January 2013

Learning to Laugh Again - Finding Support through Friendship

by Kate Fineske January 31, 2013

  Pictured above: Members of the Mothers’ Center of Central New Jersey during a summer pool outing.Building a social network both for our children and ourselves as parents is an important way to help break the isolation sometimes felt as a parent. ~ “I wonder where the potty is?” I remember thinking to myself but [...]

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YOU Are Enough - A Mother’s Letter by Brooke Campbell

by Kate Fineske January 24, 2013

~Guidance. Love. Hope. As parents, these are all gifts we try to give to our children. What we don’t always realize is that our children give us many important gifts back. The least of these gifts being a vision of life through their innocent eyes - eyes that have yet to grasp the concepts of [...]

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Taking Our Own “Motherly Advice” - Things We Tell Our Children That We Often Don’t Do Ourselves

by Kate Fineske January 17, 2013

~ Already I was beginning to feel frustrated as a parent. It was shortly after my kids returned back to school following a long winter break. Our “return to normalcy” after the holidays was taking its toll on me. Over the past couple days I had raised my voice one-too-many times and the trend only [...]

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Because We All Need Support - Explaining Why a Mothers’ Center Group is “Worth It”

by Kate Fineske January 10, 2013

~ The ladies of Midshore Mothers’ Center (Massapequa, New York) at their Year End Dinner Gala. The money gifted to this center through donations, ticket purchases and a silent auction not only help to support their center operations, but ultimately help provide mothers with the emotional support to feel confident and strong as parents - [...]

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