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Articles & resources for the women raising humans
Articles, free tools, and practical resources for single moms who are tired of being told to light a candle. Read four times before they ship, once by the editor, once by a contributor, once by a reader on the council, and once by a mom outside the team.
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Editor's note
“The pieces above all quietly orbit one question , what does it look like to keep something for yourself, when no one is watching?”
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Departments · The Index
05 desks · 161 articles published
Each department is a long-running editorial line, money, mental health, the small daily rituals, written and edited by women who've been on the other side of the question.
Department of the Quarter
Field-notes from the desk that started it all.
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Articles from the self care & mental health desk, written, edited, and proofed before publishing.
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Articles from the parenting & family desk, written, edited, and proofed before publishing.
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“Self-care, when you are the only adult in the house, is not a candle. It is the eight minutes between the dishes and the bedtime story that you decide to keep for yourself.”
