By Georgene Smith Goodin — 2016
My status as a foster parent is ambiguous by nature. Do I count as a mom? Legally? No.
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An in-person semester means a more eventful college lifestyle and an outbreak of widespread perfectionism.
Defining your own version of motherhood
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The style of child-rearing that most aspire to takes a lot of time and money, and many families can’t pull it off.
I’m the first to admit that for many years, I was a bit emotionally needy. Not in a crazy, desperate way, but in the way that many of us are. I wanted someone else to make me happy, blamed others for my unhappiness, sought to fulfill my emotional needs through others.
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Still clinging to the fears and fury of childhood? You can unarrest your development once and for all.