Angela Anagnost Repke
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Contributions
Angela Anagnost Repke is a flawed mother who turns to writing to help in both her daily blunders and rediscovering herself outside of motherhood. Angela has been published in Good Morning America, ABC News, Scary Mommy, The Good Men Project, MSN Lifestyle, Mothers Always Write, and others. She has a forthcoming essay in an anthology by Belt Publishing. Angela is passionate about the comradery of motherhood and is an advocate of a moms’ night out that involves too many cocktails. She is at work on a cross-generational memoir, Mothers Lie.
The Importance of Praising Our Children
Sometimes we get caught up in the day-to-day events of parenting. We tell our kids “good job,” and we mean it of course, but pausing to sincerely praise our children’s successes sometimes gets forgotten.