Janet Walsh

Disturbing. Fantastic. Creepy. Awesome. Sick.

These are some of the comments about the TIME magazine cover that went online this week, showing a woman breastfeeding her 3-year-old son as he stands on a chair.

Love it or hate it, people are entitled to their opinions about...

Marissa R. had an emergency Cesarean section and gave birth to premature twins. Her wound got infected and burst open, resulting in emergency surgery and a long, painful recovery. Her same-sex partner wanted to take time off to support Marissa and care for their twin newborns and toddler. But her...

Kimberley N., a senior manager of a non-profit organization, gave birth to a baby with a life-threatening illness. After years of stellar performance reviews, she received a scathing one immediately after returning from a short maternity leave. Her organization refused to let her reduce her schedule even slightly or to...

American moms will be getting generous gifts on Mother's Day: the National Retail Federation estimates that in 2011 the average American will spend $141 on Mother's Day gifts, with total spending of about $16.3 billion.

Moms are valuable, right? Your average consumer thinks so, but when it...

Around this time last year, a friend sent me a link to the hilarious "Mother of the Year Award" online video from Momsrising.org. I was on maternity leave, and laughed until I cried at the witty lines about mothering. I watched it with my two little boys --...

Eight years ago, I walked into the Nairobi office of the Centre for Rights Education and Awareness expecting a mildly helpful discussion of my project on women's property rights in Kenya. Ann Njogu, CREAW's director, was clearly very busy and a serious lawyer. Within minutes, I knew that she was...

As Maria Shriver hits the airwaves this week to talk about work-life balance and her new report on women in America, I'm making my own work-life transition.

I just returned to work after nearly one year of maternity leave. That's right: one year. When I tell this to people...