Your desire to feel close to your daughter is very powerful. It can be so frustrating as she gets older and her time is increasingly taken by her needs with […]
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Dads Feel Changed by Their Daughters
This Father’s Day, I hope we remember that there have been generations of silence between men about what it means to be a father. Many men haven’t even heard our […]
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What Kids Don’t Need After Parkland
Awful things keep happening. The world has run amok again. I cry and yell again. And in the midst of it all the kids need our support and authentic presence. In […]
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How to Cope with your Daughter’s Changing Personality
Mom: “Amy, you need to get up, you’re going to be late for school.” Amy: “I’m not going to school.” Mom: “Yes, you are. You have that math test today […]
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To the Bone Movie – What Parents Want to Know
I first heard about the To The Bone movie, a Netflix original, when I saw a shocking still from it on Instagram. Ellen stands on an upright scale, ribs protruding. She stares intently […]