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Extreme Parenting Made Simple

Juliet Linley | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Angela Merkel, Nursing, Fathering, France, Breastfeeding, Rome, Italy, Co-Sleeping, Parenting, Babies, Attachment, Elections, Babywearing, Dr-William-Sears, Mothering, Francois Holland, Ergo Baby, Nicolas Sarkozy, Europe, Parents News

What most people seem to ignore is that creating an attachment bond with your baby is about putting your child's needs ahead of yours. It's as simple as that. Seriously.

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Manning Up to Motherhood

Sybil Adelman Sage | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Lipitor, Ann Romney, Hillary Rosen, Mothering, Mother's Day, Elizabeth Badinter, Ann Enright, Mothers, Parents News

Many of us mothers with children under the age of 70 living at home are having trouble finding time to read; we're busy cutting our children's steaks and setting out their Lipitor.

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The Hypocrisy of Breastfeeding Shamers

Erika Christakis | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Breastfeeding, Parenting, Time Magazine, Women's Health, Time Magazine Breastfeeding Cover, Mothering, Over-Nurturing, Culture News

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?

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Mothering, The Most Sacred Art (WATCH)

Marlowe Brown | Posted 05.13.2012

Read More: David Arkenstone, Films for Your Soul, Wellness Experience, Mother's Day, Echoes of Creation, Mothering, Health, Mind Body Healing, Jan Nickman, Movies, Video, GPS for the Soul, Healthy Living News

Our greatest hope for the future is in the hands of loving and nurturing mothers who have mastered what filmmaker Jan Nickman calls "the most sacred art -- the art of loving creation."

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Sometimes 'Mother's Day' Just Doesn't Fit

Amelia | Posted 05.12.2012

Read More: Mother's Day, Mothers, Mother's Day 2012, Mothering, Family Day, Gay Voices News

This year I don't think I am going to celebrate Mother's Day. Instead, I am going to celebrate a "Family Day" with the one I have built and love. And I am going to celebrate by thinking of all those times that those boys who made me a "mom" have made me laugh and smile.

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How Late is Too Late?

Toni Nagy | Posted 05.11.2012

Read More: Time Magazine, Breastfeeding, Attachement-Parenting, Mothering, Toddlers, Extreme-Parenting, Dr. Sears, Parenting, Extended-Breastfeeding, Parenting Advice, Parents News

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.

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The Miracle Of Motherhood Your Way

Christiane Northrup, MD | Posted 05.12.2012

Read More: Women?S Wisdom, Motherhood, Balance, Career, Mother-Daughter Wisdom, Women?S Bodies, Mothering, Work Life Balance, Decision-Making, Emotional Wellness, Parenting, Healthy Living News

Even though I had spent much of the five years prior to my daughter Annie's birth delivering babies and marveling at how infinitely varied were the ways in which their mothers responded to them, I was completely unaware of what my own response would be.

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Becoming a Natural Mom, Eagle Style

Sherri Edwards | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Eagles, Celebrity Moms, Instinct, Alicia Silverstone, Parenting Tips, Mothering, Mayim Bialik, Mom Style, January Jones, Traditional Parenting, Celebrity Style, Nontraditional Parenting, Human Nature, Decorah Eagles, Parenting Advice, Parents-Kids, Nontraditional Families, Parents-Moms, Parents News

Have you noticed lately that some celebrity moms are taking mothering to a new level?

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Juggling Act

Melinda Wentzel | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Motherhood, Parenting, Children, Humor, Mothering, Mothers, Work-Life Balance, Juggling, Parenting Advice, Parents News

How do other moms do it?

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Reboot Your Body

Heidi Brod | Posted 03.28.2012

Read More: Pregnancy, Richard Firshein, Global Motherhood, Children, Christy Turlington Burns, Mothering, Firshein Center for Comprehensive Medicine, Impact News

Feeling beautiful and strong starts on the inside, and it's time for a new generation of mothers to speak up, reboot, and live strong.

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Are You Letting Your Children Manipulate You?

Margaret Paul, Ph.D. | Posted 03.20.2012

Read More: Margaret Paul, Loving Parenting, Good Parenting, Mothering, Parenting, Tantrums, Mothering Advice, Parenting Advice, Self Worth, Parents News

Rachael is the young mother of Nathan, who just turned two. Rachael is a stay-at-home mother who works part-time at home and has the help of a houseke...

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A Resolute Mom: Reducing Stress All Year

Sherri Edwards | Posted 03.06.2012

Read More: New Year's Resolutions, Stress, Multitasking, Women's Health, Exercise, Mothering, Vacation, Parenting, New Year, Moms, Stress Prevention, Reducing Stress, Stress Busters, Parents News

De-stressing is too stressful. I resolve to embrace life's challenges. To look at each chore, like scheduling a physical, as part of the foundation of happiness. To embrace failures as evidence of being a real person. To concentrate on the joy of living and give myself a break.

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The Undercover Mother

Deborah Gaines | Posted 02.04.2012

Read More: Suburbs, Middle Class America, Suburbia, Single Parents, Mothering, Middle Class, Motherhood, Parenting, Mothers, Fifty News

Here in the suburbs, I meet middle-aged people who feel they've sacrificed their "real" selves for a deadening life of Subarus and softball practice. Frankly, I can't relate to these complaints. Take it from someone who knows: It's not that hard to stay poor or make stupid decisions about your relationships.

