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Lisa Belkin: Whose Job Is It Anyway?

2012-05-31T12:30:56Z

I'm betting that, without much effort, you can think of parents -- probably even in your own home -- who are a scramble of expected and unexpected traits.

Read more: Differences Between Moms and Dads, Gender Stereotypes, Mom Roles, Parents-Dads, Gender Roles, Dad Roles, Fighting About Housework, Mom 101, Parentry, Liz Gumbiner, Parents Roles, Parents-Moms, Parents News

Robi Ludwig: Nurturing Your Child's Passion Without Becoming a Dreadful Stage Mom

2012-05-30T10:48:51Z

There's clearly a fine line parent's walk when they want to strongly encourage their kid's talents but not overly pressure them or burn them out.

Read more: Parents-Kids, Psychology, Parenting, Moms, Kids, Parenting Advice, Parents-Moms, Parents News

JJ Keith: How a Teenage Boy Taught Me to Be a Mother

2012-05-29T15:04:12Z

For the first year of my daughter's life, everything was big: big love, big frustration, big anxiety, big mood swings, big me. Not since I was a teen had I been so transfixed by my own now-shriveled navel.

Read more: Parents-New-Moms, Breastfeeding, Memoir, New Mothers, Parenting, New Mother, New Motherhood, New Moms, Teenagers, Parents-Moms, Parents News

Farah L. Miller: The Trait I Never Knew I Had Until I Became A Mom

2012-05-29T11:56:11Z

My daughter thinks I'm a riot. I think the same about her. And, while I may not be the first mom to hold funny- face contests or start up a game of Simon Says that involves wiggling, all to make a toddler laugh, every giggle makes me feel proud, alive and ready to be unabashedly silly.

Read more: Colic, Funny Faces, Trick to Make Toddlers Happy, Parents Being Silly, Fun Mom, Colic Remedies, Dancing With Kids, Parents-Moms, Parents-Toddlers, Parents News

Devon Corneal: The Confidence Game

2012-05-28T09:48:18Z

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.

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

Kerry Lyons: The Mother-Daughter Relationship: Complex at Age 5?

2012-05-23T16:10:40Z

When my daughter was only 3, she told me quite assertively: "I will never like what you want me to wear. Never ever in my whole life!"

Read more: Parenting, Mother-Daughter Relationships, Moms, Mothers, Parents-Moms, Getting Along With Daughter, Raising Girls, Lyonsdenmom, Parents-Kids, Lyonsden, Mom of Multiples, Raising-Strong-Girls, Siblings, Mom of Triplets, Parents News

Chandra Hoffman: It's TIME to Talk About Breasts (and Attachment Parenting)

2012-05-22T15:48:43Z

This is the story of my breasts, and how they fed my children in a wide variety of ways and for different lenghths of time through their early years.

Read more: Prs, Parenting, Mom Enough, Breastfeeding, Parents-Moms, Attachment Parenting, Time Magazine Breastfeeding, Parents News

Laura Rossi Totten: Moms' Club: The New Happy Hour?

2012-05-22T15:49:28Z

Why is it that as soon as we become mothers, we are expected to leave our cosmos at the bar and settle for reruns of Sex and the City?

Read more: Make Mine a Double, Playdates, Tlc, Alcohol, Sex and the City, Gina-Barreca, Book Clubs, Parenting, Drinking, What Not to Wear, Parents-Moms, Parents News

Janell Burley Hofmann: Growing Pains From the Sidelines

2012-05-22T10:52:33Z

The humbling tumble from the world of boyhood to confused, chaotic adolescence is upon us. And I am sick over it.

Read more: Growing Up, Adolescence, Boys, Parenting Struggles, Teenagers, Parents-Moms, Parents, Growing Pains, Bullying, Parents-Teens, Youth Sports, Kids Playing Sports, Raising Boys, Parents-Kids, Anti-Bullying, Parents News

Emma McLaughlin: My Buffer: In Memoriam

2012-05-21T10:11:57Z

Between writing the next chapter, remembering to get toilet paper into the house, keeping my toddler from playing in my elderly dog's freshest carpet stain, piecing together vague memories of nursery rhymes that end up as Sinatra's greatest hits, and getting deodorant on (under both arms), something had to go. It turned out to be my buffer.

Read more: The Buffer, Raising Kids, Parents-Moms, Parents News

Stephanie Brandt Cornais: What Nursing a Toddler Really Looks Like

2012-05-18T17:02:56Z

Although I do not like the cover photo TIME magazine chose, the magazine has at least started a national conversation about extended breastfeeding.

Read more: Extended Breastfeeding, Breastfeeding, Attachment Breastfeeding, Mom Enough, Breastfeeding Toddlers, Parents-Moms, Time Breastfeeding, Parents News

Sheila Quirke: 'Good Enough'

2012-05-18T14:41:26Z

Embrace the concept of "Good Enough." Breathe it in, breathe it out. Let it wrap around you and soothe your tired, worried, guilty soul. Everything is going to be okay.

