motherhood

Overworked, Debt-Laden Gen X Opting For No Kids

October 26, 2011




I originally posted this last week at Care2.com, but wanted to have a discussion about it with my readers too. I hope you’ll chime in with your thoughts. According to a new study by the Center for Work-Life Policy, 43 percent of Gen X women and 32 percent of Gen X men do not have [...]

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Outrage: When parents cross the line

January 19, 2011




Where’s the line? The imaginary line. The line between “do what is best for your family” and “that is cruel, abusive, neglectful.” Where is it?  Do you have one in your head? That dividing line between “not my cup of tea” and “wrong, wrong, wrong”? I do. Sometimes. It shifts and moves a bit, but [...]

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What kind of mother are you? Oppressed? Empowered? Feminist? Other?

September 17, 2010




Every once in a while I pick up my copy of Feminist Mothering (edited by Andrea O’Reilly) and read or re-read some of it. I’ve never read it cover to cover, but I read bits of it when I am reflecting on my own mothering or my own feminism. In the introduction to the book, [...]

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Reflections of Motherhood

September 8, 2010




Usually Wednesdays are wordless on my blog and many others, but this Wednesday I want to bring you some incredibly important words. Alison from Nummies nursing bras put together a beautiful video where they asked moms if they could go back to right before they had their first child, what would they tell themselves. Check [...]

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Mothers shouldn’t have opinions

May 20, 2010




I should be barefoot, pregnant and tied to the kitchen sink. Or, as they say here in Germany, “Kinder, Küche, Kirche” (children, kitchen, church). I should spend my entire day, every day, gazing adoringly into the eyes of my children. Or so they say. In my post on 50 reasons for breastfeeding anytime, anywhere, jenny [...]

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Mom 2.0: A Defining Moment

February 19, 2010




When I saw people currently attending the Mom 2.0 Summit tweeting about this video, I had to watch, and then I had to share.

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Book Review: LIFE with Mother

September 5, 2009




This is not a typical book for me to review, so I won’t follow my typical book review format. LIFE with Mother, by the editors of LIFE books, is a beautiful compilation of photographs of mothers and their children, accompanied by quotes about mothering. The almost 100 page collection includes: regular people and famous people [...]

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Feminism, fathers and valuing parenthood

May 18, 2009




On May 17,  I participated in the Fem 2.0 chat on twitter. The topic of discussion was mommies and feminism. We talked about a lot of things, but one thing I said towards the end of the chat seemed to resonate with a lot of people. I also think it is an important point, so [...]

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Moving Mother’s Day Post

May 10, 2009




For the past few days, I’ve been trying to think of a good idea for a Mother’s Day post. My mind has been blank.  so instead I want to share with you a fabulous post written by my friend Jennifer from Barely Knit Together. This is motherhood. To My Daughter on Mother’s Day (Sappiness ahead, [...]

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Showing Appreciation for Underappreciated Posts

January 1, 2009




For my first blog post of the New Year, I have decided to give back to my followers. I asked on twitter for people to send me links to their underappreciated posts from 2008. Things that they wrote that didn’t get the exposure or recognition that they deserved. I am using this post to give [...]

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