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Lindsay Clancy and family
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Postpartum Mental Illness: When Mothers Kill

Avatar photo by Jayne Freeman February 11, 2023February 11, 2023

On January 24th, 2023 Lindsay Clancy, a 32-year-old labor and delivery nurse from Massachusetts, killed all three of her children before slitting her wrists and jumping out of a second-story window. She survived.   On June 20, 2001, Andrea Yates a 37-year-old mother in suburban Texas, drowned all five of her children in their bathtub […]

Children
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What Does It Mean to Raise Your Children In Jersey City?

Avatar photo by Jayne Freeman September 21, 2022October 17, 2022

There are just as many valid reasons for raising kids here in Jersey City as there are for escaping to the suburbs.

Jayne Freeman
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The Conflicting Emotions Evoked by Mother’s Day

Avatar photo by Jayne Freeman May 6, 2022September 8, 2022

The idea of Mother’s Day can bring up all sorts of uncomfortable emotions for people.

Fundamentalist Latter-Day Saints
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Polygamy in the City

Avatar photo by Jayne Freeman February 9, 2022September 8, 2022

I never imagined that in Jersey City I’d run into anyone from this sect because I thought they rarely travel outside the western states they call home.

Haven Respite Center Jersey City
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Haven Secures Grant to Board Teen Clients Overnight

Avatar photo by Elizabeth Morrill October 4, 2021September 8, 2022

Haven Adolescent Community Respite Center, which offers individual and family counseling and other services for teens in conflict with their parents, just received a $600,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to fund overnight stays at its three-bedroom home on Roosevelt Avenue.

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Traumatic Birth: How Can We Protect Ourselves?

Avatar photo by Jayne Freeman March 20, 2021September 8, 2022

When we talk about traumatic birth, there is a tendency for friends and family to say, “But you’re fine, and your baby is healthy.” But is the new mom really fine? For women who experience trauma at birth, this is a common and irritating response. 

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The Key to a Happier Divorce

Avatar photo by Jayne Freeman December 30, 2020September 8, 2022

This is an ode to private mediation, particularly its positive impact on children. Over my ten years of being happily divorced and of counseling families based on my own experience, I have referred at least a dozen couples to private mediation instead of traditional divorce lawyers.

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Boundaries: When Relatives Push to Visit New Baby

Avatar photo by Jayne Freeman August 8, 2020September 8, 2022

In an effort to protect their newborns from Covid-19, many new parents are keeping their own parents farther away, hurting feelings and sowing discord.

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It’s Time to Stop “Formula Shaming”

Avatar photo by Jayne Freeman June 11, 2020September 8, 2022

Doula and educator Jayne Freeman calls for an end to formula shaming while acknowledging the pros and cons of formula feeding and breastfeeding.

Jayne and daughters
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New Moms: Top Ten Things I Wish I’d Known

Avatar photo by Jayne Freeman May 10, 2020September 8, 2022

In honor of Mother’s Day, I asked local moms what they wish they could have told themselves as new parents with the luxury of experience, confidence and wisdom behind them.

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