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Take Back the Night: a Sleep Training Guide for Parents Who Failed the First Time Around

by ParentCo.

It’s moving day around here, and these kids are moving out of my bed come hell or high water. Here is how I plan to take back the night.

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6 Unexpected Skills I Gained Because of Motherhood

by ParentCo.

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What Are You Scared Of?

by ParentCo.

I want to give her the information she needs. Even if it is painful. Even if it is scary.

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Money: There's No Magic Number When Kids Enter the Picture

by ParentCo.

Before my children came along, money wasn't a major source of stress. But things are different now.

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Could Eye Contact With Your Baby Increase Communication Later On?

by ParentCo.

According to a new study gazing into our infant’s eyes can have a powerful effect on synchronizing our brain activity with theirs.

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I Want My Children to Be Selfish

by ParentCo.

I believe in order for children to become truly unselfish and empathize with healthy boundaries, they have to do the work of tending to their own needs.

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Watching My Toddler Grow Is Joyful and Painful

by ParentCo.

He’ll be three in a few months, and it seems like every day he’s older than the day before. That’s how growing works, obviously, but it’s more than that.

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A Made-Up Life

by ParentCo.

I filled two Hefty bags with the leftover makeup from my mother’s bathroom. Part of me was grateful she no longer needed it.

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What It's Like to Parent From Behind Bars

by Pam Moore

It’s not every day you get to enter a prison and leave an hour later with an inmate’s story imprinted on your heart.

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We're Santa-Agnostic, But the Season Still Has Plenty of Magic

by ParentCo.

There can only be so many years of innocent acceptance before your children have some tricky questions about the big man in red.

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When Parenting Gets Tough, Find Someone to Channel

by ParentCo.

Putting things into perspective is, I have found, the best way to cope when parenting gets rough.

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A Piece of My Heart, a Piece of Your Tendon

by Brett Ann Stanciu

I told my daughter I loved her, and that the reason I cautioned her to gather the reins of her anger was that her anger would slingshot back and hurt her.

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Just a Little More Time

by Janene Dutt

I keep having this vision in my head of my little girl walking away, toward the building where she now lives.

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The Ages and Stages of a Lifetime of Awe

by ParentCo.

I must parent for the long term, for his emotional health, for his full potential. I must parent for our relationship, to ensure it lasts a lifetime.

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How Two Under Two at Age 40 Transformed My Life

by ParentCo.

I was frightened. I had no family close. I was over 40. The list went on.

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What is the Perfect Age to Start Overnight Camp?

by ParentCo.

With a starting point and frame of reference, you can figure out where your kid fits on the camp readiness spectrum.

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Behind the Shower Curtain

by ParentCo.

As I’m showering today, though, I realize that there will come a time when the kids will no longer linger.

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I'm a Statistic, and That's Okay

by Kai McGee

There were warning signs that we were headed for the end, but I held onto a lifeless marriage so our son would grow up with both of his parents in the home.

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I Disagree! 7 Civil Conversation Skills Every Family Should Practice

by ParentCo.

In this age of divisiveness, disturbing headlines, and excessive devices, strong communication skills are more important than ever.

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One in Three Still Gets You in the Parenting Hall of Fame

by ParentCo.

What if I looked at family dinners according to baseball standards? What if I stopped striving for perfection, and tried for one out of three instead?

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A Porcupine for Christmas

by ParentCo.

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Finding My Place While Parenting as an Immigrant

by ParentCo.

I learned not only to come to terms with my role as a mom straddling two cultures, but to be proud of that identity.

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Loving it All – the Way it is – Right Now

by ParentCo.

Maybe all this pressure to slow down and appreciate every moment is another form of the absurd expectations we put on ourselves, or each other, or both.