Mindfulness

12.27.12

Happiness Is An Inside Job

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Does your own happiness play second fiddle to your kids’? Do you accompany them on the rollercoaster of their ups and downs? Jennifer Waldburger, LCSW points out that if our sense of contentment is overly dependent on the happiness of our children, we’re in for a bumpy ride.

07.17.12

Choosing to Have an Only Child

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Is it somehow “wrong” for parents to choose to have only one child? Mother of one, Heidi Lindelof, opens our eyes to the many ways folks place judgement on the parents of only children.

01.07.11

The Drift

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Ever feel swept away in the tide of a never-ending “wake-up-breakfast-pack lunch-pick up-homework-dinner-bed” parenting cycle? TMC contributor, Tanya Ward Goodman, sets off into this New Year with a fresh commitment to noticing and appreciating the details – no matter how quickly they pass by.