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Unloved Daughters and the Elusive Nature of Friendship

By Peg Streep — 2020

Looking at the collateral damage we rarely talk about.

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The Hardest Part of Having a Nonbinary Kid Is Other People

A mother recounts the pushback she received from her own family in raising a gender-nonconforming child.

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Sandy Jorgenson
2020
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17 Things I Wish I Knew Before Becoming a Stepmom

When things get tough, focus on your relationship. It'll get better.

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Laura T. Coffey
2019
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5 Ways to Raise Strong Daughters for a World That Can Be Tough on Women

“We’re raising our girls to be perfect, and we’re raising our boys to be brave,” Girls Who Code founder Reshma Saujani has argued in a viral TED Talk. The difference is important.

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Jessica Stillman
2019
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Life as a Stepmother is No Fairytale—I Feel Sorry for My Wife

The children are angry and vulnerable, the father sides with them out of guilt, and stepmothers are just expected to suck it all up

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Tim Lott
2015
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The Chore Pay Gap: Daughters Still Doing More + Getting Paid Less

We’ve all heard of the gender pay gap in the workplace (including the so-called “motherhood penalty” and “fatherhood bonus”), but research shows that inequitable compensation between boys and girls starts in the home, with chores and allowance.

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Katie Hintz-Zambrano
2018
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The Best Way To Raise A Strong Daughter Is By Starting Early

The world puts limits on girls, telling them what they can't do because they are girls. As a result, girls learn to play it safe, look pretty and smile. Instead, we can teach her to use phrases such as "I will try," "I can improve," and "I am going to do this."

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Lindsay Sealey
2018
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Dating As a Single Parent: After the Kids Go to Bed

How to make it work at home.

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Leah Klungness
2017
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Sex and the Single Parent

How (and why) they find the time to parent and find a partner.

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Michael Castleman
2016
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The Two Reasons Parents Regret Having Kids

Feelings of ambivalence about parenthood aren’t necessarily going to do harm to children. But when regret suffuses the parent-child dynamic, the whole family can suffer.

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Gail Cornwall
2021
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My Husband and I Grope Each Other in Front of Our Kids, and Here’s Why

My husband and I grope each other constantly. I don’t think a day goes by without at least one of us copping a feel. I say this proudly because after almost 20 years of being together, we are still hot for each other. And I don’t see any reason to hide this from our kids.

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Elisha Beach
2021
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