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{Ask YML} My Friend Is Basically Raising Her Grandchildren – How Do We Tell Her She’s Being Taken Advantage Of?

Dear YML, I have a friend who is just not seeing the picture that we are and we are concerned for her. She is the grandmother of two. Her daughter-in-law is 28, her husband is 31, and their daughters are 4 and 2. My friend has two jobs—a bus driver and an alteration shop. She watches the granddaughters every Tuesday and Thursdays, in between runs, on Friday nights overnight and most weekends … [Continue reading...]

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{Ask YML} Motherhood Is Keeping Me From My Dreams

It's been a while since the last "Ask YML" feature, but this young mom reached out to me and I know for a fact that her experience will resonate with a lot of you.  Dear YML,I NEED HELP! I do not know what to do anymore, I have been a single mom for 6 years. I want to go back to school and get a degree in Pharmacy and Naturopathic health, but it is impossible for me to get support raising … [Continue reading...]

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From The Mailbag: I Want To Run My Own Business, But Right Now I’m The Breadwinner

Great question from the mailbag today. I can't wait to hear what advice you give her! The Problem Hey YML readers!  My name is Patrice and I'm the happy mother of a 16-month-old baby girl. I working full-time at the office job I've had since I was 17! I like my job for a few reasons: I'm surrounded by generally good folks, kind of by accident I've been appointed in charge of the database … [Continue reading...]

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VIDEO: “Life Is Not Over”

This is why I love the YML community. One of the fabulous mamas left this video on the Facebook page (join the conversation if you haven't already!) In it, a vlogger gets a question from a viewer who wants to know if she should keep her baby, at 19 and pregnant. Check out her response below:   … [Continue reading...]

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Stay-at-home mom chronicles – day one

Today is my first day of stay-at-home motherhood. Yes, I have a few social  media clients (ask about me) and I'll still be blogging and school starts back up in January, but for the most part? I'm the full time caregiver for the foreseeable future. We have no nanny, no babysitter (yet) so if I need to go somewhere, I'm packing 'em up and taking them with me. Oh boy. I'm a little nervous and … [Continue reading...]

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