Tag: children
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The Dangers When Your Children Watch You Diet
Sure, maybe you don’t think dieting or disordered eating has anything to do with your children. You may think they don’t even notice. Or you’re setting a good example. Teaching them how to be “healthy” or “disciplined. Whatever your rationalization, it’s time to get radically honest with yourself. And to look at the dangerous messages…
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Finding Light in a Pandemic
When the superintendent announced our schools would not open this fall for face-to-face instruction, I wasn’t surprised. We were in the middle of a pandemic. Perhaps it was my intuition; maybe it was my natural tendency to prepare for the worst… most likely it was a little bit of both. For whatever reason, a deep sense…
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How To Cope With Mom Guilt Now
When I joined the local mom’s group almost ten years ago, I had no idea what lay ahead in the next decade. Becoming a mother turned my world completely upside down, as I learned an entirely new way of being. Thankfully connecting with other women in various stages of this journey called motherhood helped tremendously.…
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How to Cope with Involuntary Homeschooling When You’d Rather Hide
Today marks the fifth week since my kids have gone to school. What the teachers cutely call distance learning, I refer to as: Involuntary Homeschooling. Maybe because it reminds me of my years working in Community Mental Health when we involuntarily committed patients against their will during a crisis. Putting the involuntary into homeschooling Homeschooling…
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This Moment Right Now
From my well-intentioned mother and older sister, from the sanctimonious veteran moms I encounter in person and online, and even from strangers in restaurants and checkout lines. Over and over again I hear, “Enjoy this moment because it won’t last.” And it aggravates me every single time.