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Announcing My New Book: "Hello, Cruel World!"
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Feb 4, 2025 • Melinda Wenner Moyer
This Is Why I Write This Newsletter
"Only 16 percent of parents said that what they saw on social media helped them worry less about their parenting."
Nov 21, 2023 • Melinda Wenner Moyer
Let's Talk About Drowning
The things we think protect our kids often don't.
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The Epidemic of Male Loneliness
Aug 8, 2023 • Melinda Wenner Moyer
Some Personal News
Sep 10, 2024 • Melinda Wenner Moyer
Let's Normalize Mom Hobbies
May 15, 2025 • Melinda Wenner Moyer
My Take On "The Anxious Generation."
May 3, 2024 • Melinda Wenner Moyer
Your Favorite Father's Day Gifts
Jun 1, 2023 • Melinda Wenner Moyer
I Have Been On An Emotional Rollercoaster
Dec 1, 2023 • Melinda Wenner Moyer
The Brave Work of Not Knowing
A Q&A with Elizabeth Weingarten about helping kids — and ourselves — navigate uncertainty.
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The Gift of a Blank Mind
For once, the quiet doesn't feel like failure.
Jun 3 • Melinda Wenner Moyer
The Runaway Dog Theory of Parenting
The harder we chase, the faster they run.
May 20 • Melinda Wenner Moyer
Five Recent Acts of Maternal Self-Erasure
Let's make our sacrifices visible this Mother's Day.
May 10 • Melinda Wenner Moyer
Why We Think Kids Are Doomed
New experimental studies explain the "kids these days" phenomenon.
May 8 • Melinda Wenner Moyer
"We got Divorced — Now What?" Substack Live with Cindy DiTiberio & Melinda Wenner Moyer
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Apr 30 • Melinda Wenner Moyer and Cindy DiTiberio
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These Statistics Broke My Heart — and Gave Me Hope
On parenting and how it has changed.
Apr 24 • Melinda Wenner Moyer
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