Parenting

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Tips for Parent-Teen Bonding

When my children were little, I would envision the teenage years with trepidation. I remembered all I had put my parents through, and was...
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Managing Big Changes in a Time of Big Anxiety

Oftentimes, we joke that we wish children came with manuals. But because there is no such thing, we rush to the next best option:...
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New Year’s Resolutions for Parents 

Making New Year’s resolutions is futile: No matter how optimistic we are about implementing positive changes in our lives on January 1st, the statistics...
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A Giving Teen

At a young age, Sarah McDaniel’s daughter lost her left eye to cancer. While the tragedy was a painful time for the McDaniel family,...
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Future Goals

As the story goes, when I was five or six, I went around explaining to adults that I wanted to be three things when...
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Kid Person 

I’ve always been a kid person. Even before I had my own child, I’ve always just been one of those people who finds kids...
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Soccer Goals 

I was a serious athlete growing up, but I never played soccer. Not even as a little kid. Soccer is the one sport I...
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Back-to-School Basics 

It has been said before that all good things must come to an end, and summer vacation is no exception to this rule. As...
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Life with a Threenager 

My three-year-old daughter is a delight: she’s smart, funny and deeply empathetic. She loves letters and numbers and everything related to Frozen; she’s an...
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Mistakes Were Made 

I’ve made a lot of mistakes in the three years I’ve been a parent. I’ve let a bag of breast milk go bad, and...

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