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Should Mothers Ditch Grandmothers on Mother’s Day?

Modern sentiment seems to be that Mother’s Day is…

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Is having kids necessary? What’s the most important reason to have a child? If you have kids, why have more? Why have another baby? The best case for kids may be summed up in a single C.S. Lewis quote. In his 1952 masterpiece, Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis makes one powerful statement that best answers at least three massive life debates: The best reason to have a baby is to put children ahead of all other ambitions, including money, power, and pleasure. The best reason to build a big family.

The Most Important Reason to Have a Child? An Old C.S. Lewis Quote Says It Best

Is there a right…

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Big Dumb Cups: Food is Now Our New Pacifier? Why Is She So Needy?

A giant sippy cup? How old are you…

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The Friend Who Disappeared Like a Ghost

When someone you were close with falls off the face of the…

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The best film to learn about the agony and ecstasy of mothers? Mother from 1996 starring Debbie Reynolds and Albert Brooks. Left to right: Debbie Reynolds, Carrie Fisher, Eddie Fisher, and Todd Fisher in a 1958 Modern Screen photo by Gloria Luchenbill via Wikimedia Commons. Her 1996 film, Mother, one of her last is the best Mother’s Day film ever, a fun and funny way to show how moms and their grown children can drive each other crazy years after they move apart.

The Best Mother’s Day Movie Ever Stars Debbie Reynolds

Debbie Reynolds makes the film ‘Mother’ the…

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Why Working Class Families Want You to Stop Telling Us to Hustle

We’re grinding every day and there’s…

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Moments of Missing: Navigating the Non-Linear Path of Grief

It has no timeline and defies all logic

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At 70, I Know I’m Privileged

And I’ve discovered what that means

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How To Ruin Your Staycation, In 8 Easy Steps

#1 — Look at your phone all the time, especially when…

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Would He Eat Lavender Ice Cream?

Millennial problems their elders never even imagined: Like accepting…