The F Word
“Do you know the T word, Mommy?” My son asked. We were standing in the lobby of our apartment building
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Talking to Kids
A Brilliant Tip for Talking to Teenagers
This summer, I wrote a Big Salad issue about botox, but the reader comment that jumped out at me was
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How to Show Up For Kids Who’ve Lost a Parent
My dad died when I was 15. A couple months ago, I talked to grief therapist Natalie Greenberg, and she
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What Deep Questions Have the Kids in Your Life Asked?
“Does the universe end? Like, is there a wall?” my son Anton asked me when he was five. Author Sarah
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How to Be a Neighborhood Aunt, Teenage Version
Last Monday, 14-year-old Toby woke up in a bad mood. Dreading a long week of school, he thought about what
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Funny Sex Education for Boys
Ever since my boys were little, I’ve tried to talk to them in age-appropriate ways about sex. They know where
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How Do You Introduce a New Partner to Your Kids?
On this chilly Monday, I’m hoping to ask a personal question to this wise and wonderful community: Do you have
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A Motherhood Realization I Had While Ice Skating
We are at the public outdoor skating rink in our city, and it is cold, but I am hot. Sweat
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Is This Outfit Drippy?
Today, I opened my email to see Brooke Barker’s newsletter about how a teenager complimented her outfit this weekend. The
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Spending One-on-One Time With Kids
When the kids were younger, I spent a lot of one-on-one time with each of them. Toby and I would
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