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I’ve been living with my son in a boat since he was 3 days old. As he grows the challenges change.

Courtesy of Kathryn Clover My son and I have lived in a 53-foot boat on the Grand Union Canal...

I moved from the conservative suburbs of Michigan to a hippie town in Argentina with my kids. They’ve had access to drugs and alcohol...

Courtesy of Cathy Brown I moved from the suburbs of Michigan to a small town in Argentina in 2009....

Like Debbie Reynolds, I had to carry my dead baby after he died in utero. Medical providers wanted to keep me pregnant.

Jenna Fletcher and her husband a month before one of their twins died in utero. Courtesy of Jenna Fletcher...

I was diagnosed with ADHD when I was 7. Now as an adult, I’d love to live a day in somebody’s quiet head.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Chloe-Louise Bond. It has been edited for length and...

I had a 3rd-trimester abortion. When I want to restore my faith in humanity, I go back to the clinic where I had it.

Phil Boorman/Getty Images I was 28 weeks pregnant when I found out that my daughter had developed serious brain...

I was skeptical about my son’s Waldorf school. Turns out, we both love it.

Courtesy of Melissa Petro After many evaluations and a disability diagnosis, my son was expelled from his preschool.  ...

I wanted to erase my lonely childhood by having lots of kids. After raising 2 sons in a pandemic, I’m done.

The author's two boys. Courtesy of Laura Donovan I was raised as an only child, because all my half-siblings...

I smoke weed every day. It keeps me from doing heroin.

Courtesy of Jeff Leavell I've had problems with alcohol and drugs since I was a teen.   This would've...

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