Motherhood

The Confidence Game

Devon Corneal | Posted 05.28.2012

Read More: Mom Fears, Self-Critics, Feeling Good About Yourself, Self-Confidence, Mommy Wars, Motherhood, Self-Esteem, One Good Thing, Women and Confidence, Moms Online, Confidence, Confidence Game, Self-Doubt, Parents-Moms, Parents News
Devon Corneal

So, in light of our extraordinary strengths, why do we lack confidence in our mothering abilities? Because, if what I read on the Internet is any reflection of what's going on in our heads, most moms don't believe that they're doing a very good job raising their kids.

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Kids Say The Darnedest Things -- And Parents Put Them On Twitter

Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: Moms and Dads, Best Tweets About Parenting, Twitter, Kid Sayings, Social Networks, Children, Funny Things Kids Say, Motherhood, Best Parenting Tweets, Fatherhood, Slideexpand, Parents News

Moms and dads have known it for centuries: kids say the darnedest things. But before Twitter was invented, parents didn't have the privilege of sharin...

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Why Being a Mom is the Coolest Job Ever

Melina Bellows | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Life Is Good, Leadership, Career Women, Inspiration, National Geographic, Children, Working Mothers, Bert Jacobs, James Cameron, Tony Hawk, Motherhood, Moms, Advice, Pttow, Parents News
Melina Bellows

As I packed up to leave the conference, I found myself really, really missing my kids, ages 6 and 8. I considered calling them but hesitated -- sometimes they beg me to come home, which leaves me feeling tortured if I'm far away.

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Are You a Rachael or a Martha?

Natalie Thomas | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Whole Foods, Motherhood, Bake Sales, Chicken, Home Cooking, Recipes, Cooking, Baking, The Food Network, Muffins, The Cooking Channel, Cooking With Kids, Martha Stewart, Rachael Ray, Food News
Natalie Thomas

"I'm a better baker than cook." That was my go-to party line while dating when asked about my kitchen prowess. I imagined myself a Martha: all cakes and confections. Talk about delusions of grandeur!

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Graduation Shakes Deep Roots

Ronnie Citron-Fink | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Environment, Graduation, Motherhood, Coal, Global Warming, Mercury Poisoning, Pollution, Activism, Green News
Ronnie Citron-Fink

As our children graduate across the country, my hope is that the planet-saving roots that anchored so many of these college graduates to fertile ground will not be shook to the core by greed, politics and apathy.

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The Best Of The Mom And Dad Blogs This Week

The Huffington Post | Emma Mustich | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Parenting Stories, Mom and Dad Blogs, Mom Blogs, Jessica Simpson, Dadcentric, Motherhood, Best Parenting Blogs, Fatherhood, Parenthesis, Mommy Shorts, Dad Blogs, Parenting Advice, Parents News

This week in Parenthesis, a dad blogger takes his daughter bra shopping, Katie Allison Granju picks up writing tips from a Hollywood memoir and Ilana ...

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How Mobile Technology Is Saving Mothers

Gustav Praekelt | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Johnson and Johnson, Motherhood, Mom Bloggers, Global Motherhood, Bblog-Globalmotherhood, Mama, Impact News
Gustav Praekelt

In collaboration with Cell-Life and Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute, Praekelt Foundation will launch MAMA South Africa -- a mobile phone based community that allows mothers to access vital health information on their mobile phones in a way that is personal and discreet.

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What I Learned After My Friend's Baby Died

Jenny Isenman | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Jenny From the Blog, R Baby Foundation, Baby, Moms Should Know, Tips, Motherhood, Jenny Isenman, Phyllis Rabinowitz, Petition, Saving Lives, Survival, change.org, Parents-Babies, Parents News
Jenny Isenman

The ER that she went to said her daughter had a simple cold. They made her feel neurotic. They made her feel overprotective and ignorant.

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What Tabloids Get Right About Motherhood

Ilana Wiles | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Jessica Simpson, Maxwell Drew Johnson, Mommy Shorts, Ilana Wiles, Letter to Jessica Simpson, Jessica Simpson Baby, Parenting Advice, Motherhood, Tabloids, Celebrity, Celebrity Moms, Celebrity Parents, Parents News
Ilana Wiles

Welcome to motherhood, Jessica! You'll want to cry from happiness and tear your hair out with frustration on the very same day.

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The One Thing Politicians Can Agree on

Michael Zacka | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Healthy Living News, Cell Phones, Food News, Motherhood, Children, Texting, Emotional Wellness, Parenting, Screen Time, Health, Work Life Balance, Parents-Parent-Coach, Impact News, United Nations Division for Social Policy and Development, Parent Coach, Computers, International Day of Families, Elections 2012 . Global Motherhood, Family Dinners, Unplugging, Parents News, Politics News
Michael Zacka

The magic that happens over shared meals can help preserve the American family, strengthen all of its members and enrich their lives. I'm sure America's Republicans and Democrats both agree that more families should be sitting together at dinner.

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How a Grieving Mom Accidentally Rediscovered 'Fun'

Babble.com | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Coping With Grief, Parenting, Grieving, Katie Allison Granju, Motherhood, Losing a Child, Gardening, Mamapundit, Loss of Children, Babble, Parents News
Babble.com

There's a point to having fun, which is that it should be part of the human experience. A big part. I'd just completely lost touch with that.

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Memories, Good, Really Bad and Good Again??

Christine Eads | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Motherhood, Talent Shows, First Kiss, Bullying, Highschool-Humiliation, Parents News
Christine Eads

I don't remember growing older. When did my kids?

