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Children and Gender Identity: Supporting Your Child

By Mayo Clinic Staff — 2021

Understand the importance of talking with your child about gender identity and expression — and how to get the conversation started.

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Stay-at-Home-Mom Depression Is Not Only Real, It’s Become a Crisis

We’ve finally started to talk about the mental health challenges that come along with raising children as a full-time job. But is it enough to help moms with the gargantuan challenges triggered by the pandemic?

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Chaunie Brusie
2021
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Stay-at-Home-Mom Depression Is Real—and You’re Not Alone

There’s a stigma around being a stay-at-home mom, and society doesn’t talk about the loneliness, isolation, and loss of identity that sometimes accompanies this choice. Here’s what you need to know about stay-at-home mom depression.

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Courtney Lund O’Neil
2020
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Sometimes Motherhood Is the Loneliest Thing Ever

I’m afraid to need friendship, but it doesn’t change the fact that I do.

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Sarah Kovac
2019
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Motherhood Can Be a Lonely Place

Without adequate social support, many new moms struggle to feel happy.

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Esther Hsieh
2015
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How to Cope With Loneliness as a New Mom

What catches most new moms by complete and utter surprise is the intense—and sometimes dark—pit of loneliness they feel, even though they have a newborn by their side all day, every day. And, this loneliness affects far more moms than you might expect.

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Sherri Gordon
2020
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You Can Smell a New Mother’s Loneliness. Unless You’re the State

As a new mum, I know loneliness cuts deep – and the lack of services for parent and child plays a large part in this.

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Nell Frizzell
2018
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Why You’re Feeling Isolated as a New Mom

New motherhood comes with many joys and challenges. What you may not be expecting is the sense of isolation that is common for parents who have just given birth to a baby, especially for first-time mothers.

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Rachel Gurevich
2020
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This Is Why Motherhood Is Especially Lonely

I have three children, some really good girlfriends, and family who lives close by that I can count on. Yet I am still taken aback by the lonely feelings that live inside me since I became a mother.

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Katie Bingham-Smith
2020
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The Importance of Mom Friendships

Being a mom can get lonely even if you're never alone. It's important to make time for friends.

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Holly Robinson
2015
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This Is the Parenting Stage That's Hardest on Your Friendships

It's the great paradox of early motherhood. Never is there a time when we need our girlfriends' support more, but connecting with them can feel impossible.

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Kate Stahl
2018
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