Discipline your child without spanking or violence
3 Min Read•Nov 23
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Raising an LGBTQ+ child: A guide for supportive parents
3 Min Read•Nov 23
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Striking the right balance: Managing screen time for children
3 Min Read•Sep 27
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What age can my daughter start wearing makeup?
2 Min Read•Sep 3
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Should drag events be allowed in public libraries?
3 Min Read•Sep 3
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How should I talk to my children about climate change?
3 Min Read•Sep 3
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Pierced ears for babies: cute or trashy?
2 Min Read•Sep 2
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How to talk to your kids about Donald Trump's arrest
3 Min Read•Aug 27
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Is TikTok safe for kids? A cautionary note for parents
3 Min Read•Aug 27
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Is your kid smarter than a fifth-gen AI? How to tell if they’re letting tech do their homework
3 Min Read•Aug 24
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Ask the Angry Baby: Sippy cup rejection, co-sleeping trauma
2 Min Read•Aug 25•Angry Baby
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The ChildFREE (Hate) Movement: Childless By Choice
4 Min Read•Jul 28•Alan Thomas
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Five Reasons School Starting in August is Wrong
3 Min Read•Jul 21•Amy Sue Nathan
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Worst Mother of the Year Award Acceptance Speech
2 Min Read•Jul 15•Christine Basham
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When a daughter is embarrassed by her lesbian moms
5 Min Read•Jul 13•Melissa Doak
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How to be friends with a working mother
7 Min Read•Jul 12•Kelley Cunningham
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Yes, My Kids Always Get Sent to the Principal’s Office
6 Min Read•Jul 9•Dana Keller
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The Little White Pill
5 Min Read•Jul 7•Mary Laufer
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The Mixed Emotions of a Vasectomy
4 Min Read•Jul 1•Laura Shovan
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Yes, my kid is retarded
4 Min Read•Jul 1•Karen Murphy
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The day my kids found my vibrator
4 Min Read•Jul 1•Michele Hickerty
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Blind Mom: Blindness No Impediment to Raising Children
6 Min Read•Jun 30
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When my boys found a frog, I knew its death was imminent
3 Min Read•Jun 27•Kelly Miller
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Did having kids ruin my life?
5 Min Read•Jun 25•Karen Pruitt Fowler
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Forgotten: My Daughter Is Mentally Ill
8 Min Read•Jun 22•Janna Vought
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I Think My Neighbor’s Kid Is a Legit Psychopath
4 Min Read•Jun 15•Misty Nuckolls
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How bad do mammograms hurt?
3 Min Read•Jun 15•Jessica Carlson
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Mowing the Lawn is a Woman's Job
3 Min Read•Jun 15•Elizabeth Thompson
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Mom's Creative Solution After Finding Condom in Teen's Laundry
3 Min Read•Jun 12•Kimberly Ripley
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Toddler calls father by first name
4 Min Read•May 27•Prescott Carlson
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Five discontinued kid food failures
4 Min Read•May 15
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70 things my mother used to say
3 Min Read•May 13
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Can you be friends with a bad mom?
4 Min Read•Jul 21•Eliana Osborn
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An added benefit to nipple piercing
4 Min Read•Jul 25•Kristen Chase
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Why you should never make box macaroni & cheese again: a manifesto
6 Min Read•Jul 8•Kim Foster
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Special needs of the gifted child
10 Min Read•Aug 25•Kristina Ashlock
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