About Molly Wingate

Molly Wingate is an author, freelance writer, writing coach, and parenting expert. Molly is also a long time Quaker and currently is the rising clerk of the Inter Mountain Yearly Meeting. Molly taught high school and college students for 22 years and has several academic publications from her “previous life.” In 2001, she started Wingate Consulting as a way to write and help writers while being home more for her two sons. In 2012, she published Slow Parenting Teens, which is co-written with Marti Woodward. Her articles about parenting have appeared in the Quaker journal Western Friend and on the website Contemplative Journal. The book is available through Barnes and Noble, Amazon, Norlights Press. You can find out more about Molly at www.wingate-consulting.com and at www.slowparentingteens.com.

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Is this the last gasp of racism in...

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Have Things Gotten Better? Maybe not. Throwback Thursday

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Fight Fair? Can You Really Do That?

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A Friend overheard my ponderings and succinctly explained the problem with attracting... read more

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I was treated poorly at a car dealership service center, and my... read more

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What if the World is Abundant?

I had the God-given freedom to ignore all boxes when thinking about... read more

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