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Solo Parenting Seasons and How To Get Through Them
Episode 230
"Solo parenting" isn't the same as single parenting– but when we're in it, it can sure feel pretty intense. Even if our partners are great at pulling…
4 years, 6 months ago
Ask Margaret - Is It OK to Brag About My Kid to My Mom Friends?
Childhood is not a competition, but it can feel that way when talk in our mom circles focuses too much on what our kids are achieving. It's fine to b…
4 years, 6 months ago
Fresh Take: Shannon Carpenter on Being a Stay-At-Home Dad
Shannon Carpenter has been a stay-at-home dad since 2008, and that on-the-job experience– plus his humor-writing background– makes him the perfect au…
4 years, 6 months ago
How Motherhood Changes Us
Episode 229
Becoming a mother changes everything about us. Literally: the very structure of our brain changes during pregnancy, along with our eyeglass descripti…
4 years, 6 months ago
Ask Amy- Should I Have My Holiday Shopping *Done* Already?
Do you have friends and loved ones who complete their holiday shopping by October 15 and make you stressed that you haven't even started? You might i…
4 years, 6 months ago
Fresh Take: Kate Bowler on the Truths We Need To Hear
Kate Bowler is an associate professor at Duke's Divinity School. She lives in Durham, North Carolina, with her husband and son. Her new book is No C…
4 years, 6 months ago
It's The Little Things
Episode 228
This week we're talking about all the little things that trip us up, confuse us daily, and that we will never, no matter how much we try, get right.
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4 years, 6 months ago
Ask Margaret - My Kid Won't Stop Interrupting!
All kids interrupt, but for some kids it can become a problem behavior. Some kids struggle to control their impulses, and that can make it difficult …
4 years, 6 months ago
Fresh Take: Whitnee Hawthorne On Strategies For Working Moms
Whitnee Hawthorne is a speaker, an author, and a Fortune 500 executive. She's also a mom of two young children. As the host of the Savvy Working Moms…
4 years, 7 months ago
Getting Kids To Cooperate
Episode 227
Getting kids to cooperate is a challenge at all ages and stages. Here’s how to know when little kids are old enough to kick in, how "connecting befor…
4 years, 7 months ago