Cues and Miscues
P arenting is hard, and just when things are going well, things change. I met a dad who was talking about how bedtime with his 5-year-old daughter has recently become…
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April 4, 2022
Texting For Connection
I got a text from my adult daughter the other day. It contained a cartoon about making the bed. There were four frames. The first was a cat lying on…
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February 15, 2022
"If I see that there’s a notification, I’ll feel great! Like I matter."
Diluting the Power of Connection
Recently, I had a very candid conversation with a 17-year-old male about what it’s like to feel lonely and what makes him lonely. He said he doesn’t feel lonely very…
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March 9, 2018
A mother in the kitchen plays with her chilrdren
Parenting is So Inconvenient
One of the parts of parenting that I didn’t anticipate was just how inconvenient it can be. In theory, I knew getting ready in the morning would take longer, scheduling…
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February 23, 2018
I Can’t Be As Overwhelmed As He Is
“I made the biggest parenting mistake of my life this week, I think.” I am a single parent to a 5th grader. My son’s father and I have anxious personalities…
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November 3, 2017
