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2 days ago | 
melindawmoyer.substack.com | Melinda Wenner Moyer
First of all, I want to give a hearty welcome to all my new subscribers. There are now more than 30,000 of you, and I’m so thrilled you’re here! I write Now What with the goal of bringing bringing science and nuance to parenting advice and challenging shame-inducing, fear-mongering content. I want to make your life easier and to make you feel better about your parenting.
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1 week ago | 
melindawmoyer.substack.com | Melinda Wenner Moyer
Greetings, all, and welcome to all my new subscribers! So happy to have you here. I’m deep in book launch shenanigans, so this is a short one. As evidenced by the fact that you are receiving this, I did, in fact, survive pub day with my kids home. It was not without hiccups — among other things, I sent a book announcement email to about 300 people and accidentally linked to my first book instead — but it was full of love and support, and I’m feeling lots of gratitude.
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1 week ago | 
melindawmoyer.substack.com | Melinda Wenner Moyer
It’s here, it’s finally here!!!!!! My second book, Hello, Cruel World!: Science-Based Strategies for Raising Terrific Kids in Terrifying Times, is out in the world today!!!! Book launch days are so emotionally intense; I’d rank them as Top Ten Life Days, after kid births, wedding days, and maybe high school and college graduations. You have all the feels, including pride and abject terror. But while book launch days feel monumental, they can also be …. eerily quiet and mundane.
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1 week ago | 
melindawmoyer.substack.com | Melinda Wenner Moyer
Greetings, all — I can’t believe my book COMES OUT TOMORROW!!!! I’m dying. It’s unreal. I just wanted to quickly remind you that today is the LAST DAY to take advantage of my book pre-order promotion. If you pre-order my bookHello, Cruel World!, and forward your receipt to [email protected], you will get six months of FREE paid content to this newsletter.
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2 weeks ago | 
melindawmoyer.substack.com | Melinda Wenner Moyer
I have now officially entered Absolutely Annoying Author Era™, that magical (read: totally unbearable) time when authors cannot be around other humans without talking about their new books. I really am sorry. We can be…. a lot. But when you’ve spent years pouring your heart into something, and it’s finally, finally real, the excitement short-circuits your social filters. You just want everyone to celebrate with you and FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS HOLY, BUY YOUR DAMNED BOOK. So — yes.
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2 weeks ago | 
melindawmoyer.substack.com | Melinda Wenner Moyer
My book Hello, Cruel World! comes out in just over ONE WEEK — if you haven’t pre-ordered it yet, please, please do! My special pre-order promotion ends on May 27, so act now to get SIX FREE MONTHS of paid content by pre-ordering and forwarding your receipt to [email protected]. I’ve started doing lots of podcast interviews relating to my book, and I’m almost always asked what parents should know about managing kids’ technology and social media use.
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3 weeks ago | 
melindawmoyer.substack.com | Melinda Wenner Moyer
OMG, I can’t believe my book Hello, Cruel World!: Science-Based Strategies for Raising Terrific Kids in Terrifying TimesCOMES OUT IN LESS THAN TWO WEEKS!!!!! I just received my first boxes of books yesterday. If you aren’t one of the hundreds of people who have already taken advantage of my preorder promotion, don’t miss this wonderful opportunity. Pre-order my book and forward the receipt to [email protected] and you will get six months of free access to all my paid content.
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4 weeks ago | 
melindawmoyer.substack.com | Melinda Wenner Moyer
TGIF, everyone, and it’s not just any Friday, but the Friday before Mother’s Day — a day that may bring up mixed feelings and feel rather fraught. Especially this year, when it feels like the government is doing everything it can to strip us of our rights, freedoms and humanity. If you’re a mother who feels any sort of resentment toward others — your partner, your community, your government — for not providing the support you need, then Mother’s Day can just feel … gross.
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1 month ago | 
melindawmoyer.substack.com | Melinda Wenner Moyer
A quick reminder that I’m running a 25% off sale through this Sunday! Treat yourself, or someone else, to the gift of good email. Now What would make a wonderful Mother’s Day gift!My daughter takes a tennis clinic every week, and this week, in the parent waiting area, I overheard two mothers talking. One was a pilates instructor and was advising the other to consider taking classes at her studio. Then another woman piped up.
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1 month ago | 
melindawmoyer.substack.com | Melinda Wenner Moyer
The past year has been the craziest, most tumultuous year of my life. In the midst of a major (and perhaps ill-advised?) home renovation, I signed a contract to report and write a second book in just eight months, and then, just as I was delving into all that, my marriage imploded. Then, Trump was re-elected. There have been family health issues, too, including my getting Covid twice, most recently this past week.