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Child Abduction and the Same-Sex Marriage Issue

05.20.2013
Let's say that a child is born to a same-sex married couple (or registered domestic partnership or civil union). What do you think happens...
When Facebook Sucks

When Facebook Sucks

05.20.2013
I want to share in your joy, I want to applaud all the new life and growing families and hope and love that these new babies will bring....
Old Yeller

Old Yeller

05.20.2013
The yelling has been going on for several weeks now, and this morning, I was almost at my wit's end.
Single Mom, Superhero

Single Mom, Superhero

05.20.2013
Over the years, I've clung to this label of "single mother." It has been my cape, my shield, the way I defend myself against anything or...

Thoughts on Being a Mother and Therapist, Stigma, and Healing

05.20.2013
By Kathy Morelli, LPC I thought I had outed myself. I thought I had reconciled my clinical self and my public self. I'd written about...
The Confession That Blew My Daughter's Mind

The Confession That Blew My Daughter's Mind

05.19.2013
Every now and then, the girls have actual conversations while we're cruising down the road, my favorite among them being "What are you...
How I Explained My Miracle Baby's Story To Her

How I Explained My Miracle Baby's Story To Her

05.18.2013
Those birds and bees conversations once reserved for junior high health class are now taking place between kids in the sandbox.
The Stigma I Didn't Expect for My Daughter

The Stigma I Didn't Expect for My Daughter

05.17.2013
The loneliness of that realization, that my daughter might have to shoulder the consequences of these stigmas, made me heartsick. I'd made...
My Worst Parenting Decision

My Worst Parenting Decision

05.17.2013
Whatever we imagine is going on without us, can go on without us. In fact, all things either continue, or will wait for us. There is never...
What Scares Me Most About My 13-Year-Old Joining Facebook

What Scares Me Most About My 13-Year-Old Joining Facebook

05.17.2013
When Lizzie joined Facebook, she sent me a friendship request. I wondered: Shouldn't there be more of a firewall between parents and kids?...
Full Circle

Full Circle

05.17.2013
My mother would put on the coat, look at herself in the mirror, and smile. "You see, when it is good quality, it lasts," she would say....
Why I Want to Be My Autistic Daughter

Why I Want to Be My Autistic Daughter

05.17.2013
My daughter, Nina, was diagnosed with PDD-NOS in 2011. While her vocabulary is quite large, her ability to answer questions about her behavior...
My Real Life Had Already Begun

My Real Life Had Already Begun

05.16.2013
I was never really there. There are great swaths of Grace and Whit's babyhoods that I simply don't remember.
How a Shopping Trip became a 72-Hour Science and Parenting Lesson

How a Shopping Trip became a 72-Hour Science and Parenting Lesson

05.16.2013
Kids are insightful, and if led with love, are fully equipped to handle the life and death cycle. This experience was bigger than our family....
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