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A Middle School Mean Girl’s Worst Enemy: Confidence
What is it about middle school that brings out the beast in some girls? The whispers, cattiness, and bullying can turn the teen years into a sea full of tears. The destructive behavior…
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I’m Too Old For Superficial, Casual Friendships
The other day I gave my daughter grief over not seeing her friends that much this summer. It’s almost as if school brings a constant stream of kids to my house wanting sleepovers.…
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Adhering To The Stigmas of Modern Parenting Is Exhausting
Wake up, roll out of bed, play for hours, learn something new, eat, poop, sleep. This sounds like a great day for a kid. A childhood of the 80’s was very similar to…
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How To Stop Projecting Your Own Anxiety Onto Your Children
Is your kid going to be okay coming over to play? Anything going on that I should know about? I find myself asking these question more often than not with my children’s friends.…
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How Training For A Marathon Made Me Never Want To Run Again
There I was sitting in a bus with a bunch of other runners heading back to the starting line of the Chicago Marathon. We all had that aura around us of disappointment. At…
