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Stressed About Taking Parental Leave? Here's How to Cope
Maybe you’re getting ready for parental leave. Although you’re looking forward to starting a new chapter of your life with a baby, you’re nervous about the changes it will bring to your professional life.
How Do You Tell What Is and Isn't Normal in Your Child's Development?
If you’re the parent of a young child, it’s only natural to feel concerned about their development from time to time.
How to Help Children Take Age-Appropriate Risks (and Why It's Important)
When your child is little, it’s your job to protect them from everything. They are fully dependent on you. You have to shield them from anything that could hurt them.
How to Advocate for Yourself If You Notice a Gender Pay Gap at Work
Maybe you thought that you were earning a decent salary at your job. But recently, you realized that you were being underpaid compared to your male coworkers who hold similar positions. Perhaps you talked to one of your coworkers about your salary and were shocked to hear that they were making significantly more than you.
What to Do If You Have Different Desires in Bed than Your Partner
You and your partner love each other deeply. Yes, your relationship has its ups and downs like any other. But at the end of the day, you just couldn’t see yourself with anyone else. However, there’s one challenge that you can’t seem to overcome.
What to Do If Your Troubled Teen Refuses Counseling
Naturally, you suggested counseling and tried talking to your teen about the benefits of therapy. You were hopeful that your teen would be open to the idea, but unfortunately, they’ve been resistant so far.
How Moms Can Actually Relax on Vacation
Before having children, you might have daydreamed about going on fun family vacations and showing them the world. But now that you’re a mother, you’ve been frustrated by just how busy and stressful vacations with children can be.
Play Together: How Playing Benefits Your Child and You
It might seem like playing with your child is nothing more than a fun way to pass the time. Yes, you enjoy getting to be silly with them, but it’s easy to assume that playtime doesn’t represent anything more than momentary fun.
Parenting Hack: Ask Your Kids for an Evaluation of Your Parenting Style
Sometimes, you can’t help but question your parenting style, the rules you set for your household, and the big decisions you’ve made regarding your children. You might spend lots of time wondering whether or not you’re doing the right thing. Yet you don’t always feel comfortable opening up to your loved ones about these concerns.
Subverting the Myth that Women Lose Value as They Age
Society teaches women that they should fear aging. This fear is promoted in many forms. It can include advertising for anti-aging skincare, warnings from well-meaning older relatives who want you to get married by a certain age, or movies starring older men with younger female co-stars as their love interests.
Working Moms and Depression—How to Cope
Today, lots of women are trying to juggle motherhood with their careers. This isn’t an easy balancing act.
Celebrating Your Child's Success Beyond the Classroom
Every parent likes to celebrate their children’s academic successes. If your child’s teacher tells you that they’re doing a great job in class or they receive high grades, you naturally want to congratulate them.
What Is Enmeshment?
In a healthy relationship, both people care about and rely on each other. However, they also have their own independent lives and interests.
Should You Give Your Child the Freedom to Make Choices?
As a parent, you want what is best for your child. The thought of them getting hurt or facing disappointment upsets you, but you know that as time goes on, you will not be able to protect them from everything. This is just part of growing up.
Why Does Prenatal Depression Occur?
When you were trying to get pregnant, you imagined just how excited you would be when the day arrived. But now that you’re expecting, you’ve noticed a major shift in your mood. You love your baby already, and you’re looking forward to meeting them and growing your family.
Why Do Women Choose Not to Have Children?
Today, it is becoming increasingly common for women to choose not to have children. Historically, women did not have much choice but to become mothers. Until relatively recently, there were no options for reliable contraception.
Strengthening Your Own Body Image Strengthens Your Child's Too
Today, the conversation around body image is changing dramatically, and parents are more interested in setting a good example of positive body image for their children. But how can you achieve this when you didn’t have the same example growing up?
What If Co-Parenting Doesn't Work Out?
Perhaps you and your ex have gone your separate ways. Whether you are officially divorced or separated, figuring out how to parent your children after splitting up can be the toughest aspect of this transition.

