There’s Something Special about Band Kids
There is something incredibly special about band kids. The hours of practice that begin in elementary school. It’s the squeaking…
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By Her View From Home You’ll Grow So Much In Kindergarten and I Can’t Wait to Watch
On her seventh day of school, my kindergartener doesn't cry. It was a long road to this day. For the…
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By Krystal Sieben Six Feels So Much Bigger
Six . . . Six is only one number more than five, one grade, one year . . . but it…
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By Angela Williams Glenn Your Kids Look For You on the Sidelines—Do Everything You Can to Be There
After putting in a full busy week, with countless other parents, we flocked to the sidelines to cheer our little…
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By Amanda Nelson If We Only Get 18 Summers, I’ll Take Them Simple
I kept reading it in the months leading up to summer: You only have 18. Eighteen summers to make memories.…
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By Sarah Nichols The Strong-Willed Child Has a Sweet Side Too
An encouragement to the mom of the strong-willed child . . . I didn’t realize that was a thing in…
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A New School Year Is an Invitation to Reclaim Joy
I’ve never been much of a New Year’s Eve person . . . maybe it’s the teacher in me, or…
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To the Mom of the Strong-Willed Child: Throw Away the Yardstick
I used to be a person who measured. I felt accomplished checking tasks off a list or beating the estimated…
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By Tara Munjee Mothering Grown Children Has Made Me a Quieter Mom
How do I best mother my 22- and 27-year-old sons? Naturally, I will always be their mother; it’s a lifelong…
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By Carolyn Moore Thanks for Loving My Kids When I Can’t be In the Stands
This weekend, our 15-year-old and 12-year-old played two different sports in two different tournaments at two different locations—at the same…
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By Caitlin Q. Bailey O'Neill ‘Twas the Night Before Kindergarten
'Twas the night before kindergarten and all through the house, He slept while I cried, voice squeaking like a mouse.…
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My Child Is Being Bullied and I Feel Like a Failure
When I became a mother, I had all these hopes and dreams for my children. And as they grew, those…
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