The Messy Middle
Elizabeth Wilkins-McKee, LCSW, Laura Lorenzo, M.Ed., Rebecca Sward, LCSW, MandolinWhere parenting, mental health, education, and real life collide — written by an LCSW who tells the truth.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 200 | Founded | a year ago | Last Issue | 8 days ago |
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Halloween, candy, and a few safety reminders
I grew up dressing for Halloween while adults warned us about razor blades in candy bars. Then hospitals started offering to X-ray our candy. This was also the era of the 1982 cyanide poisonings involving Tylenol. The poisonings were horrif...
When Your Young Adult Seems Stuck
There is a young adult living in the bedroom at the end of the hall.
Maybe they went to college and came home or never left. There are half-completed applications on the laptop, clothes on the floor, dishes stacked somewhere they should no...
You’ve Answered Your Child’s Question Six Times. Why Are They Still Asking?
When Helping Makes Life Smaller · Part Four of WHAT DID I DO?, a Messy Middle series about parenting, distress, and our fear of getting it wrong.
“Mom, is there any of that in this?”
You Remember Being Twenty. You Were Never Twenty Now.
In graduate school, I called State Farm from the bathtub because I was anxious about changing my auto insurance.
The agent spent about an hour explaining coverage. Toward the end, I confessed.
“I’m in the bathtub. I’m so sorry.”
“I know,...
Your Child Is Allowed to Hate Your Decision
Part Three of WHAT DID I DO?, a Messy Middle series about parenting, distress, and our fear of getting it wrong.
One of my children is furious with me.
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Elizabeth Wilkins-McKee, LCSW is the founder of The Parents and Children Project. She writes about parenting, friendship, psychotherapy, and becoming. She lives off a gravel road near Washington, D.C. and will never make peace with mayonnaise.
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