Motherhood

Page: << 1 2 3

Is Unwed Motherhood Really the Problem?

Louise Sloan | Posted 03.27.2008 | Living

Is lack of a marriage license so bad for kids that any kind of married parents are better than literally any kind of single one?

Read Post

Punished for Being Pregnant

Pamela Paul | Posted 03.20.2008 | Living

Read More: Women in the Workplace, Motherhood and Work, Gender Discrimination, Working Mothers, Pregnancy, Motherhood, Work-Life Balance, Discrimination Against Mothers, Parenting, Feminism, Momsrising, Parenthood, Maternal Profiling, Single Mothers, Work, Moms Rising, Sexism, Discrimination, Living News

There's a lot governments and corporations and individual bosses need to do to fix this maternal profiling mess. But it's time women (and come on, men, too) started getting angry, loudly, about it.

Read Post

Another Reason Why I'm Glad I'm Not Silda Spitzer

Vicki Iovine | Posted 03.18.2008 | Living

Read More: Eliot Spitzer Wife, Silda Spitzer, Motherhood, Teenage Daughters, Dina McGreevey, Eliot Spitzer, Living News

Just as Silda Spitzer's wifely instincts scream at her to murder Eliot slowly and painfully, her motherly instincts whisper to her to save her children's father.

Read Post

The Corporate Freshman: Entering the Ring of Motherhood versus Career

Alexandra Levit | Posted 03.17.2008 | Living

Read More: Motherhood, The Corporate Freshman, Maternity, Motherhood Versus Career, Giving Birth, Living News

More so than graduating college, getting married, making VP at a communications consulting firm, or publishing a book, having a child is a defining rite of passage into adulthood.

Read Post

Well Baby, Well Mom

Heather Cabot | Posted 03.05.2008 | Living

Read More: Motherhood, The Well Mom, The Balanced Life, Living News

...

Read Post

Feminist Infighting

Rebecca Walker | Posted 03.01.2008 | Politics

Perhaps a feminism that has not responded to the needs of its constituents needs to die. Perhaps Obama is unintentionally killing feminism and facilitating the rise of "feminisms."

Read Post

Parents, Are Your Kids Duping You?

Michelle Renee | Posted 02.14.2008 | Living

Read More: Motherhood, Parenting, Kids and Lies, Living News

The biggest problem facing parents, and the media, is that they, for the most part, are in denial.

Read Post

I Pimp Out My Kid All the Time!

Linda Keenan | Posted 02.11.2008 | Living

Read More: Pimping, Motherhood, David Shuster, Msnbc, Oprah, Chelsea Clinton, Hillary Clinton, David Shuster Pimp, David Shuster Chelsea Clinton, Living News

I used the phrase so much back in my TV days that I have carried it with me to a new life of suburban mommy drudgery, and in fact I find myself pimping out my own toddler quite frequently.

Read Post

Going The Distance

Heather Cabot | Posted 02.06.2008 | Living

Read More: Motherhood and Work, Motherhood, Motherhood and Balance, Working Mothers, The Balanced Life, Living News

...

Read Post

You're Smarter Than You Think

Heather Cabot | Posted 01.30.2008 | Living

Read More: Motherhood and Work, Women Intelligence, Motherhood, The Mommy Brain: How Motherhood Makes Us Smarter, The Balanced Life, Men Intelligence, Living News

...

Read Post

A Peaceful Revolution: Moms Leading on Fair Pay

Nanette Fondas | Posted 01.22.2008 | Living

Read More: Motherhood and Work, Single Mothers, Fair Pay Restoration Act, Pay Discrimination, Lilly Ledbetter, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay, Fair Pay, A Peaceful Revolution, Single Motherhood, Motherhood, Work-Life Balance, Living News

When our granddaughters read their history books, this week may well be one that is marked as the beginning of the end of the pay discrimination many of their foremothers endured.

Read Post

Would I Be Cute with Chris?

Anne M. Plant | Posted 01.20.2008 | Living

Read More: Single Motherhood, Motherhood, Church, Dating, Living News

I can't believe it, I'm trolling in church! I am so ashamed. I have never before scoped the pews for dating material -- except to set up a friend. Now my mind is not on God, but man.

Read Post

Ready or Not?

