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Ask YML: How Do I Get My Child’s Father To Be More Active In Our Child’s Life?

Dear YML, Often times I find myself making excuses for the faults and absence of my child's father...what would be the appropriate way to address him to let him know I would like him to be more present and active in his child's life? I think you can make the request ("[Your child] would love to see you more often") but ultimately it is on your child's father to act and make the effort. You … [Continue reading...]

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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 so … [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 my … [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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Ask the Young Mommy readers: Move on or stick it out?

I haven't done an "Ask the Readers" post in a while. Here's one that needs your immediate attention: Hi Young Mommy, I am a 24-year-old mother who is fed up. I’ve been with my child’s father since I was 16. He went away to school and cheated on me and didnt tell me about it until my son turned 1. If he would have told me when it occured I would have already left and we would not have a … [Continue reading...]

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Ask YML: How To Create A Craveworthy Blog

I've been blogging in many different forms, on many different sites, since 2004. For me, that seems like forever. Now blogging is just something I do, just like I cook dinner every night. While I don't consider myself to be the World's Greatest Blogger ™, I do realize I've learned a thing or two about what makes a blog successful. So many of my readers have written to me for advice on starting … [Continue reading...]

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