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When the day doesn’t go as planned (opens the original)
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Yesterday I got a call from my daughter’s school. The foot she hurt on Sunday was bothering her so much she couldn’t walk around. So I completely pivoted my day. I picked her up, took her to the doctor, and got an X-ray.(Don’t worry, she’s fine!)But this is how parenting goes. We very rarely get the exact day we planned, because we’re living with unpredictable humans.Obviously, I wasn’t going to leave my daughter hobbling around school so I could stick to the plans I’d already made. But when my
Confession... I talk to myself. A lot. (opens the original)
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Full confession… I narrate my day as I go. I give myself feedback. I ask myself questions out loud. I thought everyone did this, until I saw a few looks that told me maybe not.Or maybe we just don’t notice the running dialogue in our heads, because we’re so used to it. It becomes background music.Here’s the problem with background music you’re not paying attention to: sometimes it’s ruining a perfectly calm scene. You’re standing on a beautiful beach, and the Jaws soundtrack is playing, even tho
The parenting scripts I give you aren’t the answer (opens the original)
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I hear this all the time from parents: “I know what to do. I’ve read the books, watched the Instagram reels, I’ve heard the strategies. They just don’t work for us.”And I believe you. Every time.<source type="image/webp"
Isn’t It Interesting? (opens the original)
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Now that my kids are on separate school schedules, they’re spending less time together. And honestly, I thought that was helping their relationship.Then we took a family trip this weekend, and they jumped right back into annoying each other.I could feel myself getting worked up. They’re “supposed to” love each other. They’re “supposed to” appreciate the sibling bond they have.But thinking this way makes me try to force them into the relationship I want them to have. And spoiler alert, that hasn’
One question I ask myself as a parent (opens the original)
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Subscribe nowIf you saw this week’s Instagram post, you already know the myth I’ve been sitting with lately, the idea that you need to have it all figured out before you can call yourself a good parent, or before you’re allowed to feel confident in what you’re doing. You don’t, and honestly, no one does: not the parents who look calm in the pickup line, not the ones with the
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