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After finding out she has cancer, I'm teaching my daughter to swear at her tumor. It's the right amount of anger and deviance she needs to keep going.
The author says that after her 8-year-old daughter was diagnosed with a brain tumor, she asked if s…
Heather Osterman-Davis
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After my 6-year-old became unmanageable, we decided to try therapy. In our sessions, I was reminded of something important: My son is still so young.
The author says that after her son became explosive and hard to manage, the family decided to go to…
Kelly Green
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Alicia Silverstone was criticized for sharing a bed with her 11-year-old son. A pediatrician and a child psychologist say co-sleeping is OK until a child reaches prepuberty.
A pediatrician said that co-sleeping should not happen before a child is 12 months old and should s…
Heidi Borst
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My kids grieve their dad in different ways — here's how I support them when they both need me
The author's husband died four years ago. She says her two kids grieve in different ways and explai…
Elaine Roth
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I'm a mom who had to be in inpatient care. Asking for help saved my life.
The author says she asked for help when she realized she was becoming suicidal. It was the longest …
Ava Truckey
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My family and I survived the Highland Park shooting. While we hid, my daughter talked about planting flowers and seeing them grow.
The author shares how she found her children in the middle of the chaos and ran with them to safety…
Lauren Bassi
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I'm a cookbook author with 3 kids under 7. I discovered the best hack for avoiding power struggles over food was already in my kitchen.
The author says that after power struggles with her kids over trying new foods, she found that thei…
Marnie Hanel
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I'm an autistic mom of 3 autistic kids. We hunted for dinosaur bones and surprisingly we all enjoyed it.
The author, who is also autistic, says that digging through clay and finding treasures was enjoyabl…
Jen Malia
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When my daughter was going through cancer treatment, I read to her out loud. It helped her connect with her friends once she was healthy enough to go to school.
The author says that reading to her daughter through her cancer treatments helped her daughter conn…
Jessica Phillips Lorenz
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I used to stress about how messy my mudroom is. I'm trying to let go of the guilt of it not being perfect.
After stressing about not having a perfect mudroom, the author is learning to accept that it is jus…
Laurie Syphard
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Like Debbie Reynolds, I had to carry my dead baby after he died in utero. Medical providers wanted to keep me pregnant.
At 32 weeks pregnant with twins, the author found out one of the babies had died in utero. Medical …
Jenna Fletcher
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I had a 3rd-trimester abortion. When I want to restore my faith in humanity, I go back to the clinic where I had it.
The author shares how after finding out her daughter had serious brain malformations at 28 weeks pr…
Sarah S
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I wanted to erase my lonely childhood by having lots of kids. After raising 2 sons in a pandemic, I'm done.
The author says that having two kids in the past two years has pushed her out of the workforce and …
Laura Donovan
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I donated my eggs to 6 families who wanted kids. This is what I learned about the process.
The author shares what she has learned about donating eggs to six families. She says some of them h…
Lynae Cook
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After giving birth, I was put on life support — this is what it was like to be on a ventilator for 68 days
The author thought the pain had been caused by a pinched nerve, so she went to the ER. It turned ou…
Holly Frances
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I got pregnant with my 3rd child after my husband died. IVF allowed us to create the family we wanted.
The couple had frozen embryos. After her husband's death, the author decided to go ahead with the t…
Bevin Farrand
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I have ADHD. In some ways, it makes me a better parent to my daughter.
The author's undiagnosed ADHD left her feeling lazy. Now, with the correct diagnosis, she's a bette…
Rhiannon Giles
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This dad got tattoos to match his son's surgery scars. He said it makes his son feel more confident.
His son had his first surgery at age 3 and the scars left behind made him self-conscious, so this d…
Kelly Burch
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I had a miscarriage at 17 weeks caused by my fibroids. Here's what I wish I'd known about them before getting pregnant.
After her doctor gave her the green light to get pregnant, the author suffered a late-term miscarri…
Blake Turck
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I was raised in a fundamentalist Christian church and gave birth 4 times before turning 30. After my IUD failed, I had an abortion because I didn't want any more kids.
After having four back-to-back pregnancies and leaving the controlling church, the woman got an IUD…