Money & Work
The New-Mom’s Guide to Finding Part-Time Work
Amalah answers one of her most frequently asked questions… how do you find meaningful part-time work that allows you to have that elusive work-life balance? Where do you start?
Toddler
I WILL Be There When She Walks (and Other Milestone Myths I Perpetuated)
Worried you might miss her first steps? Here’s how to ensure that you will witness those first milestones.
Big Kid
Teens: Learning To Let Go
Micromanagement is my middle name, but as my kids approach adulthood I’m actively scaling back so they can shine in spite of me.
Big Kid
Motherhood (And Personhood) In Flux
I thought that once my kids were nearly grown I’d have everything figured out, but the truth is that as they change, I do, too, and I’m still figure it out.
Big Kid
Senior Year of High School: The Flip Side Of Struggle
Will I be sad during my oldest’s high school senior year? No way — the gift her struggles gave us turns out to be an abundant appreciation of forward movement.
Young Child
Frustrated No More (Except With Ourselves)
Amalah uses a celebratory Advice Smackdown update for some self-reflection on our own hard-earned parenting achievements, as imperfectly won as they may have come.
Parenting
On Becoming The Yes Mom
Parenting is full of a lot of “No’s” but it doesn’t have to be. Kristen shares how she turned a lot more of them into “Yes.”
Toddler
When “SAHM” Stands For Stressed-Out Anxious Homebound Mom
A SAHM is on the brink of cracking and needs some immediate advice on how to get some relief and help with her very young and attention-seeking children.
Parenting
On Motherhood, Love, Happiness and Reality
Given the recent attention to mothers confessing secretly about hating motherhood, I thought it was time to ‘fess up to my own secret of parenting.
Parenting
Getting Rid of the Shoulds
Let’s make a pact to remove this word from our vocabularies. Shoulds make you feel like a failure and get in the way of you appreciating what you actually do.
Baby
Is It Really Different When It’s Your Own Child?
After spending time with my friends’ needy, clingy children, I am having second thoughts about parenthood. Will I really feel that differently about my own baby?
Young Child
It’s A New School Year For Parents, Too
Kids are heading back to school and we have some helpful advice to help parents start their kids’ school year off on the right foot.
Baby
A Chat With Myself As a New Mother
I hope you understand that you’re doing the best you can right now. You really are. But all of the tears, the worrying, the agonizing, the self-doubt? Useless.
Parenting
Ten (+ one) Commandments of Motherhood
We all struggle with different areas of motherhood. There is no such thing as a perfect mother. We all have different strengths. We all have our weaknesses.
Big Kid
Mothering Meltdowns, Revisited
Are you willing to risk relationships with the words you chose to write online? What if those relationships are with your children?
Parenting
Mothering Meltdowns, Keep Them to Yourself
Enough with the bad mother stories. I want to read about the simple joys of being a parent. I want to read people who inspire me to be a better parent.
Big Kid
Forgiving Others Is Easy, What About Forgiving Yourself
This year I am going to let go of the things that I feel guilty about and forgive my own shortcomings. What would forgiving yourself look like?
Pregnancy
An Unexpected SAHM Detour
I’m pregnant. I planned to work, take leave and go back to work. But then I got laid off.
Your Life
Not All Moms Are Mothers
It’s time to sing the praises of the women who are your mother figures — even if their “official” title says something different.
Big Kid
The Boundary Between You and Your Child
What no one tell you is that while you are longing for some space, one day the roles will reverse. You will be the needy one in the relationship.