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The Miracle of Motherhood Your Way

By Christiane Northrup — 2012

Even though I had spent much of the five years prior to my daughter Annie’s birth delivering babies and marveling at how infinitely varied were the ways in which their mothers responded to them, I was completely unaware of what my own response would be.

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I Let My Child Create Their Own Gender Identity. The Experience Has Been a Gift for Us Both

We weren’t going to assign a gender or disclose their reproductive anatomy to people who didn’t need to know, and we were going to use the gender-neutral personal pronouns they, them and their.

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Explaining Nonbinary: How to Talk to Kids About Gender

Gender isn't limited to boys and girls, so it's time to break the habit of assuming people must be one or the other. The best place to start? Teaching the right concepts to our children.

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Hey, Wicked Stepmother, I Feel Your Pain!

How to stop hating yourself and your step-kid, as well.

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Stepmoms Say Kamala Harris’s Embrace of Her Blended Family on the National Stage Was a Long-Awaited Moment

Kamala Harris, the vice president-elect, has no biological children, but embraces her two step children as her own.

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Why My Kids Don’t Call Me ‘Mom’

They call me Bapa.

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On Trans Motherhood, and My Reality of Never Having Biological Children

“Maybe instead of biology, I should be cursing the culture that taught me I’m less of a woman because I can’t have children.”

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How to Talk to Your Daughters (and Sons!) About Periods

Every woman has an awkward story about her period. And some of that awkwardness might be due to the fact that periods, although a completely natural and vital part of humanity, are shrouded in taboo (in fact, the word taboo, from the Polynesian word tapua, means “menstrual flow”)!

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12 Things to Say to Your Daughter to Encourage Healthy Sexuality

The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends starting to teach children about sexuality as early as 18 months, which allows them to learn about themselves slowly and over time, just as they learn about absolutely everything else.

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I’m A Single Mom, and I Haven’t Had Sex In Years

The last time I had sex was on my son’s 1st birthday — and he just turned 4. As he blew out the candles on his cake, I silently blew out candles on my own imaginary cake: “Happy not having sex for three years.”

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Sex and the Single Mother

You're looking for Mr Right but can't find a babysitter. Your child is your first love, so where does that leave your lover? You think he's great, but your teenager thinks he's gross. Omega Douglas on sex and the single mother.

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Adjusting to Parenthood