Motherhood

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Parentless Parents: A New Way Of Thinking For 2010

Allison Gilbert | Posted 01.06.2010 | Living

Read More: New Year's Resolutions, Bereavement, Grief, Motherhood, Parenting, Loss, Grandparents, Grandfathers, New Years Resolutions, Mothers, Grandmothers, Fathers, Grieving, Parents, Death & Dying, Living News

I tell stories about my mom and dad, cook foods they made, and point to pictures in photo albums. I keep their memory alive because I believe -- even in death -- my parents can still shape my children's world.

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In Memory of My Mother, Ardie Rodale

Maria Rodale | Posted 01.04.2010 | Living

Read More: Motherhood, Memories, Family, Living News

My mother was a complicated woman. Even on her deathbed I don't think she fully realized how lucky and blessed she was. She was one of those people who are always in search of something more.

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Doubling Down on Baby M: New Jersey's Ongoing Resistance to Surrogacy

Jacob M. Appel | Posted 01.04.2010 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Women's Rights, Law, Women's Issues, Reproductive Rights, Equal Rights, Men's Rights, Motherhood, Pregnancy, Baby M, California, Liberty, Gay Rights, Surrogate Motherhood, New Jersey, Freedom, Ethics, Contraception, Bioethics, Medicine, Muller v. Oregon, Family, Abortion, Women, Gender Discrimination, Parenting, Libertarian, Sexuality, Gender, Gender Equality, Human Rights, Women's Health, Health, Sex, Michigan, Libertarianism, Politics News

That a woman consented to use her body as a surrogate was irrelevant, because there are some acts to which nobody is permitted to consent. As well-meaning as this approach might have been, its underpinnings are inescapably sexist.

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Parentless Parents: Time Is Running Out

Allison Gilbert | Posted 12.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Support, New Year's Resolutions, Feelings, Grief, Community, Motherhood, Fatherhood, Parenting, Loss, Mothers, Parents, Fathers, Death & Dying, Living News

One of the surprising findings I've come across so far is just how isolated many parentless parents feel and how few turn to others for help.

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Brittany Murphy, Motherhood, and Me

April Daniels Hussar | Posted 12.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Raising Children, Motherhood, Brittany Murphy, Mothers and Daughters, Daughters, Living News

The other day, when I heard about Brittany Murphy's tragic death, I felt more than shock. My reaction was maternal, the reaction of someone who has a daughter: I felt so sorry for her mother.

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Mommy Office Party And My Favorite Holiday Movies

Meredith Lopez | Posted 12.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Roller Derby, Christmas Movies, 2010, New Year's, Christmas Parties, Holidays, Toddlers, Christmas, Le Tigre, Motherhood, Parenting, Beastie Boys, Christmas Trees, New York City, Living News

The same day I recognized, with minimal regret, that I have no office parties to attend this year, I received an invite from a mom in our neighborhood playgroup for a party she was having.

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Parentless Parents: Using The Holidays To Keep The Memory Of Your Parents Alive -- Part 2

Allison Gilbert | Posted 12.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Holiday Season, Parenting Tips, Holiday Season Commentary, Orphans, Motherhood, Parenting, Loss, Mothers, Parenthood, Grieving, Death, Grief, Fatherhood, Parenting Advice, Parents, Fathers, Death & Dying, Living News

All you have to do is make a conscious decision to slow down long enough -- not so easy this time of year, I admit -- to simply talk with your children about the grandparents they no longer have in their lives.

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Parentless Parents: Using The Holidays To Keep The Memory Of Your Parents Alive -- Part 1

Allison Gilbert | Posted 12.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Parenting Tips, Grief, Motherhood, Fatherhood, Parenting, Loss, Mothers, Parenting Advice, Death, Fathers, Grieving, Parents, Parenthood, Death & Dying, Living News

Less than half of all mothers and fathers who have taken the Parentless Parents survey say they use the holidays to talk about their parents who have died. Why so few?

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Parentless Parents: Do You Put On A "Happy Face" For The Holidays?

Allison Gilbert | Posted 12.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Holiday, Holidays, Holiday Season, Grief, Preparing for the Holiday Season, Motherhood, Fatherhood, Parenting, Loss, Mothers, Death, Fathers, Grieving, Parents, Living News

'Tis the Season to be Jolly, right? I see reminders everywhere that I should be happy! But what happens if the month of December serves not only to remind you of all things Merry -- but of all the people you've lost?

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Losing Your Job and Learning What You're Made Of

Mika Brzezinski | Posted 12.07.2009 | Business

Read More: Fired, Motherhood, Unemployment, Unemployment Rate, Working-Motherhood, Getting Fired, Working Mothers, Business News

When you walk out the door after being fired, it's over. No cell phone. No email address. Nothing. Stripped of your link to the outside world. I wore my "fired" label on my forehead, having been dumped by CBS at the height of my career.

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Women's Fertility: How (Not) To Make Babies (VIDEO)

Kathy Eldon | Posted 12.14.2009 | Living

Read More: Sami David, Diet, Infertility, Babies, Ivf-Treatments, Acupuncture, Jill Blakeway, Relationships, Health, Motherhood, Pregnancy, Fertility, Living News

Costing thousands of dollars, IVF has quickly become an expensive alternative for women with fertility issues. Now, Dr Sami David is speaking out and encouraging people to explore traditional options.

