Are you a good mother? If you clicked on this essay, you probably are. You’re no doubt aware that your role is quite important for various health and well-being outcomes, and perhaps you spend time wondering if you are doing it right. That’s just the …
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My Mother and I Bond Over Ignoring Mother’s Day
We never celebrated Mother’s Day when I was growing up. Both my parents came from families that considered the holiday to be phony pageantry that was more about putting money in the pocket of Big Florist than it was about showing love and respect for …
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Time for Our Performance Review: Mother’s Day Cards
Once in a year, in May or June, parents get a window, or a fun-house mirror, into how their children feel they’re doing.
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How Nearly a Century of Happiness Research Led to One Big Finding
Growing up in Maryland, Sonja Lyubomirsky could see that her mother was unhappy. When Sonja was 9, her parents moved the family from Moscow, where her mother taught literature at a high school, to the United States, hoping to offer their children …
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A Mother and Father Were Deported. What Happened to Their Toddler?
The Trump administration sent the mother of a 2-year-old to Venezuela and the father to a Salvadoran prison. Their daughter remains somewhere in the United States.
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