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1 week ago | 
melindawmoyer.substack.com | Melinda Wenner Moyer
Earlier this year, a dad friend of mine ran a small social experiment. He was frustrated seeing moms constantly saddled with the invisible work of managing kids’ social lives — RSVPing, coordinating calendars, remembering birthdays — so he decided to shake things up. For his son's birthday party, he sent invitations exclusively to dads, with the exception of one kid being raised by a single mom. Here's how it went down.
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1 week ago | 
melindawmoyer.substack.com | Melinda Wenner Moyer
Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there — I hope you’re having a wonderful, relaxing day. My kids’ dad and I are heading to my son’s soccer championship semi-final game later today. Wish them luck! Two quick updates for podcast listeners: I was a guest this week on the Culture Study podcast with , talking about intensive parenting norms and youth sports.
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2 weeks ago | 
melindawmoyer.substack.com | Melinda Wenner Moyer
My new book, Hello, Cruel World!, shares a book birthday with another very special parenting book: Raising Awe-Seekers: How the Science of Wonder Helps Our Kids Thrive, by child development expert Deborah Farmer Kris. When Deborah (who has also written a number of wonderful children’s books) first alerted me to this news several months ago, I was very excited.
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3 weeks ago | 
melindawmoyer.substack.com | Melinda Wenner Moyer
Yes: Father’s Day is next weekend. Right smack dab in the midst of the end-of-school-year craziness, at least here on the East coast. So here are some last-minute gift ideas! A few of these items are things I own myself, while others are recommendations I’ve collected from men I know and trust. Some are affiliate links, too. Enjoy!Give them…A donation in their honor to the National Network of Abortion Funds. Help the men in your life support reproductive choice.
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3 weeks 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 month 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 month 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 month 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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1 month 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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1 month 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.