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Relationships

It takes a village, and we're here to help you navigate yours. With advice about finding a village or maintaining yours to diving into family dynamics and the intimate relationship with your partner, we'll help you nurture and strengthen the bonds that matter most to you.

Marriage & Partnerships

Miss Rachel
Marriage & Partnerships

Ms. Rachel went viral for this powerful truth about marriage and parenthood

Updated Jan. 23, 2025
Marriage & Partnerships, Celebrity News, News, Relationships
Marriage after kids: A couple holding hands
Relationships

The honest truth about how my marriage has changed since having kids

If you asked me how my marriage has changed since having kids, I’d say we have learned how to communicate with each other more effectively.

Updated Dec. 23, 2024
Relationships, Marriage & Partnerships
viral instagram post: need a man who wants to be a husband and a father not have a wife and kids
Viral & Trending

You need a man who wants to be a husband and a father—not have a wife and kids

It takes a village, and we're here to help you navigate yours.…

Updated Dec. 03, 2024
Viral & Trending, Marriage & Partnerships, News, Relationships
Parallel parenting
Parenting

Parallel parenting: A practical guide to finding peace after separation

It takes a village, and we're here to help you navigate yours.…

Updated Nov. 26, 2024
Parenting, Marriage & Partnerships, Relationships, Single Parenting
TikTok video explaining nagging
Viral & Trending

Viral video brilliantly explains the ‘nag paradox’ and why it causes couples to fight

"You're not a nag for wanting partnership."

Updated Jul. 11, 2024
Viral & Trending, Marriage & Partnerships
couple sitting on a couch with two kids
Marriage & Partnerships

To my partner: One day, we’ll miss all of this

But right now we have all this. All this beauty. All this wonder. All this joy. Right at our fingertips.

Updated Sep. 03, 2024
Marriage & Partnerships, Motherly Stories

Community & Friendship

viral instagram post on texting mom friends
Viral & Trending

Why texting back takes 3–5 business days for moms—and the viral video that sums it up

It takes a village, and we're here to help you navigate yours.…

Updated Dec. 03, 2024
Viral & Trending, Community & Friendship, News, Relationships
mom holding her newborn baby in a nursery - first of my friends to have a baby
Community & Friendship

I’m the friend who had kids first. Here’s what I wish my other friends had known

Understand that your mama friend still needs you.

Updated Oct. 04, 2024
Community & Friendship, Motherly Stories
two close friends hugging
Motherly Stories

Here’s to the friends who stick around despite time and distance

These friends matter more than we realize.

Updated Sep. 06, 2024
Motherly Stories, Community & Friendship
woman sitting on couch drinking coffee and thinking about toxic mom culture as she scrolls on her laptop
Community & Friendship

Toxic online mom culture is so draining—here’s how to keep your feed healthy for YOU

Understanding that not every mom you come across is going to support your choices will make it easier for you to take those mean comments as a grain of salt and keep it moving.

Updated Aug. 16, 2024
Community & Friendship, Motherly Stories

Blended Families

mom and daughter laughing on the couch on christmas - co parenting during the holidays
Blended Families

How to navigate the holidays when your kids have two homes

Updated Dec. 09, 2022
Blended Families, The Holidays
mom talking with kid offering step-parent advice
Blended Families

Step-parent advice: 10 ways to strengthen your relationship with your step-children

Living as a blended family can be beautiful, but it can also be a difficult journey.

Updated Sep. 06, 2024
Blended Families, Parenting
blended family spending time together
Blended Families

The 3 most important things you can do to ease the transition of blending your family

Change is hard, even for adults. Now imagine being a child, and having your entire world turned upside down—here's how you can help.

Updated Jan. 17, 2023
Blended Families
adele-wearing-gown-instagram
Celebrity News

Adele wrote a song for her son to help him understand her divorce

It takes a village, and we're here to help you navigate yours.…

Updated Oct. 07, 2021
Celebrity News, Blended Families, Life, News, Relationships, Single Parenting
dad and stepdad posing with daughter
Blended Families

These viral photos of a dad and stepdad are co-parenting #goals

David and Dylan made choices to cooperate instead of competing. To see each other not as the enemy, but as allies fighting for Willow's happiness. And those choices eventually made them friends and then family.

Updated Jun. 29, 2023
Blended Families, Viral & Trending
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Blended Families

This mom’s viral TikTok hack will make your child’s co-parenting schedule a whole lot easier

The wonders of a dry erase board and a simple formula can be easily replicated.

Updated Mar. 18, 2022
Blended Families, Viral & Trending

Grandparents & Extended Family

A newborn baby
Birth Stories

A grandmother helps deliver her grandson in a car—just hours after losing her own mother

The timing of Noah’s birth—just hours after the passing of his great-grandmother—felt like something more than coincidence.

