It was awful, but the lesson was important.

 

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May 11, 2022

 

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I'm Glad My Daughter Got Caught Shoplifting
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Today we have a piece by Diana Park about one of those calls that you dread. She
was sitting on her deck, enjoying the weather, when her phone rang: her daughter
had been caught on camera, shoplifting a cheap ring. 

“I was ashamed, embarrassed, and really mad at my daughter for doing something
so stupid,” she writes. Then she remembered the dumb and reckless mistakes she
made as a teenager. The whole process was gut-wrenching and emotional, but in
the end, she was glad at how it played out. 

— Kelly Faircloth, Executive Editor

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MY STORY My Decision To Have An Abortion Was Complicated
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  “I don’t think I will ever have another abortion, but I know that I would not
have survived without that one.” Read More
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A NEW SHAPE Ashley Graham Poses Nude For Spanx Ad Just 4 Months After Giving
Birth
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  The billboard shows the body-positivity advocate posing nude — but hidden
behind a curtain of Spanx material. Read More
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GOOD ADVICE Tired Of Getting UTIs After Sex? 6 Expert Tips For Preventing Them
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  There’s more to it than just peeing, turns out. Read More
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CHALLENGES
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My Mom’s Eating Disorder Took a Toll On Our Relationship. But Now We're Closer
Than Ever.
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“My mom and I have always been close, but we’ve had to overcome the resentment
and pain that stemmed from her lifelong eating disorder,” writes Alice Wolfe in
this thoughtful piece about healing her relationship with her mother. “She never
put direct pressure on me to lose weight or diet, but it was almost impossible
to be unscathed by her example.” Read on to find out what changed.

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