Mother/Daughter Relationships

Score One for Mom (Learning to Kick Fear to the Curb)

by Kate Fineske January 7, 2014

~Have you ever noticed that parenthood has a way of magnifying our own individual fears and shortcomings? Especially when we see our own anxieties mirrored through our child’s actions. As parents, above and beyond all else, we want what is best for our kids, and sometimes in order to model what’s best—we have to kick [...]

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Researching Motherhood: The Faces of Mothers’ Center featuring Nissa McKinney

by Kate Fineske November 18, 2013

We inadvertently become researchers of life and motherhood when we study our own as well as other mothers’ experiences and journeys. This is the concept behind our monthly Faces of Mothers’ Center series featuring interviews with different Mothers’ Center members across the nation. Today we are introducing you to Nissa McKinney, a member of the [...]

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Nurturing Sibling Support – A Mother’s Letter by Nelly

by Kate Fineske June 6, 2013

~I still remember the moment I introduced my daughter to her baby brother. How her adorable three-and-a-half-year-old arms (which only days ago had looked so. amazingly. small.) now seemed enormous as they gently held her newborn brother for the first time. She stared down at him with amazement, yet also with this instant look of [...]

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Our Child’s First Teacher

by Kate Fineske May 23, 2013

~ When my husband and I first met we had this ongoing debate: Ketchup? Or ranch? My husband likes ranch with everything. He dunks french fries and vegetables, chicken and burgers – honestly nearly anything that he feels needs a little extra boost of taste – into ranch. Everything tastes better with ranch! (Or so [...]

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Birth Order: The Struggles of a Firstborn

by Kate Fineske April 11, 2013

~ A couple months ago I was asked to envision: “What would it look like if my kids were in charge?” I concluded it might be helpful to interview my oldest daughter, during which I raised simple questions like: If her Dad and I left her in charge for the day when would she choose [...]

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Parental Adventures - A Mother’s Letter by Becky Mortensen

by Kate Fineske April 4, 2013

~Sibling bonding, learning to work as a team, establishing one’s individuality - these are the great adventures we often get to witness as parents. Parenting is the ultimate adventure. It is an experience whose journey can be ambitious, a little tricky, at times downright difficult, and include all sorts of unexpected twists and turns along [...]

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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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Today and Tomorrow: A Halloween Note to My Daughter

by Kate Fineske October 25, 2012

Authors Note: I often think it is easier to express my own emotions as a parent through short letters to my children. This letter was inspired threefold by: my daughter, the forthcoming Halloween season and (in many ways) the political climate surrounding a presidential election year. ~ A photo of my oldest child in this [...]

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Actions Speak Louder Than Words?

by Kate Fineske May 24, 2012

I am the first to admit that I have some bad habits. For instance: I often need time to process change. (I have bad first reacations, yet many times my first reaction does not always reflect what I decide to do after further thought.) Sometimes I am a little bit of a perfectionist I like [...]

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