No, My Kid Doesn't Have To Hug You

They say no, it means no.

Sep 15, 2022

NO THANKS No, My Kid Doesn't Have To Hug You   Today, we've got an important piece about kids and their right to set their boundaries. An anonymous writer admits: "The truth is, I like affection quite a bit. But it pains me to be touched by anyone I don't trust. In the '80s and '90s, in the context where I was raised, 'boundaries' were never spoken of. If I'd resisted my grandmother at one of those family gatherings, I would have been seen as unnatural, defiant. Not a nice girl." It made her wildly uncomfortable — and so she's doing things differently for her own daughter.  Food for thought,  Kelly Faircloth, Executive Editor   Read More

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MOM FRIENDS You Don't Just Need Mom Friends — You Need Mom Friends Of All Ages   "One of my besties is twenty two years my senior. Like me, she has three boys, but hers are grown; I call her the Ghost of Christina Future," writes Christina Crawford in this lovely argument for intergenerational mom friendships. Read it and think about how you might forge some unlikely connections.   READ MORE

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