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Jan. 10, 2025

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It's a whole thing
The Problem With The Title 'Stay-At-Home Mom' ([link removed])

Today, we have a guest writer, Neha Ruch, talking about how she struggled for years with the phrase “stay-at-home mom.” “A funny thing happened when I took a career break to raise my kids: I struggled to answer that most ubiquitous question, ‘So, what do you do?’ At first, I thought the question itself, posed by strangers at parties and school pickup lines, was challenging enough,” she writes. “But I soon discovered my rambling, self-conscious response was even worse.”

And now she’s digging into why that might be, and what she prefers to use instead. If you find yourself feeling similarly, it’s worth a read.
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Shaking Things Up
What’s A Unicorn In A Relationship? A Sexologist Breaks Down This Spicy Dating Dynamic ([link removed])

Start here before you go there.
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What You Need To Know
A Middle Schooler Shares How Hypervigilant Kids Have Become Due To School Shootings ([link removed])

Thinking about which period in school would be best for a school shooting is “a common conversation topic.”
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Gender is a Construct
This Man Says Boys Aren’t Raised To Be Men; They're Raised To *Not* Be Women ([link removed])

This might be why men have so much emotional work to do as adults.
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It's Go Time
OK, You Have To Evacuate Your Home. What “Important Documents” Do You Need? ([link removed])

The horrific wildfires in California got us thinking: What is an important document and what should you be prepared to flee your home with, whether you live in an area prone to wildfires, hurricanes or flooding… or anything else. So Sam Darby did some poking around to see what’s recommended – and what’s not – to have at the ready. Hey, “Be Prepared” is a great life motto, after all.
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