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Relationships

It takes a village, and we're here to help you navigate yours. With advice about finding a village or maintaining yours to diving into family dynamics and the intimate relationship with your partner, we'll help you nurture and strengthen the bonds that matter most to you.

Marriage & Partnerships

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Relationships

The honest truth about how my marriage has changed since having kids

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You need a man who wants to be a husband and a father—not have a wife and kids

It takes a village, and we're here to help you navigate yours.…

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Parenting

Parallel parenting: A practical guide to finding peace after separation

It takes a village, and we're here to help you navigate yours.…

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Viral video brilliantly explains the ‘nag paradox’ and why it causes couples to fight

"You're not a nag for wanting partnership."

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Marriage & Partnerships

To my partner: One day, we’ll miss all of this

But right now we have all this. All this beauty. All this wonder. All this joy. Right at our fingertips.

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Marriage & Partnerships

10 creative ways to tell your partner you’re pregnant

Wondering "How do I tell him I'm pregnant?" We polled Motherly mamas to see how they shared the big news with their significant others.

Community & Friendship

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Why texting back takes 3–5 business days for moms—and the viral video that sums it up

It takes a village, and we're here to help you navigate yours.…

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Community & Friendship

I’m the friend who had kids first. Here’s what I wish my other friends had known

Understand that your mama friend still needs you.

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Here’s to the friends who stick around despite time and distance

These friends matter more than we realize.

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Community & Friendship

Toxic online mom culture is so draining—here’s how to keep your feed healthy for YOU

Understanding that not every mom you come across is going to support your choices will make it easier for you to take those mean comments as a grain of salt and keep it moving.

Blended Families

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Blended Families

How to navigate the holidays when your kids have two homes

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Blended Families

Step-parent advice: 10 ways to strengthen your relationship with your step-children

Living as a blended family can be beautiful, but it can also be a difficult journey.

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Blended Families

The 3 most important things you can do to ease the transition of blending your family

Change is hard, even for adults. Now imagine being a child, and having your entire world turned upside down—here's how you can help.

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Celebrity News

Adele wrote a song for her son to help him understand her divorce

It takes a village, and we're here to help you navigate yours.…

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Blended Families

These viral photos of a dad and stepdad are co-parenting #goals

David and Dylan made choices to cooperate instead of competing. To see each other not as the enemy, but as allies fighting for Willow's happiness. And those choices eventually made them friends and then family.

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Blended Families

This mom’s viral TikTok hack will make your child’s co-parenting schedule a whole lot easier

The wonders of a dry erase board and a simple formula can be easily replicated.

Grandparents & Extended Family

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Grandparents & Extended Families

Grandpa skips to school with granddaughter to help single mom—and wins the Internet

In the TikTok video Samantha shared on her account, @samanthabrookex, she explains how her dad steps in on the days her mental health makes leaving the house difficult.

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Viral & Trending

This grandpa has all of TikTok crying over a father/daughter dance—and we are not okay

In a viral video, we see a little girl get the father/daughter dance of her dreams, thanks to her incredible grandpa.

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Parenting

‘The life my mom wanted for me’: Prince Harry on generational healing in the U.S.

For Harry, this life is about more than where to live—his life in America represents a conscious decision to break generational patterns, prioritize his own well-being, and redefine what a happy, functional family looks like, royalty or not. 

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Grandma explains why she doesn’t buy gifts for her grandkids in viral TikTok

"I just remember when my children were younger, all the LEGOs, all the Barbie shoes, all the little things that just got thrown away."

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Divorce

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Motherly Stories

How shared custody prepared me for college drop-off

I stood there alone amidst the towering redwood trees waiting for the grief to hit. It didn’t.

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Divorce

I’m getting a divorce—why am I thriving compared to the other moms I know?

I am proud to say that I think we are building a better divorce than many people’s marriages—through open communication, putting our kids first and a high degree of mutual respect.

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Mom received an epic $215K divorce settlement for 25 years of unpaid housework—and we’re still clapping

Ivana Moral of Spain will be paid the sum by her ex-husband.

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Divorce

The dangers of #DivorceGoals

Divorce is tricky. Divorce with kids involved is even trickier.

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Celebrity News

Adele wrote a song for her son to help him understand her divorce

It takes a village, and we're here to help you navigate yours.…

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Beauty & Style Shopping Guides

19 Pride-inspired products for the entire family that give back to the LGBTQ+ community

Because how you spend your money matters.

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Nora McInerny on how her blended family expanded her understanding of motherhood

It takes a village, and we're here to help you navigate yours.…

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Grandparents & Extended Families

To all the grandparents—we couldn’t do this without you. Thank you

We appreciate you and are so grateful.

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Relationships

The honest truth about how my marriage has changed since having kids

If you asked me how my marriage has changed since having kids, I’d say we have learned how to communicate with each other more effectively.

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Parenting

Is yelling at your kids always harmful? Here’s the truth

Here’s what neuroscience and real-life parenting reveal about the impact of yelling—and how to approach it with nuance.

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Grandparents & Extended Families

Grandpa skips to school with granddaughter to help single mom—and wins the Internet

In the TikTok video Samantha shared on her account, @samanthabrookex, she explains how her dad steps in on the days her mental health makes leaving the house difficult.

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Viral & Trending

This grandpa has all of TikTok crying over a father/daughter dance—and we are not okay

In a viral video, we see a little girl get the father/daughter dance of her dreams, thanks to her incredible grandpa.

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