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Mom, the Holidays Are a Time to Chill

Peggy Drexler | Posted 12.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Motherhood, Holidays, Martha Stewart, Preparing for the Holiday Season, Lesbian Mothers, Non-Traditional Families, Living News

Children know family when they see it. The idea that "traditional" families are the only source of healthy children and a happy holiday and that Mom bears ultimate responsibility for both is as much a fantasy as Santa Claus.

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The Mother Of Invention

Alex Leo | Posted 12.01.2009 | Living

Read More: The Number 7, Mom, Motherhood, Jackie Leo, Living News

Jacqueline Marie Leo wasn't expected to run magazines or write books. She was expected to learn how to type and be a secretary. She did learn how to type but failed at making a career of it.

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10 Things They Don't Tell You About Raising Children

Ruth Akers | Posted 11.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Stress, Relationships, Kids, Children, Pregnancy, Motherhood, Parenting, Babies, Anxiety, Raising Kids, Ruth Akers Pregnant, Living News

I've noticed, with friends bringing home new babies, that there's a whole list of things they don't tell you when they send you home from the hospital with a bouncing burping bawling bundle of joy.

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Work-Life Balance? Puh-leaase!

Mika Brzezinski | Posted 12.01.2009 | Living

Read More: Working Women, Women Workers, Motherhood, Balancing Motherhood and Work, Women in Business, Life Work Balance, The Balanced Life, Living News

It is true. I refrain from saying "My children are 100 percent my first priority at all times." I choose to put many other things on my plate too.

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Work and Babies: Women Still Have to Pick Their Poison (But Men Are Evolving!)

Mika Brzezinski | Posted 11.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Women Careers, Women Workers, Motherhood, Maternity Leave, Working Mothers, Parenting, Living News

It seems like a woman has to pick her poison. Suffer now, or take "a few years off" and pay later. Women need to know that "taking a few years off" can often lead to a permanent condition of dependence and loss of identity.

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News Flash to Mika Brzezinski: Not All Women Get Your Breaks And Can Have It All

Jill Brooke | Posted 11.17.2009 | Media

Read More: Career Women, Working Mothers, Mika Brzezinski Morning Joe, Motherhood, Careers, Mika Brzezinski, Working Families, Parenting, Families, Media News

Brzezinski seems to lack any compassion for the many women who desperately wanted husbands and children, but fate -- not desire -- worked against them.

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Mothers and Sons: How Close Is Too Close?

Peggy Drexler | Posted 11.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Mama's Boy, Son, Relationships, Mother, Children, Mamas Boy, Overprotective-Mother, Feminine, Motherhood, Parenting, Masculine, Family, Living News

Is your son in danger of becoming a mama's boy? That's the stereotype so many people associate with sons raised by women alone. And like most stereotypes, it simply doesn't hold up to reality.

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My October "Vacation"

Meredith Lopez | Posted 11.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Toddlers, Motherhood, Parenting, Children's Health, Brooklyn, Sick Children, Living News

Loose bowl movements, smashed birthday cake and the Bubonic Plague -- just another month the life of the Princeling.

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This is Not How I Thought It Would Be: Remodeling Motherhood to Get the Lives We Want Today

Kristin Maschka | Posted 11.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Motherhood, Moms, Parenting Tips, Working Mothers, Parenting Advice, Family, Living News

The appearance of the Mother piece of pie presents us with a psychological pie dilemma we have to solve to find ourselves again: How do I integrate this huge new piece of who I am into my Identity Pie without making a big old mess?

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Health Tip: Recovering After Childbirth

Yahoo! News | Posted 10.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Birth, Post-Pregnancy, Pregnancy, Motherhood, Health Tips, Parenting, Babies, Newborn, Health, Pregnant, Childbirth, Living News

New mothers may be so consumed with their newborns that they forget the ordeal of childbirth. How quickly their bodies actually recover is another sto...

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Super Mom: Melissa Lopata

Meredith Lopez | Posted 10.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Mom Blogs, Playdates, The Balanced Life, Park Slope, Working Mothers, Brooklyn, Toddlers, Motherhood, Work-Life Balance, Parenting, Life Balance, Blogging, Living News

When a woman feels creatively, spiritually, and emotionally fulfilled, then she has the mental and physical energy to be the best mom she can be: a Super Mom.

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Are Womb Transplants The Next Frontier In Fertility?

Politics Daily | Posted 10.26.2009 | Home

Read More: Birth, Infertility, Infertility Treatments, Health Insurance, Motherhood, Fatherhood, New Treatments for Infertility, Future, Babies, Fertility Treatments, New Fertility Treatments, Womb Transplants, Results, Parenthood, Health, Home News

Doctors in Britain have announced that they have figured out a process to transplant wombs that could result in healthy pregnancies -- and they estima...

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The New Normal: Die Childless at Thirty

Joan Williams | Posted 10.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Work-Family-Issues, Glass Ceiling, Motherhood, Gender Bias, Work-Life Balance, Gail Collins, Living News

Men have lost three-fourths of the jobs during the Great Recession, making women's wage work more important than ever. Our public policy hasn't caught up.

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How First Candle is Fighting SIDS

Emma Byrne Rooney | Posted 10.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Birth, First Candle, National SIDS Alliance, Charity, Children, Motherhood, Sids, Babies, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, The Giving Life, Living News