By Angela Williams Glenn Parents Can Turn Youth Sports Toxic (but We Shouldn’t)
I’ve loved youth sports and advocated for them since I was a youth athlete myself, so I was so excited…
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By Leslie Means My Mom Delivers a Favorite Dish to My Family Every Month and it’s the Best Christmas Gift Ever
For Christmas, Mom and Dad gave each of my sisters and me a note with a pan of frozen lasagna.…
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By Laura Black Our Kids Really Are More Alike Than Different
Dear mom friends of typically developing children, Our children are the same. Yours might be pretending to play with dolls…
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By Tania Lorena Rivera Something Beautiful Happens When Your Parents Become Grandparents
Sometimes I watch my parents with my children, and I wonder who are these people and what happened to the…
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By Liz Newman Grieving the Loss of a Parent Hurts
It’s been almost a year since I said goodbye to my dad. Life split at the seams that day and…
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By Kelley Friedland You See Your Parents in a New Light When You Become One Yourself
Dear kids not yet parents, You may feel much of the story of your parents through the ways they raise…
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We Didn’t Have Much, But We Had All We Needed
My husband and I got married in college after an unplanned pregnancy when we were only 20 years old. We…
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By Kathleen Sullivan Life is Always a Little Lonely Without My Parents
It was the perfect summer evening in Cape Cod. We were on vacation and dining al fresco. A cool breeze…
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Parents Just Make it Work
Our oldest son needs glasses. He’s always had a slight astigmatism, but after yesterday’s check-up, it’s quite apparent he sees…
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By Jennifer Vail Caring For Aging Parents as an Only Child Can Be Lonely
I am an only child. My parents didn’t plan it this way, but life and biology, as you know, rarely…
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By Jennifer Bailey The Immeasurable Strength of a Parent in the Waiting Room
The longest hours for a parent are those spent in the hospital. There are 60 minutes in an hour, 3,600…
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By Her View From Home Dear Daughter of An Absent Father
I see you, sweet girl. You watch my babies with their daddy and see something you long for. You see…
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