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How to manage anxiety during life-altering transitions

Waiting will forever be a part of our lives and it can allow for beautiful seasons.

Updated Oct. 14, 2021

Why the holidays are the perfect time for a social media detox

No Facebook, Instagram or Pinterest. ?

Updated Oct. 14, 2021

It’s science: practicing gratitude makes us happier

People who list their blessings are happier than those who take an inventory of life’s hassles.

Updated Oct. 14, 2021

Motherhood shouldn’t be this hard

What if we stopped making mothers feel guilty? About everything.

Updated Sep. 06, 2022

What losing my mom taught me about unconditional love and grief

I was using my grief to show my daughter that crying was not a weakness, that being sad was not shameful.

Updated Oct. 14, 2021

To my sister, you’ve guided my way through motherhood

Without knowing it, my sister was teaching me how to be a mother myself. 

Updated Oct. 14, 2021

It’s science: babies as young as 6 months old are already connecting words

Our babies are listening and learning from what we say, even if it doesn’t seem like it.

Updated Oct. 14, 2021

How to Exercise with Babies

Yoga expert Kristin McGee shares her balancing act.

Updated Oct. 14, 2021

Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard are all about ‘tag team’ parenting

“We switch kids all the time,” Bell says.

Updated Oct. 14, 2021

Working makes *me* such a better mom

I feel more balanced as a person because working helps me maintain my own identity.

Updated Oct. 14, 2021

Our nanny is amazing, but she’ll never be ‘mama’

Here’s how it *really* felt to have a nanny caring for my kids.

Updated Oct. 14, 2021
Fergie

Fergie on working mom guilt and dealing with ‘mommy shaming’ is ALL of us

“I remember going to the studio the first couple of times and sobbing in the car. It was the weirdest thing ever.”

Updated Jan. 15, 2022

The secret to good grades? Exercise

Don’t underestimate the benefits of P.E. 

Updated Oct. 14, 2021

From a Dock A Tot to babysitting—18 mamas share what they wish they registered for

“I wish I had registered for a manual! Lol.”—Meagan Nicole Puckett

Updated Oct. 14, 2021

This Pregnancy Announcement Made Us Cry

Well Rounded's weekly links are here.

Updated Feb. 18, 2025

The top 100 cities to raise kids in the U.S.

San Ramon, California. Newton, Massachusetts. Flower Mound, Texas. Overland Park, Kansas.

Updated Oct. 14, 2021
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