Read more: Perfectionism, Attachment Parenting, Perfect Parenting, Donald Winnicott, Mom Enough, Parenting Advice, Time Breastfeeding, Parents-Moms, Parents News

Devon Corneal: There Must be 50 Ways to Say I Love You

2012-05-18T12:55:27Z

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.

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

Tracy Beckerman: Losing the Aging Game by a Hair

2012-05-17T17:41:20Z

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

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

Babble.com: Why My Kids Call Me By My First Name

2012-05-16T15:31:18Z

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.

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

Farah L. Miller: What I Know About Motherhood Now That I’m A Parenting Editor

2012-05-13T12:29:01Z

Over the course of my tenure here, I have spoken (sometimes in person, more often virtually) to all kinds of moms. I often find myself saying something like, "Oh my god, how do you do it?"

Read more: Rules for Moms, Motherhood, Parenting Editor, Mother's Day, What I Know About Motherhood, Parents-Moms, Stop Mom Judging, Parents News

Jennifer Koppelman Hutt: Happy Mother's Day -- I Quit!

2012-05-11T14:35:44Z

arlier today, my sister called and suggested we run away for Mother's Day (she's got three teenagers)!

Read more: Just Jenny, Motherhood, Parenting, Jennifer Hutt, Mother's Day, Sirius XM, Mothers, Mother's Day Humor, Mothers-Day-Pkg, Parents-Moms, Parents News

Jess Wilson: To Those Who Know What It Means to Be Reborn A Mother

2012-05-11T11:47:57Z

I knew that motherhood would change me. Or at least I knew that it would re-order my priorities. What I didn't know was that it would re-order my soul.

Read more: Autism, Diary of a Mom, Mothers Day, Special Needs Moms, Mothers-Day-Pkg, Parents-Moms, Parents News

Kristen Houghton: The Title of Mom

2012-05-10T16:45:08Z

Like the title of "Queen," mother is a name you have for life.

Read more: Raising Children, Motherhood, Mothers Day, Stepmother, Queen Mum, Love, Adoption, Mothers-Day-Pkg, Parents-Moms, Women News

Sherri Edwards: A Mother's Scorecard

2012-05-10T12:57:30Z

Year 7: Nothing will be more endearing than coming home to find your husband with his hair in barrettes having a tea party with your daughters.

Read more: Childhood Memories, Growing Up, Wisdom, Birthdays, Children, Mother's Day, Parents-Pregnancy, Parenting Lessons, Raising Children, Pregnancy, Motherhood, Childhood, Parents-Babies, Babies, Mothers, Grandmothers, Teenagers, Mothers and Daughters, Parenting Challenges, Parents-Dads, Parents-Kids, Parents-Toddlers, Parents-Moms, Childbirth, Parents News

5 Money Tips From Savvy Financial Moms

2012-05-10T07:52:49Z

CHICAGO — Moms are on the front lines of doling out allowances and shaping their children's money habits.

And mothers who work in finance have ...

Read more: How to Save Money, Money Tips for Parents, Money Tips From Mothers, Money Tips for Mothers, How Parents Can Save Money, Parents-Moms, Parents News

Cory Zacker: My Mother, Myself

2012-05-09T09:59:18Z

When my son was younger and deep in the throes of a textbook Oedipal Complex, he looked at me with all sincerity and said, "Mom, why did you marry Dad? Why didn't you wait for me?"

Read more: Motherhood, Mother, Role Model, Children, Pregnancy, Maternal, Oedipus, Mother's Day, Mothers-Day-Pkg, Oedipal Complex, Mother-Son Relationship, Parents-Moms, Parents News

Christine Carter, PhD: Top 10 Qualities of a Good Mother

2012-05-07T13:40:55Z

Are you a great mama? Do you have a great mom? Are you married to one? At the very least, I know you know a great mother. Which of these qualities are your -- or her -- particular strengths?

Read more: Mom, Parenting, Mother's Day, Advice for Moms, Good Parenting, How to Be a Good Parent, Parenting Advice, Parents-Moms, Parenthood, Mothers-Day-Pkg, Parents News

Lori Fradkin: What I've Finally Started To Tell My Mom

2012-05-07T08:38:43Z

It is only as I've become an adult -- an adult who is constantly observing and analyzing relationships -- that I've been able to look at my situation and recognize how much my parents got right.

Read more: Mother's Day, Mothers-Day-Pkg, Moms, Mother's Day 2012, Family, Parents-Moms, Parents, Women News

Jennifer Handford: A Family Tree Grows Branches

2012-05-04T12:53:55Z

My daughter is fractional shares of English and Irish and Dutch and Russian and German. But she's also Chinese.

Read more: Motherhood, Jennifer-Handford, International Adoption, Daughters-for-a-Time, Adoption, Mothers and Daughters, Parents-Moms, Parents, Parents News