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Scary Mommy
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Mar 10, 2022
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My Kids Broke Up With Me
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During the pandemic, my children, four tweens and teens, became my best friends:
my walking companions and sous chefs, my audience for terrible jokes, and my
dance partners while cleaning the kitchen. My kids were my “party” on New Year's
Eve and my Saturday night movie buddies. Our family’s entire social life
revolved around each other, morning, noon and night. Cuddled under mountains of
blankets, snacking on popcorn and chocolate, we cocooned.
And then one night last winter, my youngest kid
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11 years old, said he was going to bed. I started to drag myself off the couch
to tuck him in, and he said: “No, Mom. I want to say goodnight to you here. I
don’t want you to tuck me in.” A knife through the heart would have felt less
painful than those three short sentences. My baby, who usually gave me goodnight
kisses while snuggled in his bed, offered instead a perfunctory peck to my
forehead as he scurried upstairs.
That was only the first blow. A few weeks later, on a Saturday afternoon, I
asked my 13-year-old daughter what movie we were going to watch that night. She
looked at me with pity in her eyes and said: “I’m really sorry, Mom, but I want
to FaceTime my friends instead of watching a movie with you.” She offered a
consolatory hug before gleefully sprinting up to her room.
The hits kept coming as my kids’ lives started to normalize, moments of them
choosing friends over family, opting for the outside world over our bubble.
Don’t get me wrong – I was thrilled for them to be out in the world
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again. Deeply grateful that they were finally able to do all the things kids
their age should do. Except inside of me, it also hurt. Where were all my
friends (kids) going? Intellectually, I knew it is normal for adolescents to
individuate from their parents and push us away, but knowing that is different
from feeling it. I felt like my kids were dumping me.
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PARENTING I've Survived 14 Transatlantic Flights With Kids, And You Can Too
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Ask any parent who has been on a plane with their kids, and you’re likely to
hear a series of groans and/or expletives. So when a fellow mom tells you she’s
got this whole thing down, you listen. Read More
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TEENS When Your Teen Wants to Dye Their Hair Pink, Just Let Them
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It’s not just about individuality – because it definitely is – it’s about so
much more. Katie Bingham-Smith details it all in this fun but useful piece. Read
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BACK TO BASICS Want To Help Your Kids’ Overworked Teacher? Don’t Be A Jerk
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This should of course go without saying two-plus years into a pandemic, but
alas, here we are. Read More
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How To Talk Body Image With Boys
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Think about how people discussed 50 Cent’s appearance at the Super Bowl Halftime
Show back in February, and it’s clear we need to talk to our boys, too, about
body image. While boys might focus more on muscle building than thinness, it’s
still important to pay attention to how they talk about their bodies. Read it.
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It’s ‘Alarming’: Children Are Severely Behind in Reading
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