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Parenting

Therapy as Self-Care, Not a Last Resort

A lot of parents treat therapy like a fire extinguisher: break glass when something is on fire. The research has been pointing the other way for decad...

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Why Parents Need Personal Goals

When you become a parent, your goals quietly collapse into your child's. Get through the day, hit the next milestone, keep the household running. That...

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How to Gently Integrate the Parenting Role Into Life

Integration is different from balance. Balance suggests you're dividing your life into separate compartments—work time, parenting time, self-care time...

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Parenting

Parenthood and Identity

Before your child was born, you had an identity. You were a person with a name, a profession, interests, relationships, a way of moving through the wo...

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How to Identify Your Own Parenting Style

Most parents have a sense of how they parent, but it's often inaccurate. You might think you're authoritative while actually being permissive, or vice...

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Parenting as a Process of Growth, Not a Set of Rules

When you first become a parent, it's tempting to search for "the right way" to do things. You might look for rules, frameworks, or expert advice that...

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