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My Son Born After 9/11 Will Graduate in 2020: “A Hero’s Journey”

I was eleven weeks pregnant with my first child on 9/11. Each day, I drove from Brooklyn to a middle school in Westchester where I taught seventh grade English, sometimes stopping to puke into a baggie along the way. My husband, Brett, and I were waiting until we passed that safety marker of twelve weeks to tell

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There’s a Fork in My Bathroom: 9 Signs My Boys Are Back in Town

Let me start by saying I love my four boys. They bring me immense joy, hours of laughter, strengthen my soul, and deepen my understanding of unconditional love. But lately? Well some days, I prefer my cat. The two middle children returned home after mandatory college closures brought them here to finish their semester. Oh,

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Sometimes Parents Need a Little Help With Zoom and Hilarity Ensues

Lets face it folks, these days we are living in a Zoom world.  And it really doesnt matter what language you speak because the language of an adult child trying to teach his mom how to use Zoom is universal. Its where a lot of us meet both our kids and our parents when it

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Tom Hanks Speaks for Us All in His Poignant Remarks to the Class of 2020

We Americans often look to our celebrities to give us inspiration during times like these and perhaps there is no one more able to soothe our collective fears than Oscar winner Tom Hanks, who himself just recovered from the virus.  Hanks recently delivered a five minute, poignant and truly chills-inducing speech to the senior graduating

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Teachers Are on the Front Lines and Many of Us Are Struggling

There are people out there who seem to understand teachers right now. Youre really on the front lines, I cannot believe all that you have to do, Its like there is no end to your school day, You just keep working. I have a friend who is a psychologist who treats several teachers in her

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Teachers Are on the Front Lines and Many of Us are Struggling

There are people out there who seem to understand teachers right now. Youre really on the front lines, I cannot believe all that you have to do, Its like there is no end to your school day, You just keep working. I have a friend who is a psychologist who treats several teachers in her

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Comforting Your High School Senior When You Have No Clue What’s Coming

Its not uncommon for a teenage boy to spend hours on end in his bedroom during ordinary times. Sleeping, doing homework, and playing video gamesand not necessarily in that order. But these times are not ordinary. During our these last weeks at home, its been painful watching my eighteen-year-old son sulk in his room for

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This Time Has Been a Gift But This is Not Where My Children Belong

I thought I was over this. I thought I had cried my tears and said my goodbyes and successfully launched not one, but two of my children off to college, and one into the working world of independence. I had one to go, and he was leaving this fall. I had adjusted to my youngest

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I Wouldn’t Make It Through These Days Without My Mom Friends

I know we all have our own struggles as we try and get through this new life of sheltering in place in order to save lives. There are empty-nesters who cant even see their kids right now, and are incredibly lonely. There are single mothers who are trying to work from home and provide support

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Two Special Ideas to Celebrate This Year’s Graduates Got Us Right in the Gut

Perhaps the milestone event we parents miss most this year is our kids graduations, especially high school seniors whose graduation has been 12 years in the making. Weve literally had our collective eye on that prize since the day they walked into their Kindergarten classrooms.  In the last few months there have been so many fantastic

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