Elizabeth Gregory | Posted 01.17.2008 | Living

Read More: Motherhood, Pregnancy, Late Motherhood, Older Moms, Living News

What do Hillary Clinton, Laura Bush, and Michelle Obama have in common? They all began their families at relatively advanced ages.

Read Post

Cashmere Mafia Misfire

Meredith O'Brien | Posted 01.14.2008 | Living

Read More: Motherhood, Meredith O'brien, Cashmere Mafia, Mommytrackd, Living News

For "Cashmere Mafia," this was a golden opportunity to provide a glimpse into the fictionalized lives of mothers working at the higher echelon of the business world. But the show blew that opportunity.

Read Post

Ricki Lake And The Birthing Biz

Heather Cabot | Posted 01.09.2008 | Living

Read More: Ricki Lake, The Balanced Life, Working Mothers, Mothers and Work, Ricki Lake Pregnancy, Motherhood, Ricki Lake Motherhood, Ricki Lake Weight Loss, Ricki Lake the Business of Being Born, Stay at Home Mothers, Living News

...

Read Post

Break The Routine

Heather Cabot | Posted 01.02.2008 | Living

Read More: The Balanced Life, Motherhood, Work, Groundhog Day, Routine, Living News

...

Read Post

Peaceful Revolution: Maternal Profiling: A New York Times Buzzword

Joan Blades | Posted 01.01.2008 | Living

Read More: Motherhood and Work, Maternal Profiling, Childrens Health Insurance, Childcare, A Peaceful Revolution, Buzzwords, New York Times, Motherhood, New York Times 2007 Buzzwords, Work-Life Balance, Health Insurance, New Years 2008, Paid Family Leave, Stay at Home Mothers, Working Moms, Living News

The vast majority of workplaces are still structured from the era when it was assumed that there was a wife at home full-time with the children.

Read Post

Escape The Cult Of Motherhood

Daily Mail | WINIFRED ROBINSON | Posted 12.14.2007 | Living

Read More: Motherhood and Work, Motherhood, Cult of Domesticity, Motherhoood, Motherhood Regret, Cult of Motherhood, Living News

So at last the biggest secret of motherhood is out. For every woman who gives birth then sinks back blissfully into the pillows, there are scores like...

Read Whole Story

A Peaceful Revolution: What Do Mothers Want? Presidential Candidates Take Notice!

Nanette Fondas | Posted 11.20.2007 | Living

Read More: Mommy Track, Motherhood, Work-Life Balance, Mothers and the 2008 Election, 2008 Election, A Peaceful Revolution, Living News

Moms may not be the focus of this presidential election, but look at what they are concerned about to see why they should be.

Read Post

A Peaceful Revolution: Hey Mom, Where You Live Matters!

Robert Drago | Posted 11.13.2007 | Living

Read More: Suburbs, Motherhood, Commuting, Kate Silbaugh, Stay at Home Mothers, Mothers and Work, A Peaceful Revolution, Living News

We need more mixed-use neighborhoods, and we need them to be affordable for the average family. That will be good for the environment and good for working mothers.

Read Post

Working Mom Moments

Risa Green | Posted 11.08.2007 | Living

Read More: Motherhood and Work, Motherhood, Moms, Women and Work, Working Moms, Living News

For working mothers, there is a similar phenomenon -- a connection that we all have with other, revolving around what we call, simply, "Working Mom Moments."

Read Post

A Peaceful Revolution: After Halloween Mothers Remain Scared

Katie Bethell and Nanette Fondas | Posted 11.06.2007 | Living

Read More: Motherhood, Moms, Momsrising, Mothers and Work, A Peaceful Revolution, Living News

For Halloween last week MomsRising.org asked its members, "What's really scary for American moms?"

Read Post

More Women Not Seeking Marriage

Mikki Morrissette | Posted 11.01.2007 | Living

Read More: Motherhood and Work, Single Moms, Choosing Single Motherhood, Newsweek, Second Shift, Single Parents, Sexual Double Standard, Sexism, Single Motherhood, Motherhood, Rachel Sarah, Choice Mom, Parenting, Feminism, Louise Sloan, Working Moms, Living News

An article this week reinvigorates the debate about whether it is good or bad that more single women are replacing Mr. Right with a turkey baster in order to "knock themselves up."

Read Post