It’s tough being a parent. Then your cell phone rings and what happens next? It’s like a magnet and your child instantly wants your attention. Cue the South Park, “Mom, Mum, Mommy,” episode where Stewie is standing beside his mom who is lying in bed as he repeatedly calls her name over and […]
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Many moms struggle with feeling lesser-than, if they aren’t putting their all into a career, or if they take a pause altogether to be a full-time mom. I too struggled with comparing myself to working moms when I was raising my kids. I’m sharing below an excerpt from a very personal interview by my friend,
Finally! Life is getting back to a natural rhythm again. Schools are reopening, many sports and recreational activities have resumed and summer is on the horizon. This all means that for the first time in a year you may actually be able to find some real time to yourself. After you catch
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I’ll never forget the day my daughter, then a sixth grader, came home from school with such excitement from learning about genetics in her science class. A friend recommended she read The Seven Daughters of Eve (not a children’s book) which she devoured, solidifying her desire to become a geneticist. Over the next
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“Starting tomorrow, you have to stay in your house for a year. Your kids won’t be able to go to school. You’re going to have to try and do your job from home. You won’t be able to see your friends or any of your family that doesn’t live under your roof. Forget about
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Middle child syndrome is something that I’ve been thinking about a lot lately as so many parents I know have, or are just about to have their third child. And they’re all stressing about how their family dynamics are going to change. “Two children is so manageable!” “I only have two hands!” “I’m afraid
It’s a scenario many parents dread: Your child throws a major temper tantrum in the middle of a store, because they can’t have a toy or a treat or even a random item strategically placed on a low shelf. What if I told you there’s a way that prevents this from happening (almost every
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When I was pregnant with my second child, I vowed to do everything I could to avoid sibling rivalry and make my children be kind and loving to each other. The thought that my kids would bicker, hit or be mean to one another was not a pleasant one! But–bicker they did! There was
When it comes to giving gifts, there are more questions than you might realize: What counts as a gift? Are there strings attached? What are our own expectations about how the gift is received or used? Or how it should be treated? In my experience, taking a moment to think about some of these questions
I’ll never forget the time that I was having lunch with my new friend, Jane, who was in a quandary about a holiday gift request from her teen daughter. Jane had asked her for a wish list, and what she got back was a “list” with a single item: a phonograph. If you’re old enough
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