By Emily Roussell Tomorrow You’re Another Year Older
There’s a birthday in the house. I know tomorrow won’t really make you a whole year older. You’ve been hard…
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5 Ways To Connect With Your Kids Right Now
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By Kelsey Scism 14 Feels Like the Beginning of Our Slow Goodbye
My 14-year-old texted me from her break at work, telling me she felt impending doom. You don’t know my daughter,…
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5 Ways To Embrace Your Little Kids Turning Into Big Kids
Not too long ago, I spent my Friday evening crying on the couch. I was grieving the end of an…
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People Change—And Other Truths You Learn in Your 30s
Thinking back to my 20s, I was living for the moment. Not in the cool and mindful "I’m so present…
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By Jacqueline Miller One Day Your Son Will Be Taller Than You—And You Won’t Be Ready
I read a lot of parenting blogs. And books and magazines. Plus, I follow a ton of writer-moms on social…
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By Brea Schmidt A Mother Knows Each Year That Passes is One More Closer To Goodbye
“Hey, Mom,” she said from the backseat, “now I’m over halfway there!” We were a few minutes in to our…
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By Hillary Ibarra I Miss the Stroller Days
I left it, all dusty and alone, with bags of used clothes piled on its seat and tray. No one was there…
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By Mary Ann Blair Parenting Feels More Complicated As You Get Older
I never knew how quickly tears could sneak up on me until I became a mother. A few nights ago,…
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By Renee Robinson Those Were the Days—But So Are These
Fingers splayed wide, he placed both palms on the microwave door, which he used as a wall for his standing…
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Parenting Through a Pandemic Made Us All Grow Up a Little Faster
When it all started, I honestly didn't think I was built to mother through it. I didn't think I was…
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One Day He’ll Stop Needing Me
One day he will stop asking me to lay with him at bedtime. One day he will be too big…
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By Jaclyn Warren Dear Son, I Am So Proud of You
Dear Son, I blinked, and I don’t know where my baby bear’s gone off to. Those chubby little hands that…
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