How Pretending We Can Control Our Kids’ Happiness Fuels Mom Guilt
Why has motherhood joined death and religion as something that can only be joked about carefully? Exaggerating a mom’s power burdens her with more responsibility than she can fulfill.
Why Bonnie Hunt Is The Greatest Movie Mom Of All Time
This Mother’s Day, let’s acknowledge that Bonnie Hunt is more than simply a wonderful actress. She’s nothing less than the greatest ‘movie mom’ of all time.
Parents Who Lost A Child Need A Day Of Remembrance Like Mother’s And Father’s Day
These holidays can be extremely difficult times for angel parents—parents who have lost their children. We all can help support them better.
The 10 Tunes On This Playlist Will Make Your Mother’s Day Sing
Here you’ll find a playlist that combines conventional Mother’s Day tunes with others that might not tug at the heartstrings but are still germane to the topic.
World’s Best Mother Gives Advice On Motherhood
This Mother’s Day, I’m delighted to share some of my mom’s advice on parenting for all the mothers out there who need it!
Problematic Women Episode 44: My Mom Explains The Origins Of Mother’s Day
In this week’s episode of Problematic Women, my mom joined Kelsey and I to give us a history lesson of the origins of Mother’s Day.
8 Last-Minute Gifts To Help You Rock Mother’s And Father’s Day
Yes, you can get them the standard gift certificate for a spa day or yet another tie, but allow us to encourage a different approach this year. Get them something useful.
5 Perfect Mother’s Day Gift Themes And Ideas
I recently asked a bunch of my mom friends from all walks and stages of life: If they could have anything on Mother’s Day, what would it be? Here are their answers.
Ivanka’s Government Maternity Leave Ideas Will Hurt American Women
The government-driven maternity leave policies the Trump family has been boosting will punish mothers, husbands, and childless women.
Let’s Realize As Moms That Work-Life Balance Just Doesn’t Exist
Career-focused feminists give moms a hard time for abandoning career acclaim. But we all must make choices with the limited time and opportunities we have.
5 Last-Minute Mother’s Day Gifts
Here’s your list. Print it out, circle one, and get the mothers in your life something lovely for Mother’s Day.
Why So Many Mothers Secretly Loathe Mother’s Day
To have one day to ‘honor’ mothers is to fail to even attempt to understand all mothers do. It’s to take a gargantuan task and turn it into a tea as if somehow that makes it all worthwhile.
The New Skittles Umbilical Cord Ad Makes Me Want To Barf, Not Buy Skittles
To celebrate Mother’s Day, Skittles just released an ad that is the stuff of vomit-inducing nightmares.
10 American Mothers Who Changed The World
Despite the popular trope that to be an important woman you need to focus on reproduction, these women have had varied and rich contributions to all facets of society.
Mother’s Day Is Not The Time To Justify Your Abortion
A few women insist they’re proud to have killed the visible manifestation of the plain reality that they are mothers.
6 Tips To Prevent Mother’s Day Disappointment
Like most holidays, Mother’s Day can come loaded with high expectations for us moms. Protect yourself from the inevitable disappointment, because no day is ever perfect.
This Week In Weird Twitter, Volume 49
Gather ‘round, children, and imbibe the ceremonial drink of mothers everywhere.
A Little Mother Prevents Big Brother
Mothers are the ultimate force for de-centralizing and distributing power in society. That’s the best reason to celebrate Mother’s Day—perpetually.
What Happens When Incarcerated Mothers Read To Their Children
The Women’s Storybook Project of Texas, a nonprofit based in Austin, helps imprisoned mothers record themselves reading books to their children.
How To Buy Something She Actually Wants For Mother’s Day
Start with the glitter-glue cards from the kids or grandkids, of course. You, however, should stop buying tacky dish towels and yet another bottle of lotion for Mother’s Day.
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