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It's OK, Parents -- Getting Mad Isn't Illegal Aug. 02, 2025
When I was in high school, rarely was an insult worse than calling someone "fake." "Gosh, I love you... Read More
The Feminist War on Motherhood May. 13, 2025
If you celebrated Mother's Day, you rejected modern feminism without even knowing it. Last Sunday wa... Read More
The Butkers Are Doing Fine: What About the Others? May. 18, 2024
I'm not thinking about Harrison Butker. He seems to be chugging along, doing OK for himself. After a... Read More
The Painful Reality of Being an Incarcerated Mother May. 13, 2024
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
Many of us celebrated Mother's Day over the weekend by remembering or being present with women who r... Read More
Mothers Who Work Remotely are Not 'Mommies' Nov. 23, 2023
Pandemic well over, a growing number of companies want their workers back at the office. Many still ... Read More
Back to School, or as I Call It, Armistice Day Aug. 26, 2023
Today, the skies were bluer, the sun brighter and the birds' chirps sweeter. For today, my friends, ... Read More
Single Mothers in Economic Pain: Where Are the Dads? Sep. 29, 2022
We regularly encounter stories of Americans struggling to stay financially afloat, buffeted by the d... Read More
September 26, 2022 Sep. 26, 2022
Dear Annie: My parents divorced years ago. Dad waited patiently while Mom chose between him and anot... Read More
For Parents, Baby Formula Is More Than Food. It's a Lifeline May. 21, 2022
When I finally gave up on what had been both a herculean and a Sisyphean effort to breastfeed, resig... Read More
Things I Would Like to Give My Kids Mar. 27, 2022
In raising our kids, one of the things that my husband and I have tried to stick with as much as hum... Read More
An Examination of the Scripted Life Mar. 20, 2022
One of the commonalities that my husband and I stumbled on was the tension-filled road trips of our ... Read More
The Impotence of Individuality and the Strength of Us All Mar. 13, 2022
My 6-year-old wanted to know what I had wanted to be when I grew up. I told him that I had wanted to... Read More
Reclaiming the Stewardship of your Time Mar. 06, 2022
An email back in December had a request from a stranger. They requested I call so they could tell me... Read More
On the Road to Our Differences Jan. 30, 2022
There are so many toy cars in this house. Some of them my son inherited from me, old enough to have ... Read More
The Power of the Past to Dictate Our Future Jan. 16, 2022
I absorbed books on ghosts as a kid. Anything to do with the supernatural was good. You could leave ... Read More
Seeking Strands of Light Jan. 02, 2022
The first six months after having a baby is a battle. It's a battle in the transition between who yo... Read More
Progressivism Pitches Sympathy but Produces Suffering Nov. 11, 2021
Brave and forthright intellectual Bari Weiss published in her Substack account this past week an ess... Read More
8 Top Tips for Preparing for Birth Oct. 19, 2021
You're in the homestretch! By the end of the last trimester, most moms-to-be are ready to have their... Read More
5 Top Tips for Caring for Teeth and Gums Oct. 12, 2021
Whoever said, "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" might well have been talking about g... Read More
Use the Good Plates This Tuesday Oct. 10, 2021
I love me a good routine, and now that the kids have started going back to school, they have their o... Read More
