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Best friends: Should children in preschool be separated from their friends?

Published: April 3, 2013 | By | 5 Replies Continue Reading
Best friends: Should children in preschool be separated from their friends?

A preschool teacher separates a child from her best friends, which leads to problems in the classroom and at home.

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Should I Go To My Friend’s Kids’ Birthday Party?

Published: October 23, 2012 | Last Updated: February 28, 2022 By | 9 Replies Continue Reading
Should I Go To My Friend’s Kids’ Birthday Party?

Deciding whether to go to an ex-friend’s kids’ birthday party or not involves a number of considerations when she is also a neighbor.

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Motherhood: The Shifting Sands of Friendship

Published: April 9, 2010 | Last Updated: April 9, 2010 By | 1 Reply Continue Reading

QUESTION Irene, Jordan and I have been best friends since our first day of college 20 years ago. Over the years, we both married (me=happily, her=constantly teetering on the edge of divorce) and had children. I had my children several years before she did, and she was always incredibly supportive and understanding of my new […]

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