I got clingy with my teen and feared she would push me away. I had to accept part of parenting meant letting her go.
The author realized that now that her daughter is a teen, she’s not the one who knows her the…
There’s an 8-year age gap between my youngest kid and her older siblings. Despite this, they’ve grown very close.
The author (not pictured) has three children, and there’s an 8-year age gap between her oldest and youngest. When…
I didn’t have the best relationship with my parents growing up. I’m giving my teen the relationship I wanted.
The author has the relationship she wanted with her parents, with her teenager daughter. I have a great relationship…
She was taken from her family when she was 8 months old. Her grandmother fought to find her.
Claudia Victoria Poblete Hlaczik found out the family that raised her was not her real family when a court…
As a family of 6, our groceries are so expensive. These are 5 ways we are saving.
The author mealpreps for the week based on what items are on sale at the supermarket. A few weekends…
I’m a student at UC Berkeley, living in a house with 11 other girls. We have only 3 bathrooms, and I sleep in the sunroom.
The author lives in a house with 11 other UC Berkeley girls. I’m a junior at the University of…
I live far away from my mom. When I had my own kids, she was a call away whenever I needed her.
The author (not pictured) talks to her mom regularly. When I became a new mom, I didn’t have daily…
We contributed to our kids’ Roth IRAs to help them get a financial head start
The author (not pictured) and her husband helped their four kids contribute to Roth IRAs, which gave them a…
My wife died when our twins were 6. It was hard raising them alone while running multiple businesses.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Bernard James, owner of Taste of the Caribbean LA. It…
When I graduated from high school, I felt lost, so I took a gap year to live in France. It better prepared me for college.
The author (not pictured) took her gap year in France before college. In the fall semester of my junior…