Time Magazine

Need Inspiration for Your Graduate? Start With the Time 100 List

Michael McAfee | Posted 05.29.2012

Michael McAfee

If we want a generation of well-rounded leaders making positive contributions to society tomorrow, we need to provide pathways to success today.

Moving Beyond a Biomedical View of Co-Sleeping

American Anthropological Association | Posted 05.22.2012

American Anthropological Association

As a culture, Americans need to move beyond narrow interpretations of parenting practices.

Are We Ready For A Cease-Fire In The Mommy Wars?

AP | JOCELYN NOVECK | Posted 05.18.2012

NEW YORK -- You could call Elisabeth Badinter a very lucky woman. It's not just that she's wealthy, successful, a respected scholar and a best-selling...

Grace in the Parenting Storm

Heather Choate Davis | Posted 05.17.2012

Heather Choate Davis

Love is equal parts attachment and suffering, and so one needs to search for a source of truth and grace big enough to embrace them both.

Yo Mama: TIME Magazine Cover Edition

Leslie Goldman | Posted 05.17.2012

Leslie Goldman

As someone who spends approximately 38% of the day with her boob in someone's mouth, I took particular interest in the recent TIME magazine kerfuffle over attachment parenting.

Yes, I am Mom Enough - Thank, TIME Magazine

Jill Amery | Posted 05.17.2012

Jill Amery

"Are you mom enough?" Seriously? TIME magazine should be ashamed. As if Moms aren't hard enough on themselves.

Questions About Time Magazine's Attachment Parenting Cover Story

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 05.17.2012

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

In the same way we should avoid religious extremism and political extremism, perhaps we ought to avoid parenting extremes as well. Inappropriate helicopter parenting potentially snuffs out a child's initiative, individuality, and sense of self. Attachment parenting runs the same risk.

Special Needs Motherhood: Are You Mom Enough?

Laura Rossi Totten | Posted 05.15.2012

Laura Rossi Totten

We may practice attachment parenting (or not), we may chose the bottle over the breast, but we are all bound by the fact that we never, ever feel like we can do enough for our special needs child(ren).

Are You ___ Enough?

Barbara & Shannon Kelley | Posted 05.15.2012

Barbara & Shannon Kelley

Would a man's choice to embrace his traditional breadwinning role with gusto be marked as an end to progress, or to opt out of parenthood as a harbinger of the downfall of society as we know it?

Mayim Bialik Responds To Controversial TIME Cover

Posted 05.14.2012

Actress Mayim Bialik, author of "Beyond the Sling: A Real-Life Guide to Raising Confident, Loving Children the Attachment Parenting Way," has been par...

The Images That Precipitated The Notorious 'Time' Cover

Posted 05.14.2012

By now we are almost certain you have all seen the controversial breastfeeding cover of "Time" magazine, which features a 26-year old mother with her ...

'A Yo Ma, Lemme Suck On That Boobie'

Phoebe Robinson | Posted 05.14.2012

Phoebe Robinson

Last week, Time's breastfeeding cover got people talking when they featured a young, attractive, thin, blond woman with her son just chilling on her boob like characters in a Spike Lee film chilled on an apartment building stoop.

Selling Magazines, Not Ideas

JD Roberto | Posted 05.14.2012

JD Roberto

Putting your beliefs on the line is admirable, but using your child to provoke a public discussion of your personal agenda is another matter entirely.

Dear Time Magazine

Jess Wilson | Posted 05.14.2012

Jess Wilson

I have no problem with a respectful discussion of different types of parenting techniques, or about breastfeeding's benefits and our cultural squeamishness about it. But a respectful discussion never starts with a calculated attempt to shock.

The Hypocrisy of Breastfeeding Shamers

Erika Christakis | Posted 05.14.2012

Erika Christakis

Why are we so quick to criticize 'extended breastfeeding' (even the term smacks of clinical judgment) when we have no such impulse to crack down on the myriad ways that adults fuel their own oral fixations?

These Breasts were Made for Feeding

Lara M. Gardner | Posted 05.14.2012

Lara M. Gardner

It doesn't surprise me that breastfeeding has come to the fore in the public consciousness. It fits right in with the resurrection of the war on women.

WATCH: 'SNL' Rips Time Magazine Over Controversial Cover

Posted 05.14.2012

"Weekend Update" host Seth Meyers laid into Time magazine for its controversial breastfeeding cover on Saturday's "SNL." Time magazine caused quit...

Time Breastfeeding Mom and Other Extreme 'Attachment Parenters'

Bonnie Fuller | Posted 05.12.2012

Bonnie Fuller

'Attachment parenting' addicts are slavishly devoting literally their entire daily lives to nursing and nurturing their babies and toddlers, and it's just not necessary.

Dispatch From the 'Mommy Room'

Eleni Gage | Posted 05.11.2012

Eleni Gage

As my first Mother's Day approaches, I want to thank Amalía for making me a mom. And to tell Time magazine, and Elisabeth Badinter, and everyone else who thinks I'm doing it wrong, that I'm being the best one I can.

Extended Breastfeeding -- Time to Come Out of the Closet?

Jeanne Ponessa Fratello | Posted 05.11.2012

Jeanne Ponessa Fratello

Not every mom is as visible as the mom on the cover of TIME magazine, but there are plenty of moms who enjoy this time with their little ones and have no set deadline for stopping.

How Late is Too Late?

Toni Nagy | Posted 05.11.2012

Toni Nagy

When I saw that picture for the first time I almost threw my phone in disgust, but I didn't' want to disturb my 2-year-old, who was about to fall asleep while sucking on my breast. Let me explain.

In Defense of My Friend Jamie Lynne Grumet -- TIME's Breastfeeding Cover Girl

Shannon Bradley-Colleary | Posted 05.11.2012

Shannon Bradley-Colleary

The woman on the cover, while as stunningly beautiful as the real Jamie, doesn't reflect the inclusive, intelligent, loving, nurturing, non-judgmental woman I know.

Is the Time Magazine Breastfeeding Cover Over the Line in Terms of Good Taste?

Quora | Posted 05.11.2012

Quora

This question originally appeared on Quora. By Shannon Turlington, Mother This photo is designed to be shocking and (pardon the pun) titillating. ...

TIME Magazine: The Breastfeeding Debate

Susan Stiffelman | Posted 05.11.2012

Susan Stiffelman

I can't get behind the cover photo, if only because if we're talking about what may be best for a child, we can at least agree that kids deserve to have their privacy respected.

Boobs Rule?

Donna Fish | Posted 05.11.2012

Donna Fish

One of the biggest challenges to juggling all the balls necessary in parenting is the need to understand the importance of 'good enough'.