
Feminist Parenting Through a Pandemic
If these last few weeks of forced family togetherness have taught us anything, it’s that we all apparently suck at being parents. “100 activities to do at home with your preschooler!” “50 projec…
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If these last few weeks of forced family togetherness have taught us anything, it’s that we all apparently suck at being parents. “100 activities to do at home with your preschooler!” “50 projec…
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How losing a wanted pregnancy cemented my support of other women’s right to choose. Just about eight years ago, I was sitting in a dark auditorium, chaperoning a weekend-long high school church retre…
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Overtired, cranky children. Exhausted, desperate parents. Like peas and carrots. As long as there have been children and parents there have been overtired children driving exhausted parents t…
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Every morning, in the frenzied rush to get my son fed, clothed and out the door in time for the bus, I make him give me an uncomfortably long hug. He squirms and sighs and complains, but ultimately he…
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Being a woman is crazy tiring. I know, right? Tell you something you don’t know. But if being a woman is tiring, then being a woman who’s raising a woman is downright exhausting, if not totally emotio…
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As I write this, my children are nearly 100 miles away. That is literally the distance I had to travel to get them to stop touching me. I drove two hours through Minnesota lake traffic (really a th…
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My three-year-old woke from a long, cozy night’s sleep in her bed. I was there when she woke up, and a slow smile spread across her pillow-creased cheek. “Mama…” she sighed. She searched for her blank…
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I recently saw a friend who is pregnant with Baby #4. Babies 1, 2 and 3 are boys. “You must be hoping for a girl!” everyone says to her. “Honestly,” she replies with exhaustion, “I just hope it’s not …
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When I gave birth to my two beautiful babies, my doula was with me the entire time. She rubbed my back, brought me my favorite foods, made sure I was comfortable, and encouraged me as I brought my son…
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I did it. I swiped right. It was just so easy. So many options. All so close to my house. Most with healthy snack options, similar preschool and nap schedules, and an equally laissez faire attit…