Home / Life Relationships It takes a village, and we're here to help you navigate yours. With advice about finding a village or maintaining yours to diving into family dynamics and the intimate relationship with your partner, we'll help you nurture and strengthen the bonds that matter most to you. Marriage & Partnerships Marriage & Partnerships Ms. Rachel went viral for this powerful truth about marriage and parenthood January 23, 2025 Marriage & Partnerships, Celebrity News, News, Relationships Relationships The honest truth about how my marriage has changed since having kids If you asked me how my marriage has changed since having kids, I’d say we have learned how to communicate with each other more effectively. 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Updated September 3, 2024 Marriage & Partnerships, Motherly Stories Community & Friendship Viral & Trending Why texting back takes 3–5 business days for moms—and the viral video that sums it up It takes a village, and we're here to help you navigate yours.… December 2, 2024 Viral & Trending, Community & Friendship, News, Relationships Community & Friendship I’m the friend who had kids first. Here’s what I wish my other friends had known Understand that your mama friend still needs you. October 6, 2024 Community & Friendship, Motherly Stories Motherly Stories Here’s to the friends who stick around despite time and distance These friends matter more than we realize. 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Now imagine being a child, and having your entire world turned upside down—here's how you can help. September 20, 2022 Blended Families Celebrity News Adele wrote a song for her son to help him understand her divorce It takes a village, and we're here to help you navigate yours.… Updated October 7, 2021 Celebrity News, Blended Families, Life, News, Relationships, Single Parenting Blended Families These viral photos of a dad and stepdad are co-parenting #goals David and Dylan made choices to cooperate instead of competing. To see each other not as the enemy, but as allies fighting for Willow's happiness. And those choices eventually made them friends and then family. September 2, 2021 Blended Families, Viral & Trending Blended Families This mom’s viral TikTok hack will make your child’s co-parenting schedule a whole lot easier The wonders of a dry erase board and a simple formula can be easily replicated. 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December 26, 2024 Grandparents & Extended Families, Health & Wellness, Mental Health, Parenting, Relationships, Single Parenting Viral & Trending This grandpa has all of TikTok crying over a father/daughter dance—and we are not okay In a viral video, we see a little girl get the father/daughter dance of her dreams, thanks to her incredible grandpa. December 11, 2024 Viral & Trending, Grandparents & Extended Families, News, Relationships Parenting ‘The life my mom wanted for me’: Prince Harry on generational healing in the U.S. For Harry, this life is about more than where to live—his life in America represents a conscious decision to break generational patterns, prioritize his own well-being, and redefine what a happy, functional family looks like, royalty or not. December 5, 2024 Parenting, Grandparents & Extended Families, Relationships The State of Motherhood Motherly is the voice of modern motherhood, with an audience of more than 30 million users who consume Motherly content each month. View More Divorce Motherly Stories How shared custody prepared me for college drop-off I stood there alone amidst the towering redwood trees waiting for the grief to hit. It didn’t. October 2, 2024 Motherly Stories, Divorce Divorce I’m getting a divorce—why am I thriving compared to the other moms I know? I am proud to say that I think we are building a better divorce than many people’s marriages—through open communication, putting our kids first and a high degree of mutual respect. March 2, 2024 Divorce Viral & Trending Mom received an epic $215K divorce settlement for 25 years of unpaid housework—and we’re still clapping Ivana Moral of Spain will be paid the sum by her ex-husband. 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December 30, 2024 Relationships, Marriage & Partnerships Parenting Is yelling at your kids always harmful? Here’s the truth Here’s what neuroscience and real-life parenting reveal about the impact of yelling—and how to approach it with nuance. December 27, 2024 Parenting, Relationships Grandparents & Extended Families Grandpa skips to school with granddaughter to help single mom—and wins the Internet In the TikTok video Samantha shared on her account, @samanthabrookex, she explains how her dad steps in on the days her mental health makes leaving the house difficult. December 26, 2024 Grandparents & Extended Families, Health & Wellness, Mental Health, Parenting, Relationships, Single Parenting Viral & Trending This grandpa has all of TikTok crying over a father/daughter dance—and we are not okay In a viral video, we see a little girl get the father/daughter dance of her dreams, thanks to her incredible grandpa. December 11, 2024 Viral & Trending, Grandparents & Extended Families, News, Relationships Parenting ‘The life my mom wanted for me’: Prince Harry on generational healing in the U.S. For Harry, this life is about more than where to live—his life in America represents a conscious decision to break generational patterns, prioritize his own well-being, and redefine what a happy, functional family looks like, royalty or not. December 5, 2024 Parenting, Grandparents & Extended Families, Relationships Viral & Trending Why texting back takes 3–5 business days for moms—and the viral video that sums it up It takes a village, and we're here to help you navigate yours.… December 2, 2024 Viral & Trending, Community & Friendship, News, Relationships Viral & Trending You need a man who wants to be a husband and a father—not have a wife and kids It takes a village, and we're here to help you navigate yours.… December 2, 2024 Viral & Trending, Marriage & Partnerships, News, Relationships Relationships Gentle partnering: The relationship strategy you didn’t know you needed Here’s how the framework of centering yourself, validating others, and collaboratively solving problems has worked for me—and how you can try it too. 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October 6, 2024 Community & Friendship, Motherly Stories Motherly Stories How shared custody prepared me for college drop-off I stood there alone amidst the towering redwood trees waiting for the grief to hit. It didn’t. October 2, 2024 Motherly Stories, Divorce Grandparents & Extended Families Don’t feel guilty for reminding your kids’ grandparents they need to update their parenting skills With studies and findings to support best practices for raising our children, it’s our job to make sure that everyone who will be in our kids’ lives are aware of those things September 21, 2024 Grandparents & Extended Families, Motherly Stories Viral & Trending Grandma explains why she doesn’t buy gifts for her grandkids in viral TikTok "I just remember when my children were younger, all the LEGOs, all the Barbie shoes, all the little things that just got thrown away." September 16, 2024 Viral & Trending, Grandparents & Extended Families Motherly Stories Here’s to the friends who stick around despite time and distance These friends matter more than we realize. September 8, 2024 Motherly Stories, Community & Friendship Relationships This ‘Scandinavian sleep method’ can improve your sleep AND your marriage "This is the comfiest way to sleep. It could save marriages." August 25, 2024 Relationships Community & Friendship Toxic online mom culture is so draining—here’s how to keep your feed healthy for YOU Understanding that not every mom you come across is going to support your choices will make it easier for you to take those mean comments as a grain of salt and keep it moving. August 17, 2024 Community & Friendship, Motherly Stories Results navigation 1234 … 102030 … 37