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by BabyCenter Guest Blogger posted in Mom Stories By Barbara Bush This post is part of the Global Mom Relay. Every time you share this blog, $5 will go to women and girls around the world. Scroll to the bottom to find out more. Mother’s Day is next month, and is an opportunity for each [...]

by Kristen Chase posted in Mom Stories With Sheryl Sandberg’s new book Lean In garnering enormous attention in the media, it’s not surprise that we’re somehow back to the whole working mom vs. stay-at-home-mom argument. But this time it’s not the moms going at it, apparently it’s the dads who have an opinion on ...

by Gwen Dewar, Ph.D. posted in Mom Stories Imagine you are alien tour guide trying to explain human fatherhood to a group of extraterrestrial visitors. What does a father do? Does he mate and run – like most mammalian males? Or does he devote himself to parenting – to full-time, in-your-face fatherhood — like a [...]

The parenting guide for the rest of us. There’s a new book in the parenting section of your local bookstore, and it looks nothing like the rest of them. It isn’t about French or Chinese mothers being superior, or about the pros of attachment parenting. It’s about what a shitty mom you can be if [...]

Whenever we go to the store, my three- and four-year-old add new items to their birthday and Christmas wish lists. The newest requests? One of those giant blow-up Santas. Yes, our local home improvement store is already breaking out the life-sized Christmas decorations. Since my preschoolers’ minds are turning to getting, I thought ...

Don't be so critical every time they walk into the room. Remember Brene Brown? The woman who gave that great TED Talk on how vulnerability makes you a better person and parent? Well, I just came across another bit of magic of hers, via The Huffington Post. It’s an excerpt from her new book Daring [...]

Last year, I made a friend at my older child’s school. We’ll call her Annie. She’s awesome. Her oldest was the same age as C, she had a 6 month old baby too, and then we got pregnant at nearly the same time. Perfect! Friends for all of us! Except that her husband is in [...]

What's important to the media is that she's losing the baby weight. You go girl! Honestly, do we as a post-partum nation really, really, really care only about losing the baby weight? That’s the first thing that comes to mind when any of us talks about motherhood? Apparently so. Feminist author and new-ish mom Jessica [...]

What's important to the media is that she's losing the baby weight. You go girl! Honestly, do we as a post-partum nation really, really, really care only about losing the baby weight? That’s the first thing that comes to mind when any of us talks about motherhood? Apparently so. Feminist author and new-ish mom Jessica [...]

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