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Readers Share Who Actually Showed Up As Their Village
I asked readers a simple question a few weeks back: who actually showed up as your village, not…
Why Your Child Covers Their Ears At Everyday Sounds
My daughter clamps her hands over her ears at sounds other kids barely seem to notice, and I’ve…
Signs You Might Be Favoring One Child (And How To Fix It)
A parent in my community admitted, quietly, that she’d noticed herself being consistently softer with one of her…
A Letter About Who You’re Becoming, Written While I Still Notice
I caught a glimpse of my daughter’s personality shifting again recently, subtly but unmistakably, and wanted to write…
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Real Parents Share What Actually Helped With Tantrums
I asked my community a simple question a while back: what actually helped with tantrums, once you stopped…
Signs You Might Be Favoring One Child (And How To Fix It)
A parent in my community admitted, quietly, that she’d noticed herself being consistently softer with one of her…
When Kids Actually Start Understanding Consequences
I used to explain consequences to my daughter in ways I now realize were completely beyond what she…
What Parenting a 7-Year-Old Actually Looks Like
My nephew turned seven recently, and my sister described the stage as genuinely different from anything that came…
Worth a read today
When Your Child Says They Don’t Want To Go To School
My daughter announced one morning, with complete and total conviction, that she simply wasn’t going to school anymore,…
Helping Your Older Child Adjust To a New Baby
Helping your older child adjust to a new baby, easing jealousy and regression while protecting the sibling relationship.
Self-Care For Moms Who Don’t Have an Hour To Spare
Every self-care article I found assumed an hour I genuinely didn’t have, until I started looking for what…
A Letter To My Newborn, Written In the First Sleepless Weeks
I found this, unfinished, in an old notes app folder recently, written somewhere around three in the morning…
Why Sensory-Friendly Clothing Matters More Than You’d Think
My daughter used to melt down over sock seams specifically, which sounded so genuinely minor until I actually understood what was happening…
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Parenting Kids Close In Age Without Losing Your Mind
My sister had her two boys less than two years apart, and she describes the first several years…
What’s Actually Different About Parenting an Only Child
A relative once asked, with more concern than curiosity, whether my daughter would be “lonely” growing up without…
Parenting a Tween Boy When He Stops Talking As Much
My sister mentioned recently that her older boy, solidly into tween territory now, has gone from narrating his…
Parenting a Tween Girl Through the In-Between Years
My sister’s friend recently described parenting her tween daughter as “raising two completely different people who happen to…
What Changes When You’re Parenting School-Age Kids
Somewhere between kindergarten and the tween years, parenting quietly turns into a completely different job than the one…
The Honest Guide To Parenting a 5-Year-Old
Five caught me off guard in a completely different way than four did, more capable, more opinionated, and…
A Letter To My Child On Their First Day of Kindergarten
Tomorrow you start kindergarten, and I’ve been trying all week to figure out how to put tonight into…
A Letter To My Child On Their First Birthday
Today you turn one, and I’ve been trying to write this for a week without quite finding where…
Preparing an Only Child For a New Sibling
My daughter has been an only child her entire life, and I’ve recently started wondering seriously how to…