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The Expiration Date Conspiracy

The Fear That Follows Me

A Letter For My Daughter To Read When She Grows Up


Impossible Decisions: Choosing Between the Job We Need and the Family We Love

05.22.2013
By Jennifer Shiao Page Last year, I made a career change and I'm now working for the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. But prior to...
Hug Your Loved Ones a Little Tighter

Hug Your Loved Ones a Little Tighter

05.21.2013
Her arms hung around my neck, her warm breath on my cheek. And in that darkness, I wept. I wept for the pain the people in Oklahoma felt....
Rainbows In Her Head: My Daughter the Self-Dresser

Rainbows In Her Head: My Daughter the Self-Dresser

05.21.2013
From toddlerhood on, Hannah dressed herself in eclectic ensembles pulled out of drawers the moment she was able to reach into them. Every...

Moms For Eric Garcetti

05.21.2013
It's time for Angelenos to go to the polls and cast their votes for a new mayor. But recent surveys are showing that going to the polls...

Disney's Out of Character

05.21.2013
I emphatically encourage all advertisers reading this to present their concerns directly to Disney as this is the only way this change...

Nowhere to Turn: Perinatal Mental Health Resources can be Difficult to Find

05.21.2013
By Catharine McDonald, MS, NCC, LPC There is never a dull moment working in the psychiatric emergency department. I love the hustle and...
'This Will Probably Come To Define Us'

'This Will Probably Come To Define Us'

05.21.2013
Tornadoes. For me and my fellow Okies, it's probably one of the first words we hear as children. We play "tornado" with our friends. But...
Every Mom Deserves Your Nod

Every Mom Deserves Your Nod

05.20.2013
Moms of the World: Look up. There we are, looking back at you, nodding, smiling. You're in the thick of it, or it's just a thick day, and...

Child Abduction and the Same-Sex Marriage Issue

05.20.2013
Let's say that a child is born to a same-sex married couple (or registered domestic partnership or civil union). What do you think happens...
What I Couldn't Tell Another Mom About Our Family

What I Couldn't Tell Another Mom About Our Family

05.20.2013
When her two children were young, Jennifer Finney Boylan came out as transgender. As she transitioned from a man to a woman and from a...
Mother of the Grad Blues

Mother of the Grad Blues

05.20.2013
When she turns to scan the crowd, I wonder if she has plans after dinner tonight. I wonder if she has plans for tomorrow, or next week....
When Facebook Sucks

When Facebook Sucks

05.20.2013
I want to share in your joy, I want to applaud all the new life and growing families and hope and love that these new babies will bring....
Old Yeller

Old Yeller

05.20.2013
The yelling has been going on for several weeks now, and this morning, I was almost at my wit's end.
Single Mom, Superhero

Single Mom, Superhero

05.20.2013
Over the years, I've clung to this label of "single mother." It has been my cape, my shield, the way I defend myself against anything or...
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