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Bring on a Stripy, Dotty South Pole

Juliet Linley | Posted 01.23.2012

Read More: Painters, Creativity, Education, Art, France, Children, Kids, Rules, Mothering, Rome, Italy, Parenting, Teachers, Imagination, School, Parents News

Creativity shouldn't be piloted; it shouldn't be channeled. It needs to simply flow. That's the true beauty of childhood, seeing as we spend the rest of our lives following rules and instructions.

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The Non-Perfect Parent

Rhiana Maidenberg | Posted 01.10.2012

Read More: Toddlers, Motherhood, Good-Parenting, Parenting, Parenting Tips, Mothering, Parenthood, Babies-and-Tv, Bad Parenting, Parents-Moms, Parents News

It is because I have vowed not to be the best, and began employing numerous parenting short-cuts (my two year old will often arrive at preschool still in her pajamas) that I am able to be the fun, loving, patient, and honest mother I am.

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Baby Briefcase: The Dilemma of the Working Mother

Toni Nagy | Posted 12.31.2011

Read More: Cultural Evolution, Working Mothers, Mothering, Stay-at-Home Moms, Womens Issues, Raising Children, Careers, Parenting, Modern Women, Parenting-Conflicts, Parents News

Being a woman has many advantages, ranging from the ability to experience multiple orgasms, having a greater variety of shoes to choose from, to the g...

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Mom on Mom

Meredith Fein Lichtenberg, CCE | Posted 12.11.2011

Read More: Parenting Tips, Breastfeeding, Baby Formula, Mothering, Mommy Wars, Parenting, It Gets Better, Mommy Bloggers, Mothers, Parents-Newborns, Lactivists, Cyber Bullying, Parents News

New mothers sometimes snark hatefully at each other with the intent to cause pain. It starts with some article about breastfeeding, epidural, c-section, co-sleeping, whatever, and devolves rapidly. Some people call this Mommy Wars. I call this cyber-bullying.

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Too Many Threats

Juliet Linley | Posted 12.10.2011

Read More: Verbal Abuse, Disciplining Kids, Children, Kids, Threats, Mothering, Rome, Italy, Parenting, Moms, Rome-Italy, Advice, Parents News

"My mother led me to understand that threats shouldn't be the motivating force behind getting kids to do certain things -- because one day they won't work anymore and we'll be left powerless."

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Ernie and Bert's Mother

Priscilla Gilman | Posted 09.30.2011

Read More: Motherhood, Autism, Dyslexia, Brothers, Mothering, Siblings, Hyperlexia, Parents News

So many of us have kids who seem so different from each other that we wonder: "How could these kids have come from the same parents?" But recently I discovered that there's a physiological reason for my children's differences.

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The Most Important Advice for Moms of Adults: Don't Give Advice

Tonia Caselman | Posted 10.04.2011

Read More: Children, Mother, Humor, Mothering, Parenting Advice, Parents News

The years flew by. I survived and the kids made it to adulthood with all their limbs. And because of that colossal accomplishment, I'd like to share what I have learned in all of the developmental stages of motherhood.

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The Guilt of Dealing With an Imperfect Mother

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 09.10.2011

Read More: Setting Boundaries, Mothers and Daughters, Family Boundaries, Family Relationships, Mother Daughter Relationships, Mothering Advice, Mothering, Mothers, Women News

Sometimes we have to come to terms with imperfect mother and set boundaries to maintain a reasonable relationship.

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Unconditional Motherhood: The Path To Loving Yourself?

Isha Judd | Posted 09.03.2011

Read More: Wisdom, Mother, Love Yourself, Mothering, How to Love Yourself, Maternal Energy, Loving Onesself Unconditionally, To Love, Healthy Living News

Unconditional mothering is motherhood without fear or fear-based control. It is neither lax nor careless, nor based on pleasing or fear of losing the favor of a child.

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Mommy Bravado and the Darkness of Motherhood

Jennifer Cowie King | Posted 08.16.2011

Read More: Motherhood, Parenting, Mommy Bravado, Stay at Home Mothers, Mothering, Women News

We have a need to look as if we know what we are doing at all times. When what we really need is to confess to another human being that we're flying by the seat of our well-worn pants, and may not make it through the day.

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Empty Next Syndrome: Home for the Summer

Lorraine Devon Wilke | Posted 08.14.2011

Read More: College Age Kids, Home From College, Mothering, Empty Nest Syndrome, Mother-Son Relationship, Parenting, Empty Nest, What's Next, My-Story, Healthy Living News

With my son leaving home, it's as if my job description suddenly hit planned obsolescence, and like that aging salesman who's walked gently to the door with a gold watch in hand, I'm unclear of my relevance in this new era of child development.

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The Hypocrisy of Being Green and Making Babies

Toni Nagy | Posted 07.24.2011

Read More: Organic Food, Children, Mothering, Environment, Green, Raising Children, Environmentalism, Parenting, Green Living, Organic, Reproduction, Overpopulation, Green News

I find myself second-guessing every environmental decision since I produced this little being of natural destruction.

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