Before you, boy, I never knew that little boys could get so dirty. Play so rough. Climb so high. Assess…
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As the Mom of a Teen, I Belong in the Backseat Now
I remember growing up, the best thing in the world was calling "shotgun!” and beating my sisters to the front…
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