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Go to Sleep (I Miss You): Cartoons from the Fog of New Parenthood

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By Lucy Knisley — 2020

Lucy Knisley is one of the great memoirists of the graphic novel format. See more...

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Postpartum Sex: Why You Don’t Want It—and Why That’s OK

A baby changes everything—including, oftentimes, your interest in sex. Still, the goal isn’t to get the “old you” back. It’s to figure out who you are now.

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How To Land Your Kid In Therapy

Why the obsession with our kids’ happiness may be dooming them to unhappy adulthoods. A therapist and mother reports.

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The Loneliness of Parenting Is Very Real

There is a very particular loneliness that comes from being alone with a small child. A tang. A hum. A hollow. When it’s just you and your child, for hour after hour, you can start to feel very small and very far away.

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Adjusting to Motherhood May Take Longer than You Think (and that’s OK)

Here’s how long it takes for new moms to work out their new routines and feel the confidence they’ll need to navigate any situation, according to a study.

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Here’s Why Becoming a Mother for the First Time Is so Physically Intense

Not to mention all those emotional adjustments...

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What Does It Feel Like to Be a Father for the First Time?

It takes big shoulders and an even bigger heart to take care of babies so small. Carter’s promises to be there from the very first day to every other first. Join us as we discover these special moments.

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“A Little Girl We Barely Know Is Coming to Live with Us”: How One Writer, Unexpectedly, Became a Father

As we pack up her things—some clothes, diapers, and a few stuffed animals—a realization hits me: A little girl we barely know is coming home to live with us.

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What to Know Before Adopting a Child

There are three main paths to adopting. The route you choose will be based on personal, legal and financial factors.

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The Miracle of Motherhood Your Way

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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Buddhism and Parenting | Tsultrim Allione

Lama Tsultrim Allione discusses the challenge of balancing Buddhist practice with being a full-time parent, something she has first-hand experience of, showing us ways to transform ordinary childcare into a powerful Buddhist practice.

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Adjusting to Parenthood