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Why Worrying Doesn’t Equal Good Parenting
I recently shared my list of what I worried about too much as a parent that turned out to be utterly irrelevant. Stuff like my excessive yelling and lack of patience when my three kids acted up in public. Now it’s time to share what, in hindsight, are the big things I did right. Just […]
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Daughters In Danger
I have two teenage daughters. I was a teenage girl myself once. So anorexia is not a foreign concept to me.Especially because the summer before I went to Harvard, I lost 40 pounds myself. I spent my freshman year gaining the weight back, which was hard enough (think 1,600 classmates watching you change a pants size every month). But the really steep climb to mental health was admitting I had almost killed myself …
Did Your Husband Grow Up With Sisters?
Womens affect on men has long been a half-hearted joke. You meet a boy or man raised with lots of sisters, and you can just TELL. Little things like he doesnt freak over a box of tampons in the bathroom. Big things like hes a good listener and knows exactly when to put a hand on your shoulder (and not on your thigh).
Stop Making Moms Look Bad: My Open Letter to Janine Kovac
For someone whos a so-called mommy blogger, I dont read a lot of mommy blogs. I probably should. Its probably something other mommy bloggers do, in order to keep current, to stay on top of whats going on in the blogosphere. But a) I dont really have time, and b) I find that, for me, it feels more authentic to just write about my own life, rather than trying to manufacture something based on whatever happens to be trending at the moment.