Layney Wells

After a year and a half in the suburbs, I still struggle with the persistent feeling that I don’t belong here. A year and a ...

8 years ago

Philly Parenting

Accepting my body through my kids’ eyes

Sometime within the last year or so both my boys have told me in the most matter of fact of ways that they wished their bellies werenR ...

8 years ago

Philly Parenting

Raising twins — multiplied, not divided

It never occurred to me that I would have twins. And so when the obstetrician announced at my first ultrasound that there were two h ...

8 years ago

Philly Parenting

When your kids come home with tattoos

One day, my kids came downstairs, ready to go to dinner, and they’ve drawn all over their faces. Like every parent I know, my first ...

9 years ago

Philly Parenting

Raising feminists — of any gender

My kids groan audibly in protest as I stop the show they’re watching and turn off the TV. I explain why I’ve done so: Ninja # ...

9 years ago

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Philly Parenting

Sampling spiritual practices: Teaching my kids to appreciate something about every religion

I’ve spent most of my life tasting and sampling religions, trying them on as you might a hat. Among my first words was “Krish ...

9 years ago

Philly Parenting

When the in-laws come to visit for the holidays

Over the course of the year I lived in Brazil, I often felt like a permanent house guest. Muddled with the deep appreciation for Brazilia ...

9 years ago

Philly Parenting

Kids, guns and play

You’ve done everything you can to keep your kids from knowing about or playing with guns. It may be inevitable, but you remain ever ...

9 years ago

Philly Parenting

One mom’s struggle with school anxiety

The past The summer before I started k ...

9 years ago

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Philly Parenting

Am I a bad mom?

I spent a lot of my pregnancy worrying about being a mom. Whether or not I would have enough love for two babies, about what would happen ...

9 years ago

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Philly Parenting

It’s hard to tell the truth

I’ve never been particularly good at lying. Perhaps it’s the guilt or the fear of being found out, but each time I’ve f ...

9 years ago

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Philly Parenting

The road to suburbia: From Northwest Philly to Abington

My parents moved to Germantown in the mid-80s to get out of a neighborhood that at the time was very segregated. Raising the ...

9 years ago

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