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How Self-Perception Changes After Having a Child
Parenting

How Self-Perception Changes After Having a Child

You look in the mirror and a parent looks back. Your body is different. Your face might look more tired. Your priorities are different. The person you...

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Why Parents Need Personal Goals
Parenting

Why Parents Need Personal Goals

When you become a parent, your goals often become entirely child-focused. Getting through the day, helping your child develop, managing household need...

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Parenthood and Personal Boundaries
Parenting

Parenthood and Personal Boundaries

Parenthood is all-consuming. Your child's needs are constant, legitimate, and urgent. But somewhere in meeting those needs, parents often lose themsel...

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How to Maintain Interests Outside the Parenting Role
Parenting

How to Maintain Interests Outside the Parenting Role

When your child is born, your life shifts entirely. It's natural for parenting to become your central focus. But many parents wake up years later and...

5 min read
Becoming a Parent: The Identity Shift Nobody Warns You About
Parenting

Becoming a Parent: The Identity Shift Nobody Warns You About

Parenthood is presented in most culture as a transformation that happens to the baby. The parent, meanwhile, is expected to smoothly slot into the new...

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