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I Let My Child Create Their Own Gender Identity. The Experience Has Been a Gift for Us Both

By Kyl Myers — 2020

We weren’t going to assign a gender or disclose their reproductive anatomy to people who didn’t need to know, and we were going to use the gender-neutral personal pronouns they, them and their. We imagined it could be years before our child would tell us, in their own way, if they were a boy, a girl, nonbinary or if another gender identity fit them best. Until then, we were committed to raising our child without the expectations or restrictions of the gender binary.

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This Is What Parenting with Anxiety Is Like

When anxiety strikes, it prevents me from being the mother I want to be. I am not able to be present with my children. I am somewhere else, a captive to my thoughts. I’m supposed to be the grown-up, but I morph into a child—totally powerless and vulnerable.

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Anxiety in Motherhood: How I Learned to Calm and Control My Fears

When you experience mom guilt, remember . . . You are enough.

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Motherhood Forced Me to Face My Anxiety—and Seek Help

Health and wellness touch each of us differently. This is one person’s story.

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Can Mindfulness Help My Raging Anxiety When My Kid Gets Sick?

I was a cool hand, before I became a mother. Now, I’m a hopeless phobic. Whenever a child of mine gets sick, even with just a routine flu or stomach virus, every cough makes my heart race.

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Patience Is a Superpower

In low seasons, while you sit in the waiting room of life, patience is a superpower. But by adopting these seven mindsets, you can run circles around life’s challenges.

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