Dear Daughter, Friendships Are Like Blue Jeans
Dear daughter, As you grow, relationships with other girls will often be complicated and sometimes feel discouraging. Friendships can be…
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My Daughter Quit Youth Sports: 5 Things I Wish I’d Done Differently
My daughter quit sports, and this is what youth sports parents need to know. This is my oldest daughter Piper,…
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She’s Stepping Into Her Own Self and I’m Learning To Let Her
I was recently asked, "What age do you think your daughter will want to decorate her own room?" I was…
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Dear Daughter, About Valentine’s Day…
So here we are again. We blinked and suddenly everywhere we turn there are pink hearts and red roses and…
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By Kayci Villarreal There’s So Much I Didn’t Know About Having a Daughter
I started my motherhood journey as a boy mom. I knew the names of all the construction trucks, I could…
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By Samantha Koellhoffer I’m Giving My Daughter Space To Define Her Adoption
I cracked a joke, and as I walked from the table, I heard her mutter to her friends, “Good thing…
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By Lisa Leshaw Goodbye to Girlhood Innocence
She loved pickles and pudding and rocks that glittered. And forts that touched the ceiling. She mastered shadow puppets on…
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By Lauren Elizabeth Miller Dear Daughter, Here’s How You Avoid Middle School Drama
“Mom, people keep telling me to be ready for the drama in middle school, and I don’t like it.” My…
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By Brea Schmidt My Daughter is “Extra” and the World Needs More People Like Her
She is . . . extra. She just is. All the time she is extra sad, and then extra "OMG,…
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My Little Girl is Getting Married and I Wonder, Did I Do Enough?
My daughter is fierce, independent, decisive. Somehow, that tiny baby girl I once held in my arms is now grown…
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Every Time the Doctor Says, “It’s a Girl!” My Heart Grows a Little More
When I'm in the grocery store with my girls, I always get comments. My oldest girls are walking near the…
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By Betsy Moore No Man in a Girl’s Life Holds More Influence than Her Dad
As I sat outside Walmart watching my husband of nearly 16 years walk in with my 9-year-old daughter to buy…
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