No, The Trump Administration Didn’t Oppose Breastfeeding At The World Health Organization
As with much media coverage of the Trump administration, The New York Times’ extremely negative story elided crucial facts, was based on anonymous sources, and contained false information.
What Mark Driscoll Should Have Tweeted About Saint Mary To Comfort Guilty Moms
By saying that Mary’s failings weren’t enough to derail her son’s development, Mark Driscoll accepted the Catholic premise that Christ’s work was dependent on Mary’s moral state, rather than on his nature alone.
15 Years Later, ‘Sweet Home Alabama’s’ Baby In A Bar Is A Lifestyle, Not A Laugh Line
I cannot tell you how many young-mom friends of mine have referenced this scene as we talk about our adventures juggling life, friends, work, and family.
FDA: To Keep Your Kid From Getting A Peanut Allergy, Introduce Peanuts Early
A ‘landmark’ clinical trial finds parents could reduce by 80 percent a susceptible child’s risk of later developing a peanut allergy if they introduce peanut butter to their babies early.
Even Facebook Babywearing Groups Are Purging Members Who Object To Politics In Everything
Being a parent is exhausting enough. I don’t need the thought and speech police on top of it. Yet here they are, in my babywearing groups on Facebook.
Free Range Parents Are Scapegoats For Parents Scared They Aren’t God
If we can find out whom to blame and avoid their mistakes, then those horrible, awful child-abduction, battery-swallowing, sudden-infant-death nightmares will never come true for us.
‘Bad Moms’ Is A Fun Yet Shallow Look At Momtroversies
Moms who go see ‘Bad Moms’ may find a fun break from their humdrum day-to-day worries, but they won’t find any real solutions to the frustrations they deal with.
Should Companies Offer Employees Time Off To Find Themselves?
The women of The Federalist discuss a new book, “Meternity,” that argues women should get extended time off paid work without having to give birth first.
Why Moms, Like College Students, Can’t Handle Criticism
Feminism and trigger warnings have taught millennials to react instead of shrug it off when people disagree.
Money Can’t Express A Mother’s Value
No matter how many government programs we create for mothers, nothing can compensate for freeing women to make their own choices.
Time For The Right To Stop The School Fight
School wars have become the new mommy wars, especially for conservatives. Can’t we drop the snark and express some solidarity?
Why The Mommy Wars Are Good For Us
The debates and discussions—even the outright screaming matches— of the mommy wars are an opportunity to learn, adjust, and grow.
In 2015, Resolve To Stop Comparing Motherhood To A Job
We measure careers by earnings, specialization, and competition for entry. But motherhood deserves entirely different criteria for respect.
Why Are So Many Midwives And Doulas Pro-Abortion?
For midwives or doulas to support abortion contradicts their usual pro-woman, pro-baby attitudes.
How Hillary Clinton Is Amping The Pressure On Chelsea And Charlotte
It’s hard enough to be a modern mother without your own mother using you and your child as a political campaign focal point.
Four Ways Three Children Are Easier Than Two
Three children is the point at which so many bad but popular ideas for women and children finally fall.
What Men And Women Think About Public Breastfeeding
Boobs are wonderful, but they aren’t anything to get all worked up over during breastfeeding debates.
Breast Is Best; Formula Is Poison
Nursing or formula in a bottle—exactly which feeding method earns disapproving looks?