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I’m 55 with no idea where I want to retire. Housesitting is helping me work my way toward an answer.0
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- October 19, 2026
I always thought I’d be settled somewhere for good by age 55, with a comfortable home, established garden, and chest freezer in the garage. But after growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area, raising my kids in Seattle, and becoming an empty nester, I realized I had no idea where I wanted to settle
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My child may never earn a perfect attendance award. I’m fine with that.0
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- October 18, 2026
Whenever I schedule an appointment during the school day, I feel guilty. I ask for their latest available appointment. If that doesn’t work, I pull up the school calendar. Then I start doing the ridiculous parent math: How long is the drive? What class will my child miss? Can I get them back before the
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My kids were ready for college. They weren’t quite ready for adulthood.0
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- October 17, 2026
Last week, a friend asked if I knew of any jobs for her recent graduate. Between his rigorous academic load, sports, and club activities that landed him in a prestigious university, he’d never held a job. “My fail,” she confessed. My kids have had jobs, but I have parenting fails of my own. I’m concerned
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My 2 friends and I had babies within 3 weeks of each other after 25 years of friendship. Our group chat became a lifeline.0
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- October 17, 2026
“What a night!” “I barely slept.” “I don’t even know what time I went to bed.” The same statements can have very different meanings in different stages of life. My friends and I used to worry about where everyone was at 2 a.m. Now, we worry about whether everyone’s baby has pooped that day. Laura-Kate
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I never tracked my teenagers on an app. Our relationships are better for it.0
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- September 26, 2026
When I first heard of Life360, my first thought was that I knew I never wanted to use the app to track my two kids, despite its popularity among parents. Almost a decade later, I still feel the same. But it wasn’t until my oldest got his driver’s license in 2020 that I realized my
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My 13-year-old refused to share his location with me. I was annoyed — until I realized he had a point.0
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- September 21, 2026
I don’t think of myself as an overprotective parent. I began letting my kids stay home alone for short stints when they were around 10. I let them wander our neighborhood alone starting when they were 11 or 12. I don’t heavily monitor their social lives or phone usage, nor do I check their grades
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