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Feb 4, 2025 • Melinda Wenner Moyer
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How to Raise Girls Who Know, Trust and Love Themselves
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My Twelve Days of (Kid-Free) Christmas
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Six Reasons Kids Are Assholes in December
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The Now What 2025 Gift Guide
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7 Ways to Help Your Perfectionist (or Grade-Obsessed) Kid
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The Hidden Inequality of “Equal” Partnerships
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Your Kid Might Be a Perfectionist
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