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A Year in Review

Don't Blame the Villagers

I Thought My Childhood Imagination Would Come Back When I Had Kids

Thanksgiving Itinerary of a Woman Who’s Taking a More Relaxed Approach to the Holiday This Year

My Husband and I Made a Final Decision About Having a Third Kid

Review: HBO's "Thoughts and Prayers"

10 things that have helped me balance writing, parenting, and working (Guest Post)

Get Your Kids Two Kittens

I'm Trying to Raise a Child, Not an Athlete

You Can Survive the Holidays with Little Kids

Kids & Public Health: Q&A with Dr Ellie Murray

You Do You, Mama!

A Typical Day Parenting When My Husband is Out of Town

Stop Giving Kids Home Run Balls

Pouring Perfectly Good Coffee Down the Sink

I Don't Care If You're "So Ready For Fall!"

Sorry, But Summer Break Is Too Long

Anti-Anxiety Meds Make Me a Better Parent

Every Parenting Website's Baby Registry Recommendations

Children's Spaces With No Children

Stop Telling Young Parents to Enjoy Every Minute

Wait Until the Kids Are Bigger to Travel

The Beach Is Magical All By Itself

I Don't Mind If My Kids Swear

Stop Trying to Make 90s Summer Happen

Do the Hard Things In Public

I Want A Third Kid, But My Husband Doesn’t

When an Anxious Child Becomes an Anxious Parent (Guest Post)

Dad Humblebrags

I Don't Care If You Correct My Kids

My Kids Don't Sleep, But Neither Did I

Someone Told the Trads About the Mental Load

How I Used My Decade of Maternity Leave to Become a Published Author

My Pandemic Baby Is Turning Five

On Mother's Day Eve, I cut my first rose

Stop the Helicopter Parents

Summer Camps Are Not Just Childcare (Guest Post)

$5,000 As a Working Parent?

The Pom Editors Recommend: Weeknight Dinners

Car Seats and the Illusion of Control

Let's Discuss: I Do Not Limit Candy on Holidays!

I Let My Big Kid Use a Stroller

Let's Discuss: What's your wildest toddler parenting trick?

I Refused to Put My Toddler in a Stroller

Let's Discuss: Hands Off the Bouncy Castle

I Love to Travel with Kids Who Are “Too Young to Remember It”

A Mandatory Carrot Will Not Give My Kids an Eating Disorder

Sugar: It's Good For the Soul (Guest Post)

My Recs for Kids' Books You Won't Hate

Unexpected Costs of Having Children

Feeding My Kid Goldfish For Dinner

Pompoms From the Last Few Weeks

Cooking With Kids Sucks

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Unpopular Opinion: I Let My Kids Run Wild in Public

An Open Letter to the Mom I Envied at CVS

Dr. Screen Love, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the iPad

You Have My Divided Attention

My Tiny Copycat

Finding a Baseline

Giving Up Goals

Stumbling Into My Wise Old Sage Era

Trains and New Beginnings