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Radiant (or how not to give a spider a bath)
The sweet story of how Charlotte’s Web and spiders in the washing machine helped one mom talk with her 7-year-old about death, loss, and making the most of the time we have.
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Remind yourself that a five year old is sixty months on this planet. Less than 2,000 days old. They’re still brand new people! No one has the right to whisper anything about college or careers to a child determined to conquer the monkey bars.
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My Exaggerated Life
At My Exaggerated Life, a dad blog-meets-webcomic, a father shares stories about family life in comic form, often with a generous layer of dry humor.
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Things Could Have Been Different
“You are gone, and, although others share nearly your exact same story, by some twist of fate they are alive, and you are not.” A year later, a mother writes about her newborn son’s death.
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When little Tommy has the ability to pop in contact lenses to play in a virtual world and doesn’t come out of his room for a month, that generation of parents will express the same type of concern their parents did about spending time on Snapchat.
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Why I’m raising soft kids.
A mom’s call for cultivating compassionate children: “I want my kids to be soft. I do. In a world full of rough edges and sharp corners, I want to raise humans who are gentle and kind.”
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Unknowns
Alison Lee Chapman reflects on hard labor and bonding with her newborn son, lovingly nicknamed scungilli.
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He Just Needs To Find His People, Then He’ll Be Safe
“Standing in that gay club, staring at my rainbow boy, I’d think to myself, ‘You’ve found your people. You’re safe here.’” Raising My Rainbow author Lori Duron reflects on the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida.
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“Some days we will be tempted to tell the world about our mothering, and others will leave us wanting to hide behind an obnoxiously large diaper bag. I would argue that the sweet spot of vulnerability is somewhere in between.”
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Moment, Momentous, Momentum
“For them, as for all of us, really, everyday experience is inextricable from gravity.” At Terrain.org, Patrick Madden writes on physics and the double meaning of gravity in a life-changing event.
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WONDEROAK
Reporting from the front lines of stay-at-home motherhood, Jess, a blogger who’s been featured at the Huffington Post and Scary Mommy, writes about topics like parenting, friendship, and body image.
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Why I Don’t Want My Kid Growing Up “Normal”
“I want you to enjoy every moment of your life and sometimes just toss that hair in a quick messy bun and run out the door on your way to another adventure.” Writer Larinna Chandler wishes for her daughter to blaze her own path.
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Going Deep: Spend an Afternoon with These Lengthy Stories
A roundup of some of the best longform storytelling recently published on WordPress.
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Let’s Talk About Postpartum Depression
“I don’t like that she stole my sense of self and has yet to give it back.” Evelyn Shoop, a.k.a., “momsicle,” reflects on postpartum depression.
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Perspectives on Motherhood: Change, Love, and Loss
A collection of writing and art on motherhood.
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