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Mom's Room
Safe Harbor
Raising a teen can be frightening. As your teen becomes less communicative, you may wonder if he's hiding things from you such as drug use or other dangerous activities. Asking him straight out if he's in trouble can...
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Respecting Boundaries
Important Milestone
While becoming a parent figures very large in your life, it figures large in the life of your parents as well. Becoming a grandparent is a very important milestone by anyone's measure. Of course, just...
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Working Mom Guilt
Painful Feelings
When maternity leave is over, finances may force you to return to work, or you may just feel the need to do something outside of the home and it is almost inevitable that you will...
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Are Working Moms Better Moms?
Best Environment?
If you choose to, or must, go out into the workforce, you may be suffering pangs of guilt over ending your status as a SAHM: a stay at home mother. Most people think that...
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Molding Young Minds
Guinea Pigs
Sometimes parents feel as if their children are their own personal guinea pigs in terms of the fact that they never feel quite confident their parenting methods are correct. Parents may even wonder...
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Not my Favorite Age
Park Bench Intimacy
During the intimate discussions fostered by dint of sharing space on a park bench, moms sometimes talk about something taboo: age preference. That is to say that all parents, if asked, can...
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Surprise Attack
There are times when life hits us with a bag of bricks. If we're prepared, we can pick up the load and carry on. If we're not, we can be crushed.
Can You Ever Be...
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Choking
Upset and Uncomfortable
Choking is a response to an object such as a toy or food being lodged in the airway which keeps air from getting into and out of the lungs. Most of the...