Relationships

 

Couple Holding Hands - Relationships- Boston MomsBeing a good mom involves more than just taking care of the kids. It’s about creating a nurturing environment where emotions can be expressed, issues can be resolved, and happiness prevails. This is no easy task, especially with the everyday stresses of life. That’s why maintaining strong and healthy marriages and relationships is crucial for moms.

At Boston Mom, we know the importance of fostering strong relationships, especially in motherhood. We aim to provide valuable insights on how to build and strengthen the bonds we have with our loved ones. Keeping your marriage and relationships healthy can be challenging, but it can also be enjoyable and thrilling. We share favorite Boston date night restaurants or if you prefer to stay in, we share at-home date night ideas! Looking to bond with your children? Boston has a variety of cool places for toddlers to teens to nurture the parent-child relationship

We also offer advice on maintaining a strong circle of friends and family, whether it’s finding new people to connect with or staying connected to long distance friends. Additionally, we provide tips on finding time for marriage and relationships while juggling a busy schedule.

Our team of over 30 writers delivers thought-provoking content on relationships that brings hope in difficult times, supports friendships and marriages during motherhood. 

For many, wearing green in March ends with St. Patrick's Day. For us, it extends through March 25 — National Cerebral Palsy Awareness Day. Did you know cerebral palsy is the most common motor disability among children? Approximately one in 345...
A few months ago, I was at the hair salon enjoying some rare "me" time when my husband called asking what time I’d be home. I was sure we had talked about this already! Yet he seemed surprised and...
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When It’s Over…

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I don't know how I would have reacted a year ago if a fortune teller had tried to warn me that divorce was in my future. I probably would have called her a nasty name and told her to stop lying. Well, in my head I would have. In real life, I probably would have just burst into tears. But she would have been right, and I would have still ended up here.  
Suddenly, I missed Saguaro Lake. I was looking out the window in our Boston apartment at the cloudy, wintery snowscape and hating it. I wasn't hating it consciously, but this Arizona girl can only take so much of grey skies and...
I grew up in a Christian home, and I was told about the "birds and the bees" at about 14 years old. I remember being told this: "Sex is a beautiful thing, between a man and a woman —...

The Bully Within

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In order to help our children develop into caring, productive members of society, there is a lot on our parenting "to-do" list — teaching kindness and empathy, encouraging autonomy, and modeling industriousness and self-sufficiency, to name a few. The problem...
This week I went around the office asking my co-workers to free associate to the word "mom." Responses I received included, "hard working," "tired," "selfless," "babies," "throw up," "dirty diapers," "no time," and "crushed Cheerios everywhere." Not a single clinician at my...
2020 was a big year for personal growth for me, primarily because COVID forced it. It was a year in which boundaries became necessary — for both comfort levels and safety precautions. It was a time in which the...
His hand on my back, I cry quietly into the pillow. Because at the end of the day, there's no longer an "us." There's begging him to make some sort of effort at a relationship. There's pleading for attention or...
I'm angry. I'm sad. I'm disappointed. I'm mad. This Bill Cosby news is awful. I remember car trips with my parents and brother. We listened to cassette tapes of Bill Cosby's stand-up comedy. The humor made the car trips more...
Do you ever just look at your husband as he's parenting your kids, maybe wiping someone's bottom or tying a shoelace or something totally dad-like, and say to yourself, "Now how the heck did that happen?!" How did your...
I started thinking… who did raise me? I thank my parents for their love, for their dedication, and for raising me in a way I am proud of.
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