A Veteran Teacher Says Phones Are Behind Most School Problems
Her first graders couldn't listen to a story for two minutes. A veteran teacher explains what changed, and what she did about it at home and in class.
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Lasers, Botox, and the Kind of Role Model I Want to Be
Her three-year-old cheered, "I have such a strong mommy!" Between Instagram fixes and a teen daughter watching, that moment changed how she sees her reflection.
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When Date Night Just Isn't an Option: Svea's Story
Twelve years, two daughters, and not one night away together. Svea on the quiet fear of becoming a parenting team instead of a couple.
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No Stress, Lots of Quiet: One Mom's Three-Week Health Retreat
Annett had never learned to take a break. Three weeks by the Baltic Sea with her youngest showed her what happens when nobody says "hurry up."
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Late-Life Divorce: My Parents Split After 51 Years of Marriage
Her parents were together 51 years. Then her mom, 72, moved out, and Anja was left apartment-hunting for her dad while feeling guilty.
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The Grandparents I Can Still See When I Close My Eyes
One line in a movie hit me hard: close your eyes and they're back. For me, she's at the stove in her striped housedress, frying schnitzel.
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Friendship, Bullying, Adventure: Book Picks From a 12-Year-Old
My 12-year-old devours books while his sisters barely open one. Here are the five stories that kept him reading, in his own words.
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Why I Still Don't Have a Living Will
The hospital called on a Sunday, with a houseful of kids, and asked Simone to decide. Why her own paperwork is still blank.
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Stuck on the Part-Time Track? One Mom Asks If There's a Way Out
She loves her job and needs the paycheck, but she's already stretched thin. Will part-time ever turn into something more?
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Single Mom, Back on the Dating Apps: The Hunt for Mr. Right
Her very first match on a single-parent site was her ex. Two years after the split, Lisa is back in the dating jungle, and the stories are wild.
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My Youngest Is 3 Today, So I Reread His Birth Report
Three years ago, a pager message at 3:20 a.m. started it all. Today my baby turns 3, and I'm rereading every minute of that night.
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Dating as a Single Mom? I'd Rather Stay Single
Three years off dating, one guy who wanted a hot dinner at 8 p.m., and a son who pushed back. Birgit explains why she's happy on her own.
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