Tag: family dynamics
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Navigating Divorce with Your Kids’ Well-Being in Mind
Get Pregnant Fast Divorcing can be an emotional upheaval, but it doesn’t have to disrupt your children’s lives. Here’s how to manage your separation while keeping your kids’ best interests at heart. A few months after my difficult divorce, my son and I visited new friends for pizza. “So,” the boy asked casually, “I hear…
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What Pro-Vaccine Parents Need to Know When Their Teens Are Vaccine-Hesitant
at home insemination kit The pandemic has thrown us into a whirlwind of unexpected challenges and debates that few could have foreseen. It’s understandable, considering that no one saw a global pandemic lasting several years on the horizon. We’ve witnessed chaos over issues that should be straightforward, like wearing masks and maintaining social distance, as…
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Parents Acknowledge Their Exhaustion — But Find Joy in It: Do You?
Get Pregnant Fast If there’s one thing that encapsulates the essence of parenting, it’s this: while it can be utterly draining, many parents wouldn’t trade it for anything else. Recent research from the Pew Research Center reveals that moms and dads recognize the challenges of raising children but ultimately find their lives richer and more…
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I Don’t Enjoy Spending Time With My Mom, But My Kids Do — Here’s How I Manage It
at home insemination kit My relationship with my mom has been rocky for a long time now. Trust is a big issue; she often talks about me behind my back and loves to hear herself talk. Whatever I accomplish, she claims she’s done it better. If I’m feeling under the weather, suddenly she’s feeling worse.…
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New Research Reveals Moms as Primary Earners in 40% of U.S. Households — Go Moms!
Get Pregnant Fast Hey friends! Big news in the world of parenting! A fresh study from the Pew Research Center has shown that moms are now the main breadwinners in 40% of American homes with kids. How awesome is that? To give you some perspective, back in 1960, just 11% of working moms were the…
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My Challenge with Split-Shift Parenting
Get Pregnant Fast I need to collect my son from daycare at precisely 4:40 PM, which means I have to leave work by 4:30. Unfortunately, sticking to this schedule hasn’t been easy. To cut childcare costs and reduce the time our little one spends in daycare, my spouse and I have arranged our work hours…
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How My 5-Year-Old Explained the Birds and the Bees to My Firstborn (And Why I Let Him)
at home insemination kit It all started quite innocently. My two kids and I were gathered around our somewhat chaotic kitchen table, immersed in an arts and crafts project. There were pom-poms and paint scattered everywhere, and the atmosphere was mostly silent, except for the tunes of Pat Benatar echoing from the speaker. My daughter,…
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Why I Let My Little One Call the Shots
Get Pregnant Fast I once heard a fellow mom share her secret weapon for soothing her endlessly fussy baby: bouncing on an exercise ball. So, she committed to it—day and night! When her partner returned from work, they’d trade off without even pausing for a meal. Then there’s my friend, Sarah, who has a 1-year-old…