Last Tuesday, Milo had a complete meltdown because his banana broke in half. Not because he didn’t want the banana. Not because he wasn’t hungry.
I was at a dinner party last month when my friend Ana stopped mid-sentence, stared at the wall for a solid ten seconds, and then
Infidelity doesn’t usually happen suddenly. It’s not typically a spontaneous decision made in a moment of weakness. There’s a pattern. A progression. A series of
I was at a playdate last month when another mom interrupted my story about Ellie’s first week of kindergarten to say, “Oh, that reminds me
Most parents assume their relationship with their children is permanent. No matter what happens, blood is blood, family is family. But that’s not always how
Your child is melting down over something small. Again. The tears, the yelling, the inability to calm down no matter what you do. It’s easy
Insecure parents love their children. That’s not the question. The problem is that their own unresolved insecurities leak into their parenting through words they don’t
Last weekend, I dragged myself to a work colleague’s birthday party. I knew exactly three people there, and within the first ten minutes, I found
My mother-in-law lives in Santiago, and every time we visit with Emilia, I watch how she lights up around her granddaughter. The connection is real
Ellie came home from her first week of kindergarten and burst into tears. Not because anything terrible happened. Because her teacher had rearranged the classroom.
I used to think I was doing pretty well at this whole parenting thing. Then one afternoon, I watched Ellie’s face crumple when I snapped
Age doesn’t equal maturity. You can turn 40, 50, even 60, and still be operating with the emotional development of someone much younger. Physical aging
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