There’s a particular task of motherhood that often goes unnoticed. It’s not acknowledged in Mother’s Day cards or highlighted in social media posts. It looks like a packed SUV, a calendar full of practices, rehearsals, games, and hangouts, and a purse stuffed with granola bars and mini pretzel bags. It sounds like chatter drifting from […]
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Insights from a Mother’s Positive Experience When you are considering relocating to a different school district, one of the most stressful considerations is timing. The thought of a mid-year move can stir up guilt, worry, and endless “what ifs.” Will they fall behind? Will they make friends? Am I disrupting their sense of security? These concerns
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After years of breaking down my body and mind at the gym in the name of fitness, I was introduced to yoga, and nothing was ever the same. I became fit, even, balanced and better equipped to handle the daily challenges of motherhood. Before yoga, my practice had been to wake up forty minutes before
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Motivating a young athlete can be tricky. I did it by placing the emphasis on their effort and it motivated them throughout their young lives. This is my story: I walked my son into a cavernous gym with multiple basketball courts that were brightly lit and shockingly cold. The entire floor was covered with kids
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“Selfish” is not typically something mothers strive to be. It’s frowned upon to put your interests before those of your family. Martyrs are far more celebrated than the selfish. But are martyrs happy? Is it healthy? Do martyrs ever survive? The key is to find a sweet spot between selfishness and martyrdom. It is so important to live in that
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It was 3:15 in the afternoon and I was waiting in my car at the bus stop when my cell phone rang. “Hello?” I answered. “Hello, this is Ms. Kalowsky, I’m the principal at Claremont Elementary school. I had your son in my office this afternoon because one of his fellow students reported to me
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Supporting my teenager as she recovered from a concussion was one of my most difficult moments of motherhood. This is my story: I skidded into the parking lot at 4:55 pm to drop my son off to at his 5:00 pm basketball practice stopping at the front door of the gym just long enough for
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It starts out innocently enough. Cool mom takes your five-year-old to a salon for a mani-pedi. Then at 10, the cool mom lets them stay up all night, eat junk food and watch scary movies. By the time they are in middle school the cool mom is buying alcohol for underage parties and enabling a
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Reinventing the “Stay-at-Home” Mom Having it all…but not all at once. I fumbled with my keys while clutching my purse, two grocery bags and the mail I had just retrieved from an overcrowded mailbox that I forgot to visit for three days. Bursting into the house just before my arms gave way, I dropped the pile
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