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Top Stories published by The Parenting Portal in 2024

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Simple Joy With Ann in The Parenting Portal

I Grew Up Being Told “Stop Crying!”

How Two Words Led to a Life-Long Struggle

Marcia Abboud in The Parenting Portal

Teenage girl in white partially hiding her face behind a billowing white sheet

LOSS WITHOUT DYING

Grieving a Ghost Is Easier Than Grieving the Living

Marcia Abboud in The Parenting Portal

Two women, possibly mother and daughter, one with long blonde hair and the other with shorter brown hair, with their backs to the camera, look out over a mountain range in contemplation. They wear jackets. It looks cold.

MOTHER | DAUGHTER

My Daughter’s Abortion Changed the Course of Her Life

Randall H. Duckett in The Parenting Portal

The Pain of Estrangement

Does my punishment fit the crime?

Lora Straub Brocone in The Parenting Portal

Close-up of pregnant torso in a white sweater holding their baby bump. When a woman is five months pregnant with a baby girl, the cellular beginnings of all of the fetus’s eggs have developed.

INTERGENERATIONAL TRAUMA | GENETICS

Was Your Trauma Experienced Before Your Birth?

Deanna Bugalski in The Parenting Portal

Candids in public places with kids being kids with mother in the middle as referees in stress.

PARENTING HUMOR

The New Parenting Movement: Reality Rearing

Unconventional wisdom from…

J.C. Anne Brown in The Parenting Portal

When Your Daughter Triggers You

I’m still learning when to hold and when to fold

Marcia Abboud in The Parenting Portal

A blonde woman wearing jeans and a red singlet top stares out an airport window that overlooks the tarmac. The sky looks ominous as the sun peeks through the clouds. It’s a forlorn setting. Contemplating her destiny perhaps.

TOUGH LOVE

My Parents Bought Me a One-Way Flight So I’d Grow Up

I wasn’t allowed home…

Shari Keller in The Parenting Portal

How to Use Smart Parenting to Help Kids Make Smarter Choices

It all comes down to low-stakes practice

PatrickMH in The Parenting Portal

The Parents Aren’t Alright

A story of trying to manage as a parent through tough times.

These were the top 10 stories published by The Parenting Portal in 2024. You can also dive into monthly archives for 2024 by using the calendar at the top of this page.

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J.C. Anne Brown

Lora Straub Brocone

Bette A. Ludwig 🔍 PhD

Anthony (Tony/Pcunix) Lawrence

Annie Trevaskis

Edward Swafford

James Bellerjeau

Wesley van Peer

Mark Suroviec, M.Ed.

Elizabeth Karls

Smillew Rahcuef

Grandma Smillew

Georgina Christofi

Carlos Garbiras

Larissa McCullough

Randall H. Duckett

Nicole Rothstein

Maryan Pelland, Woman with a Pen

Deanna Bugalski

Nanie Hurley 🌿

Beryl Kate Overton

Jackie Santillan

Simple Joy With Ann

Katie Michaelson

Dr. Seema Patel (PhD)

Matthew Clapham

Marie A. Rebelle

The Woman Empowered (Jae Witcher)

Sarah | Fearless Rising

Dr. Joseph Zhou

Joe Guay - Dispatches From the Guay Life!

Chantelle Atkins

Kendra Sparkles

Ellen Catherine

Travis McMullen

Shaler McClure Wright

Violet@CrumbsOfSanity

Sarah Stirling, Parent Coach

Elizabeth Lancaster

Catherine Oceano

Dr CJ Yatawara - Tiny Brains expert

Steve Uppendahl

Becky Piatt Davidson