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The rollercoaster of emotions that is quarantining with kids

Even if someone has it worse, your pain during this pandemic is valid.

Updated Oct. 14, 2021

My first year of motherhood taught me the most important lesson of all

For the first time ever, everything shifted and I had to pour my whole self into one person, the one person who needed me the most.

Updated Sep. 30, 2022

11 migraine-relief products that *actually* help

We've scoured the Internet to find what will work best when you're in pain.

Updated Apr. 28, 2020

The one question I ask myself when I feel my anger rising

I commonly ask myself this when the control freak inside me began to get agitated.

Updated Oct. 14, 2021
mom working with child climbing on top of her

This is mothering in a pandemic

We are not meant to live in isolation.

Updated Feb. 08, 2022

30+ brands giving back during the pandemic 👏

Some have completely shifted their productions to create masks and offer services and resources free of charge. Others are implementing a give back model, directing funds to places and people in need.

Updated Nov. 17, 2021

Mama, you told me…

That it would be a joy to watch them grow up. But Mama, you never told me how quickly the time would pass; how the hours, the days, the weeks and the months would slip through my fingers so fast. That I would suddenly find myself looking at a child instead of a baby; a baby instead of a newborn; and beg time to be a little bit kinder and wait for me to catch up.

Updated Sep. 29, 2022
family playing a game together

I am done living in crisis mode

I would obsess over news reports and death rates and the endless cycle of bad news. I decided—I can't live this way.

Updated Jan. 27, 2022
little girl smiling at camera

How to raise an optimistic child in a pessimistic world

While the news is hard right now, you've got all the tools you need to make the world a better place.

Updated Jan. 18, 2022

I still need you, Mom

Even as I mother my own children, I need to be mothered.

Updated Oct. 14, 2021
little boy eating meatballs at the table

Ikea shared its delicious meatball recipe (and it’s so easy!)

Bon appétit or smaklig måltid, as they say in Sweden!

Updated Feb. 01, 2022
mom and daughter playing

Lost your cool with your child? Here are 5 easy steps to reconnect

Parenting during a pandemic means we're going to lose our cool sometimes—it's what happens afterward that really counts.

Updated Jan. 19, 2022
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