My Family Blog

by Jenni Buckley posted in Mom Stories I’ll be completely honest and say that I didn’t have the “love at first sight” feeling when C was born nearly a year-and-a-half ago. Of course, this led to my very first feelings of mommy guilt. I’ve been told that these feelings of guilt will haunt me throughout [...]

by Betsy Shaw posted in Mom Stories Every once in a while we get a jolting wake-up call to be more present and demonstrative in our love for our children. In a recent op-ed for the N.Y. Times, Nicholas Kristof suggests, in so many words, attentive and physically nurturing parenting might hold more power than [...]

by Betsy Shaw posted in Mom Stories Every once in a while we get a jolting wake-up call to be more present and demonstrative in our love for our children. In a recent op-ed for the N.Y. Times, Nicholas Kristof suggests, in so many words, attentive and physically nurturing parenting might hold more power than [...]

by May Saubier posted in Mom Stories I was nineteen the first time I heard Dr. Laura on the radio.  I almost drove off the road.  She infuriated me.  Everything she said went against what my friends and I were learning in college from the modern, progressive Women’s Movement – i.e. Women and men are [...]

by Samantha Schoech posted in Mom Stories I have been writing about my kids, my family, and my feelings about motherhood on BabyCenter for almost three years. I’ve covered Barbie and birthday parties, infertility and injustice. I’ve written about politics, books, travel, education, toys, development, relationships, my weight, and ...

by Samantha Schoech posted in Mom Stories There’s parenting advice and then there’s parenting advice. So much of it is silly and undesired and only serves to make us feel inadequate or defensive or bad about ourselves. But sometimes, we really do need it. None of us, not even Mrs. I-have-eight-kids-and-sixteen-grandkids, knows ...

What if we don’t make it to the hospital on time? What if we never have fun again? What if I drop the baby? These are a few of the totally understandable fears men can experience on the cusp of fatherhood. There can be a ton of joy, excitement or just plain blind optimism, too. [...]

by Gwen Dewar, Ph.D. posted in Mom Stories Toddlers sometimes stick things up their nostrils, and these items can get stuck. What should you do? If you were the one with the Lego up your nose, you’d do what comes naturally. Close the unaffected nostril, and then blow your nose – attempting to force the [...]

by Evonne Lack posted in Mom Stories Towards the end of last night’s vice presidential debate, moderator Martha Raddatz suddenly threw a landmine on the table. “We have two Catholic candidates, first time, on a stage such as this,” she said. “And I would like to ask you both to tell me what role your [...]

by Evonne Lack posted in Mom Stories Towards the end of last night’s vice presidential debate, moderator Martha Raddatz suddenly threw a landmine on the table.   “We have two Catholic candidates, first time, on a stage such as this,” she said. “And I would like to ask you both to tell me what role [...]