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Friendships: Ours and Our Kids’ 3.19.26 | Issue #11

This issue explores friendship across family life—our children’s relationships, our own friendships, and the ways these connections shape identity, belonging, conflict, loyalty, and growth over time.

Topics might include:

• Navigating kids’ friendships

• Supporting children through exclusion or social conflicts

• Maintaining adult friendships while raising children

• How friendships change at different life stages

1 essay per writer, please.

Submissions will be accepted through Monday, March 16 at Noon CT.

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First & Last Name

Name as You’d Like It Published (if different from above)

Substack Handle

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Essay Title

Essay Description (max 200 characters)

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