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Some Days I Feel Like We Are The Last Family Still Social Distancing

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Some days I feel like we are the last family on earth who is still largely self-quarantining. It often feels very lonely. As so many other...

I Was Impatient. I Yelled Too Much. But, With All My Flaws, I Was...

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I think back to being a young mom and all the mistakes I made. I was impatient. I yelled too much. I wasn't present enough. I didn't enjoy...

I Am An Unapologetic Chill Parent

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I am an unapologetic Chill Parent. I have never attended a meeting for the P.T.A. I don't monitor my teens' screen time (and hardly did...

For Me, Wine is Not Self-Care

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Wine holds no value for me. It is not soothing or relaxing. It is entirely unnecessary. It is not the answer to my anxious...

The Truth Is, I’ve Had It With The Girl Drama My Teen Daughter Is...

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  The truth is, I've had it.   I've had it with the girl drama my teen daughter is entrenched in. I've had it with getting calls...

With My Teen Daughter, I Walk The Line of Being Desperately Needed and Blatantly...

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As the mom of a teen daughter, I walk a razor-thin line of being desperately needed and blatantly irrelevant. I walk that line with intention in every foot placement.