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To Stay Or Leave An Abusive Relationship
Yesterday was a fun-filled day of parties for my family. We had my neighbors holiday party, followed by my sons school holiday party. There were chocolates, candy, pinyatas and good festive fun.
The Joy Of Parenting Differently
Do you have anyone who has touched your life as a parent – whom you’ve never even met? Nine years ago, after writing Mommy Wars and struggling to find my way as a new mom of three kids, I started writing a daily online parenting blog for washingtonpost.com. “On Balance” became a surprise hit among moms,…
Why You Need to Talk to Your Kids About Relationship Abuse – Today
Here's what you need to know about kids and relationship violence: It's incredibly common. It can happen to your daughter (or son) no matter your religion, income, school environment, home life or neighborhood. Talking about it with your kids TODAY is the best way to prevent them from being abused tomorrow Here are the statistics:…
The Latest on The Mommy Wars
Why do moms need data to convince ourselves that there are myriad good (and bad) ways to raise children? After all, parenting is a quintessentially unique and personal undertaking. Every adult, even identical twin sisters, approaches motherhood differently. What I found in talking to hundreds of moms for my 2006 book Mommy Wars is that as…
We Have to Stop Clothes-Shaming Teens for Showing Too Much Skin
Last week, my take on young girls, high heels, and bikinis generated a lot of dialogue – ok, mostly disagreement – from my fellow moms. So it seems worth it to dig into this topic again. Heres a sampling of what other moms wrote: