Tag: growth
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Why I’m Done Apologizing for Raising Girls Who Know Their Worth
As I watched my 11-year-old daughter settle into her seat in First Class the other day, I couldn’t help but smile—and pause. She knows this routine like it’s normal. Meanwhile, I didn’t step foot in First Class until I was 37. At her age, I didn’t even know it existed. And there she was, effortlessly buckled in,…
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We Don’t Say the “F” Word Around Here
There’s one word that’s completely off-limits in our house. Everyone knows it—my husband, my daughters—it’s the one word guaranteed to stop me in my tracks or send me into a full-on mom meltdown. No, not that F word.The other one: “Fat.” We don’t say it in passing. We don’t use it as a joke. Not even casually.In our…
