Estrangement From Parents: How Families Can Reconnect
Sometimes walking away is the last thing a grown child has left. Anja Sernau explains what helps when nobody wants to make the first move.
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Why This Mom Wants to Foster Babies and Toddlers Short-Term
Every time the phone rings, Pia will wonder if it's the call. She and her husband are ready to open their home to a baby or toddler within hours.
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Packing for Spain With Nine Kids: A Big-Family Update
Nine kids, one RV, and a baby who sleeps from 9 to 3. Mona on packing for Spain, nosy strangers, and the moments that make it all worth it.
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I Want a Second Child. Does My Longing Count Less?
She has a healthy five-year-old and a husband who says no to a second baby. Does her heartbreak count less? Marion tells us what it really feels like.
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Growing Up With a Much Older Dad: Gabriele's Story
Her dad's word was law, her mom was almost like another kid. Gabriele looks back on a childhood of Saturday street sweeping and a marriage that drifted.
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My Daughter Has Lived in a Group Home Since Age 9: An Update
Kim always suspected something else was going on with Emma. Three years later, the diagnoses finally came, and they hurt more than she expected.
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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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