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Sarah Wheeler

Words Matter! What language should I use to describe differences?

People often ask me about proper language to use when talking about disability. There are a lot of outdated resources out there, a lot that…

4 min readAug 13, 2021

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Words Matter! What language should I use to describe differences?

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Sarah Wheeler

Taylor Swift Released a Secret Album About How I Don’t Want to Teach Online This Fall

For 15 glorious years, Tay Tay has always been there for me. Why would a global pandemic stop her? She knew what I needed when I went…

3 min readJul 28, 2020

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Taylor Swift Released a Secret Album About How I Don’t Want to Teach Online This Fall

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Sarah Wheeler

A Better IEP Meeting

Let’s face it, IEP meetings suck. How many times have you gone into a meeting with so many important things to share, and come out feeling…

6 min readOct 27, 2019

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Sarah Wheeler

Dispatches from the Third-Trimester

Hello in there, baby. I can’t believe I get to meet you in just a few weeks. You are, of course, a bundle of joy, tied to a blessing…

2 min readMar 8, 2018

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Lies My Doctor Told Me: Why Does Popular Pregnancy Advice Stray So Far From Reality?

It was the second session of our prenatal parents group. We were all first-time expecting parents, nervous and giddy and deeply…

4 min readNov 8, 2017

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Sarah Wheeler

The Preschool Tour Questions We Wish We Could Ask

What is your parent involvement like? What is the least amount of involvement we can have without other parents talking about us behind our…

2 min readAug 25, 2017

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Sarah Wheeler

Dear Mom, Kindly Stop Talking

This morning, after my husband took my toddler to daycare, I found this letter written in bath-crayon on the inside cover of the noted…

4 min readJul 28, 2017

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Sarah Wheeler

Confessions of a Micromanager

A dad-friend told me the other day that he appreciates how his wife is on top of things, like packing a bag when he takes his baby to the…

5 min readJul 13, 2017

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Sarah Wheeler

Please Stop Telling Me I “Don’t Look Like I Had a Baby”

You were just trying to be polite. You approached me in the teacher’s lounge while I polished off the final quarter of a jelly donut left…

4 min readJun 14, 2017

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The Bright Side of Maternal Depression

I’m not gonna sugar coat this: almost everything about being a mom who has struggled with depression blows. It’s no picnic reading about…

3 min readJun 5, 2017

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Sarah Wheeler

Sarah Wheeler

Sarah Wheeler is an educational psychologist and the author of the newsletter Momspreading: The inexpert endeavors of a supposed parenting expert.

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