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By Aly Pain This is my cheeky infomercial for a fictional product called Better Boundaries. I made it one night after hearing my fill of people complaining about their relationships and how exhausted they were, without understanding how to change their …
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By Aly Pain If you have not been in a battle royale with your teenager about the state of their bedroom, are you even parenting a teen? The classic struggle likely dates back to the time of neanderthals threatening to club their adolescents over the head for not keeping their corner of the cave …
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You would think being homebound, we'd find ourselves with a surplus of time and yet here we are, in a time crunch. Between virtual learning and virtual work, it’s virtually impossible to get anything done and that includes making nutritious meals for our family. It gets even trickier when you have a …
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By Aly Pain I was a Pinterest Mom, long before Pinterest was a thing, creating chore chart for the fridge when our boys were young. Age-appropriate chores were written out and divided up as our boys proudly marked off the boxes, creating a visual indication of their growing independence with …
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By Aly Pain “Congratulations on your baby girl! She’s beautiful. As she grows up, remember this… They’ll never be a relationship more important to her than the one she has with you. Every word you speak to her will become her truth. Her job isn’t to help you heal your past with your …
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