Being a good mom involves more than just taking care of the kids. It’s about creating a nurturing environment where emotions can be expressed, issues can be resolved, and happiness prevails. This is no easy task, especially with the everyday stresses of life. That’s why maintaining strong and healthy marriages and relationships is crucial for moms.
Remember dating? Yeah, me neither. I have many friends who have set up very regular date nights with their spouses (good for them!), but that's not a luxury my husband and I enjoy. Last year we resolved to have...
Do you find your mother-in-law hard to abide? Does she rub you the wrong way sometimes? Step on your toes?
Or, maybe, you get along great! She respects boundaries, is the right amount of involved in your life, and really...
Maybe it's your own grandmother who never spoke about it. A friend of a friend. Another mom in your child's class. Or maybe you're the one in four who has experienced pregnancy loss. For me, it's all of the above. I never imagined I would be a part of this particular mom's club — the one where we lost a baby we loved but never met. The club that has us silently grieving years after the loss, while everyone else has forgotten.
"Are you having a boy or a girl?!"
If you've been pregnant, you probably heard this question on repeat throughout your pregnancy.
While plenty of parents prefer to know their baby's gender as early as possible (and cut the name list...
Recently, I received a piece of Unsolicited Parenting Advice, but it struck me in its honesty and raw emotion. Upon learning I was seven months pregnant with my second child, a father of two girls told me, "Enjoy the first...
In case you missed it, the most recent parenting-related internet stir is about a couple with a young child spending every weekend childless. Yes, you heard me correctly.
Australian model Rachael Finch and her husband, ballroom dancer Michael Miziner, leave their...
I am so done with mean moms. In a time when people seem to be more divided, the last thing we need is moms going at each other, one snarky Facebook comment at a time. I've encountered the wrath...
With the recent death of Naya Rivera, this month in Hollywood was a tough one for me, which is a sentence I can barely type out because it’s so utterly unlike me.
But this one is different.
I grew up in...
If you are reading this, it's likely that you are the daughter to aging parents. Or, perhaps you're the daughter-in-law to aging in-laws. In any case, you're probably the one who is going to have to handle estate matters...
Being a kid is no easy task. Being a kid in Boston? Well, that's a whole different ball game. Bostonians are a certain kind of tough, and our kids are no exception.
Between our crazy weather, local foods, wacky roads,...
"Once upon a time, there was a little girl who knew she could be whatever she wanted to be. So one morning she woke up and decided she was going to be a chef. She worked very hard to...
I felt lost and alone, despite the fact that I was surrounded by family and friends. So I did what I had always done: I joined things. I longed to make mom friends and connect with them in a way that was not possible with my husband, my friends who are not mothers, or even my friends who are mothers, but of older children. I needed moms in the same 'boat' I was sinking in — that sleep-deprived, drowning-in-love, disoriented-and-dehydrated, struggling-with-breastfeeding, hating-my-post-pregnancy-body boat.
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My Kid Is Not On the Honor Roll — and I...
It's that time of year again. School graduations and parent-teacher conferences and awards ceremonies occur, and suddenly social media is flooded with pictures of...
