By Ellen Schrier on March 13, 2012
When it comes to taking a perfectly rational, kind-hearted mother and effortlessly turning her into a wild-eyed, shrieking shrew, no one can hold a candle to the kid she calls her own. There is something almost mystical about the ability of our own offspring to pull off this bit of magic. They rock at it, [...]
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By Rachel Zahn on March 6, 2012
When my first-born was 2 1/2 he was diagnosed with neuroblastoma, a childhood cancer that took our guts and rearranged them on the outside of our bodies …
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By Ellen Schrier on February 28, 2012
In case you haven’t heard, a new trend has hit the ‘tween and teen set and it’s kind of heart- breaking. Scores of young, impressionable girls are posting youtubes of themselves begging to be told if they measure up in the looks department. The angst they feel about their appearance is probably as old as [...]
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By Rachel Zahn on February 21, 2012
If you’re a regular reader, you might know about my day job with a nonprofit foster care organization, Angels Foster Family Network. Angels is an amazing place where we see miracles happen every day, and the biggest ones are performed by our stellar foster parents. I don’t know how we find these truly extraordinary people [...]
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By Rachel Zahn on February 14, 2012
A group of kids, ages 5 to 10, offer thoughts on the nature of the beast … “If falling in love is anything like learning how to spell, I don’t want to do it. It takes too long.” – Glenn, age 7 “Love is like an avalanche where you have to run for your life.” – John, [...]
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By Ellen Schrier on February 7, 2012
The other day a friend told me a story about a mother, a babysitter, and some bad behavior — not the children’s behavior mind you, but the mother’s. It was ugly. Elinor had been horrified to hear her normally kind friend speak to the 17 year-old girl who was about to spend the next five [...]
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By Rachel Zahn on January 31, 2012
I’m floating in a sea of parenting anxiety this week. Well, maybe not anxiety as much as unease, concern and self-doubt. Plus, some anxiety. It feels like a perfect storm. My three are all in periods of vaguely disquieting transition right now and I sit with it in my lap and on my heart, living [...]
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By Ellen Schrier on January 24, 2012
Hello Mamas, We hope that everything is going well with all of you out there in Internet Land and that your families are thriving under your watchful, caring eyes. You are our heroes and we thank you for all the love and care you are giving to the current batch of children coming up in [...]
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By Rachel Zahn on January 17, 2012
How many times have you opened up a poopy diaper and wondered, ‘hmmm … is that normal?’ There’s not a mom on the planet who hasn’t worried about the color, consistency, or frequency of what’s coming out of that little behind. Have no fear, I’m going to clean up those messy doubts. First, some reassurance. [...]
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By Ellen Schrier on January 10, 2012
An adolescent male has had asthma since he was a toddler. His mom has spent those years learning about his triggers and honing her ability to zero in on the early, tell-tale symptoms so she could treat them before they bloomed into full-blown, scary asthma attacks. It was a responsible, by-the-book approach that worked great [...]
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