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"We watched from the stands as she crossed the stage—cap bobbing, tassel swinging, name called. I felt something catch in my chest. Pride, yes. Immense pride. But also a quiet ache. A hollow echo." motherwellmag.com/2025/06/10/a...
A graduation, a ladybug, and the daughter who wasn't there
Grief doesn’t step aside for joy. It walks with it—quietly, steadily. By Elizabeth Candy
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Our Q&A with Melinda Wenner Moyer about her new book "Hello, Cruel World!"with researched-backed nuggets about parenting, and how to prepare our kids for the future. motherwellmag.com/2025/05/29/q...
Q&A: Hello, Cruel World!
Tune into your kids, listen to them, and respect what they have to say. By Melinda Wenner Moyer
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"While I can accept my sons won’t be Women’s Studies majors, I can’t live with them not being allies." motherwellmag.com/2025/04/30/w...
Why boy moms need to unpack their feminist baggage
We can’t tolerate excuses like “boys will be boys” or “men think with their penises.” By Jessica Penkower Reid
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"I was terrified that love without blood ties would not be enough in court." motherwellmag.com/2025/04/23/f...
You will always be our little boy
I was terrified that love without blood ties would not be enough in court. By Jose Cardenas
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"Boys are not encouraged to talk about their feelings. It’s not that simple, but it kinda is that simple." An important piece NEW on @motherwellmag.bsky.social: #adolescencenetflix #adolescence #boymom
Netflix's Adolescence is a call to action: why we must build up boys now
Like the parents in Adolescence, I had wrongly assumed that my son was safe in his bedroom. By Kimmi Berlin
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"Boys are not encouraged to talk about their feelings. It’s not that simple, but it kinda is that simple." NEW on Motherwell: #adolescencenetflix #adolescence
Netflix's Adolescence is a call to action: why we must build up boys now
Like the parents in Adolescence, I had wrongly assumed that my son was safe in his bedroom. By Kimmi Berlin
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"He breaks a house rule. I ground him. He climbs out a window. I ground him for a longer period. He comes home late. I remove another privilege, until there isn’t anything left to take away." motherwellmag.com/2025/03/18/p... #parentingteens #parenting #teens
Losing the boy I once knew, and feeling broken as his mom
This is my son. This makes no sense.
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"I make dinner and don’t turn on the news. I stir concerns about microplastics, and stew on the price of organic vegetables." motherwellmag.com/2025/04/02/s... #parenting #parenthood
How our family survives while the world implodes
I make dinner and don’t turn on the news. I stir concerns about microplastics, stew on the price of organic vegetables. By Kathleen Siddell
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How our family survives while the world implodes
I make dinner and don’t turn on the news. I stir concerns about microplastics, stew on the price of organic vegetables. By Kathleen Siddell
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“My daughter is 18 now, her mind younger than her chronological age. She has learned to be less social, asking less frequently for friends or cousins who deserted her long ago.” motherwellmag.com/2023/12/20/s...
Taking my special needs child to holiday gatherings breaks my heart
A father's heartfelt narrative about how he and his wife navigate the holidays with a special needs daughter, including insights into the struggle for connection and a sense of belonging.
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“The finality of a marriage—like death—illuminates that while other people’s lives move on, the grieving are left to make sense of the senseless, to understand the sudden exits of life; to carry on—ready or not—beyond Thanksgivings pasts.” motherwellmag.com/2018/11/19/h...
How I spent the first Thanksgiving after my divorce
My sister had asked me to bake. “Keep her busy” was the secret code among my family members that season. By Nancy Payne-Hambrose
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