family
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How to Get Along With Your Siblings Now That You’re All Adults
Sibling relationships can look a lot of different ways. We all know someone who considers their brothers and sisters their best friends, and are in touch with them every day. But we also all probably know at least one person who has an adversarial relationship with a sibling, or may have cut them out of…
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How to Parent With Both Strength and Flexibility
A big part of parenting is setting rules, expectations, and boundaries — and then enforcing them. Every parent learns at some point that if we’re not consistent with our rules, they pick up on that real quick, and they start to test the strength of our resolve at any given turn. Let them skip brushing…
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Be ‘Louder’ About Your Parenting at Work
I can still remember the embarrassment I felt the time a young co-worker walked past my cubicle early one morning and paused to say, “Do I spy ‘the snack that smiles back’ in your bag? Wow, you really are a mum.” In my usual rush to get out the door and drop my son at…
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What Is the Best Parenting Advice You Ever Received?
A lot of parenting advice is bad advice. It’s not just that standards and societal norms change over time, it’s also that when something works for one parent and one child, that one parent tends to see their method as the “right” way or the best way — or even the only way. But for…