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The 8 key money milestones to mark with your kids, according to an expert

Here’s how parents can foster financial capability from preschool to young adulthood.

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These under-the-radar-issues are all too common during postpartum recovery

Pregnancy and childbirth can be an amazing experience for women, but it can also cause some intimate issues postpartum.

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Mothering in a country with the highest rate of school shootings

Lately, I’m struggling to cope with the anxiety of it. I fantasize about moving to another country altogether.

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Dr. Oakley, Yukon Vet on building a career you love—and modeling that for your kids

It may not be what you usually hear, but I am so glad that I made my work my life, and my life my work, bringing my daughters along for the ride.

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The secret to true supermom status

Mothers are not super because they are flawless; they are super because they are real, they are present and they love fiercely.

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7 essential money lessons to teach your kids

Alexa Von Tobel shares the money mantras she uses with her own children.

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I used to wish for ‘healthy kids’—then my son was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes

I remain in disbelief of the way I have been living, the behaviors that have become normal, since his diagnosis.

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Ready for the solar eclipse? Here’s how to make it exciting for kids of all ages

An expert shares solar eclipse activities to spark kids' interest in this scientific phenomenon.

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Learning and growing alongside my child, a musician on the autism spectrum

For a kid who was never invited to a birthday party growing up, Spenser has now found his place in the music community. It changed his life. And mine.

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My 10-year-old daughter asked if she was fat, and it gutted me

I looked my daughter right in her sweet little eyes and told her what I wish I’d known at a much younger age: the truth.

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To the worried mama whose child won’t eat enough—let go of expectations

By tossing out most of my expectations about food and doing whatever it took to help us achieve our primary goal, we were finally getting somewhere.

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Breastfeeding is a marathon—and women’s bodies pay the price

We love our babies more than anything, and sometimes we feel like we have to sacrifice ourselves in order to prove our devotion.

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Having a second baby healed me

I couldn’t have known it then, but the choice to grow our family was the ultimate act of optimism and reclamation.

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