Expecting Twins With Seven Kids at Home, She Got One Baby
She had two of everything ready for twins. Then baby number eight arrived at home, and there was no second baby.
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Saying Goodbye to Tanja, Who Died on Her Twins' 11th Birthday
Six weeks from diagnosis to goodbye. Tanja died on her twins' 11th birthday, and her friends remember the loudest laugh in the room.
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Mad at Your Partner? Toddler Melting Down? Real-Life Fixes
Feeling alone with the family load, or called a helicopter mom? Here's what to say instead of the one sentence that always starts the fight.
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Mieke Would Have Turned 2 Today. Her Mom Remembers.
Mieke would have turned 2 today. Her mom is baking a rainbow cake, because she's afraid the day will be forgotten.
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I Thought I Was a Natural. Then Came My Second Baby
She felt sorry for the frazzled moms at baby group. Then Jenny had her second child and found herself with greasy hair and dark circles.
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Are We Really Responsible for Our Kids' Happiness?
The picture-perfect family picnic sets us up to feel like failures when the zoo trip ends in whining. What if happiness was never our job?
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When Recess Becomes Hell: A Bullying Survivor Speaks
At twelve, Norman washed spit off his head and believed what the bullies said about him. Here's what he wishes an adult had done.
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A Canadian Surrogate on Handing Over the Baby She Carried
Nine months, one baby girl, and a goodbye at the airport. She tells us what she really felt, and why she'll never do it for anyone else.
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Two Dads and a Daughter: How We Became a Family Through Surrogacy
Adoption and foster care didn't feel right. Then a woman in Canada found their profile and chose them. Here's how Sofia came into the world in 26 minutes.
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My Kid Is a Daydreamer: How We Get Through School Without the Stress
Your daydreamer is happily drawing a beetle while you eye the clock. Two psychologists on how to stop the nagging spiral without giving up on school.
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Steffi Ewald Starts Chemo After Losing Her Son and Husband
The tumor has shrunk by more than half. Steffi opens up about chemo, a bald head, and getting through corona with her two girls.
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Lost to a “Loverboy”: How One Mom Got Her Daughter Back
She smiled through Christmas with the man hurting her daughter, because one wrong word could cost them everything. This is how Carola fought back.
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