Features

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Life

The People Saying “You’re Going To Miss This” Are Just Trying To Connect

by Samantha Darby

It doesn’t mean you’re doing anything wrong by wishing away an hour or a day or even a year.

Mom Jocks

Tia Blanco Loves Surfing Even More Now That She’s A Mom

by Kaitlin Kimont

“I just always go back to the things that made me fall in love with the sport in the first place.”

Life

My Daughter Texted Me To Ask If I'd Had An Abortion

by Sarah Erdreich

"It’s not a secret, but I didn’t think that you were ready to know about it yet.”

Life

Emily Oster Helped Us Expect Better. What If The Worst Comes To Pass?

by Katie Coleman

The Unexpected, Oster’s new book with co-author Dr. Nathan Fox, M.D., takes on pregnancy anxieties that can’t be dismissed by data.

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rejection

The Three Long Years When My Baby Hated Me

by Anna Hogeland

Precisely when we finished weaning, her parental preference shifted dramatically, and in favor of my husband.

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Parenting

If I Only Have One Kid, Am I Even A Real Mom?

by Jana Pollack

And other ways I judge myself.

mom jocks

Sydney Leroux Brings New Meaning To The Phrase “Soccer Mom”

by Melissa Dahl

When Leroux had her children, the National Women’s Soccer League had no formal parental leave policy in place and very few colleagues could give her advice.

Pregnancy

The New Moms Who Have Had Enough Of Birth Control

by Melissa Dahl

“My body has been through the wringer. I have done my part.”

babies

New Moms Live & Die By Wake Windows, But There’s No Proof They Work

by Katie McPherson

“It just doesn’t work for everybody. It’s not magic.”

the discourse

My Mother’s Parenting Books From The ‘80s Are A Revelation

by Lucy Morris

To read them now is to enter into another, more human way of thinking about what happens between parents and children.