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'I Am Their Living Yearbook'

Penny Love Hoff | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Motherhood, Leaving for College, College-Bound Kids, Teenagers, College Applications, Empty Nester, Parenting post50, Empty Nest Syndrome, Empty Nest, Fifty News
Penny Love Hoff

In my head, I know that parenthood is just a scaffolding, a temporary support during our children's construction of the actual building of their adult lives. But inwardly, I am beginning the uneasy process of squaring my heart with their growing up and leaving.

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What I Miss Most about My Daughter's First Years

Wendy Fontaine | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Motherhood, Parenting, Divorce, Single Parents, Breastfeeding, Parents News
Wendy Fontaine

Some days, I lay next to her in bed in our new apartment, wondering when the sorrow of divorce would stop. I wondered whether we would survive.

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A Mother's Silence Gave Her Daughter A Voice

Jane Shure | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Women's Empowerment, Women's Rights, Women's Issues, Women's Health, Resilience, Motherhood, Self-Esteem, Mothers and Daughters, Radio Times, Terry Tempest Williams, Npr, Marty Moss-Coane, Audre Lord, Women News
Jane Shure

As women, we know what it's like to be tired and we keep doing what needs to be done. What if we applied the same attitude to fear, seeing it as something we live with rather than something to paralyze us?

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There Must be 50 Ways to Say I Love You

Devon Corneal | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Saying I Love You, Parents-Teens, Moms and Sons, Raising Boys, Motherhood, I Love You, Showing Love, Parents-Moms, Parents-Toddlers, Parents News
Devon Corneal

She said that peace isn't a noun, it's a verb. Meaning, peace isn't a state of being, it's an action -- a choice that requires constant tending. Seems to me, love is an action too.

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Help! My Daughter And I Are Always Fighting Over Our Differences

The Huffington Post | Susan Stiffelman | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Parent Coach, Parent-Child Relationships, Susan Stiffelman, Parenting Tips, Parent-Coach, Raising Children, Motherhood, Fatherhood, Children's Hobbies, Parenting Advice, Parents News

Dear Susan, We are an older couple with only one child, after trying for many years to have a family. I love my daughter very much, but we are extr...

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Can Being A Parent Make You Happier?

Todd Kashdan | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Zombies, Working Mothers, Meaning, Motherhood, Positive Psychology, Happiness Project, Stay at Home Mothers, Happiness, Dr. Sonja Lyubomirsky, Parents News
Todd Kashdan

Raven (5 years old): Dad, we love you, even if you yell at us. Even if you rip out our eyeballs, we still love you. Chloe (5 years old): Are you going to die soon?

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Losing the Aging Game by a Hair

Tracy Beckerman | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Aging, Telling Children About Aging, Self-Confidence, Motherhood, Having a Daughter, Parents-Moms, Chin Hair on Women, Facial Hair, Parents News
Tracy Beckerman

If she had been an adult, I might have rolled my eyes cynically. But from a kid, it was the ultimate compliment.

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A Daughter's Love

Liz Black | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Parkinson's Disease, Happy Mother's Day, Surgery, Mother's Day, Motherhood, Poetry, Mothers, Life, Happy-Mothers-Day, Poems, Fatherhood, Happy Mothers Day, Love, Jam, Poem, Arthritis, Women News
Liz Black

I felt myself breaking down. I kept thinking back to the things I never did, that I would never be able to do with her. I began to mourn my Mother while she was still alive.

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The Same Story? Again?! Storytelling as an Emotional Security Blanket

John McCormick | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Kids, Father-Child Bonding, Motherhood, Childhood Education, Books for Young Children, Children, Moms, Mothers, Dads, Parenting, Fathers, Fatherhood, Stay at Home Dads, Parent News, Fatherhood Tips, Kids News, Parenthood, Childhood Literacy, Storytelling, Daddy Bloggers, Mother-Child Bonding, Children's Books, Mommy Bloggers, Parents News, Childhood, Parents News
John McCormick

I used to wonder why my sons asked for the same story night after night. I came to the conclusion that kids simply enjoy the comfort of repetition. Think of it as an emotional security blanket.

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Bringing Light, Making Peace

Lisa Schultz | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Single Motherhood, Motherhood, International Adoption, Healing, Sierra Leone, Michele D'acosta, Parenting, Impact News
Lisa Schultz

On Friday night, I land in Sierra Leone and the first important thing I do will be to gather my son Tejan in my arms and hope that this is last time he will be greeting me, instead of accompanying me, to Africa.

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Helping My Daughter Survive Bipolar Disorder

Cinda Johnson | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Bipolar Disorder, Perfect Chaos, Linea Johnson, Cinda Johnson, Linea and Cinda Johnson, Mental Health, Mental Health Disorders, Motherhood, Mothers and Daughters, Perfect Chaos a Daughter's Journey to Survive Bipolar, A Mother's Struggle to Save Her, Slideexpand, Parents News
Cinda Johnson

The energy and time it takes to find good treatment, continued support, and understanding for the person with a mental illness as well as his or her family are often overwhelming, but they are also often the difference between recovery and devastation.

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Why My Kids Call Me By My First Name

Babble.com | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Parents-Kids, Raising Kids, Moms, Parents-Moms, Parenting Practices, Kids, Children, Motherhood, Using Parent's First Name, Babble, Parents News
Babble.com

I don't feel that being called by my first name diminishes the fact that I am my children's mother at all. Despite what some people may suspect, to me it does not imply a lesser love, alienation, or a lack of respect.

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The Question I Want Everyone to Stop Asking

Selvaggia | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: In Vitro Fertilization, Infertility, Freezing Eggs, Ivf, Fertility Clinic, Childless. Fertility, Motherhood, Egg Donor, Women News
Selvaggia

In my imagination, I always thought having a biological child or adopting one would equally fulfill the mother in me. Or at least that is what I thought until a few weeks ago.

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