My Kids Have Dyslexia. They're Not Stupid.
Her son thought he was too dumb for school. It took years, and a new teacher, before anyone listened to his mom.
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“Parents Could Sue Us at Any Time”: A Teacher Speaks Out
Parents threaten to sue over detention and trash duty. One teacher tells us what 20 years in the classroom looks like now.
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“He Didn’t Do This to Me”: A Mom After Her Son’s Suicide
“Lukas didn't do anything to me.” A mom explains which well-meant phrases hurt most after her son's suicide, and what she wishes people would say.
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The Refillable Deodorant I'm Wearing All Summer
It looks like a toy, but this refillable deodorant has me sweating way less at the gym and on the train. Here's why it's staying in my bag all summer.
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A Mom on Her Teen's Drug Spiral: “It Can Happen in the Best Families”
She had straight A's, karate, and guitar. Then came the 4 a.m. calls, the police, and a mom who kept asking: where did I go wrong?
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Picky Eaters: Why Pressure Backfires and What Actually Helps
He lost six and a half pounds on a ski trip and still wouldn't touch lunch. Why hunger and pressure don't work, and what does.
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A Mom's Honest Look Back at Raising a Son With ADHD
Some mornings she couldn't face the day. A mom on her son's crisis, and the sentence he said at 21 that moved her.
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A Year After Neele's Death: How Steffi Ewald Is Doing Now
Neele picked out her baby sister's first romper. Now Steffi is raising two girls while carrying the hole three loved ones left behind.
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My Mom Died of Cancer When My Baby Was 12 Weeks Old. I Miss Her.
Janina meant to call her mom after bedtime. Instead the phone rang first, twelve weeks after her baby was born.
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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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Our Daughter, 6, Died While Playing in Our Yard: Kitty's Story
How do you tell three children their big sister is gone? Kitty shares the hardest day, and the small rituals that keep her daughter close.
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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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