Updated Mar. 05, 2025
Birth Stories, Birth, Grandparents & Extended Families, Relationships
photo recreated
Viral & Trending

Mom accidentally recreates childhood photo with grandparents—25 years later

It wasn’t just the pose that was eerily similar—Amelia was wearing the exact same white dress her mom had worn 25 years earlier.

Updated Mar. 05, 2025
Viral & Trending, Grandparents & Extended Families, News, Relationships
Grandmother
Viral & Trending

You won’t believe this grandma’s hilarious reaction to a pregnancy test mix-up

When the truth finally clicked—that her youngest grandchild was having a baby—her face transformed with the kind of joy that can’t be rehearsed.

Updated Feb. 10, 2025
Viral & Trending, Grandparents & Extended Families, Relationships
grandad's love and support
Grandparents & Extended Families

Grandpa skips to school with granddaughter to help single mom—and wins the Internet

In the TikTok video Samantha shared on her account, @samanthabrookex, she explains how her dad steps in on the days her mental health makes leaving the house difficult.

Updated Dec. 26, 2024
Grandparents & Extended Families, Health & Wellness, Mental Health, Parenting, Relationships, Single Parenting

The State of Motherhood

Motherly is the voice of modern motherhood, with an audience of more than 30 million users who consume Motherly content each month.

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Divorce

college drop-off - kid waving bye to mom
Motherly Stories

How shared custody prepared me for college drop-off

I stood there alone amidst the towering redwood trees waiting for the grief to hit. It didn’t.

Updated Oct. 02, 2024
Motherly Stories, Divorce
divorced parents with child happy
Divorce

I’m getting a divorce—why am I thriving compared to the other moms I know?

I am proud to say that I think we are building a better divorce than many people’s marriages—through open communication, putting our kids first and a high degree of mutual respect.

Updated Feb. 29, 2024
Divorce
Mom doing housework with baby in arms
Viral & Trending

Mom received an epic $215K divorce settlement for 25 years of unpaid housework—and we’re still clapping

Ivana Moral of Spain will be paid the sum by her ex-husband.

Updated Nov. 17, 2023
Viral & Trending, Divorce
young girl holding mom and dad's hands- divorce is hard
Divorce

The dangers of #DivorceGoals

Divorce is tricky. Divorce with kids involved is even trickier.

Updated Sep. 05, 2023
Divorce, Motherly Stories

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A drawing
Relationships

Grieving son cleans out late dad’s desk—what he finds after 25 years will move you

The image of the childhood drawing—a simple sketch of a green figure, likely inspired by an arcade game—hit home for thousands.

Updated Mar. 11, 2025
Relationships, News, Viral & Trending
A newborn baby
Birth Stories

A grandmother helps deliver her grandson in a car—just hours after losing her own mother

The timing of Noah’s birth—just hours after the passing of his great-grandmother—felt like something more than coincidence.

Updated Mar. 05, 2025
Birth Stories, Birth, Grandparents & Extended Families, Relationships
photo recreated
Viral & Trending

Mom accidentally recreates childhood photo with grandparents—25 years later

It wasn’t just the pose that was eerily similar—Amelia was wearing the exact same white dress her mom had worn 25 years earlier.

Updated Mar. 05, 2025
Viral & Trending, Grandparents & Extended Families, News, Relationships
Grandmother
Viral & Trending

You won’t believe this grandma’s hilarious reaction to a pregnancy test mix-up

When the truth finally clicked—that her youngest grandchild was having a baby—her face transformed with the kind of joy that can’t be rehearsed.

Updated Feb. 10, 2025
Viral & Trending, Grandparents & Extended Families, Relationships
Miss Rachel
Marriage & Partnerships

Ms. Rachel went viral for this powerful truth about marriage and parenthood

“There’s no Ms. Rachel without Mr. Aron.” That’s not hyperbole.

Updated Jan. 23, 2025
Marriage & Partnerships, Celebrity News, News, Relationships
Marriage after kids: A couple holding hands
Relationships

The honest truth about how my marriage has changed since having kids

If you asked me how my marriage has changed since having kids, I’d say we have learned how to communicate with each other more effectively.

Updated Dec. 23, 2024
Relationships, Marriage & Partnerships
Mom yelling at her kid
Parenting

Is yelling at your kids always harmful? Here’s the truth

Here’s what neuroscience and real-life parenting reveal about the impact of yelling—and how to approach it with nuance.

Updated Dec. 27, 2024
Parenting, Relationships
grandad's love and support
Grandparents & Extended Families

Grandpa skips to school with granddaughter to help single mom—and wins the Internet

In the TikTok video Samantha shared on her account, @samanthabrookex, she explains how her dad steps in on the days her mental health makes leaving the house difficult.

Updated Dec. 26, 2024
Grandparents & Extended Families, Health & Wellness, Mental Health, Parenting, Relationships, Single Parenting
Father daughter dance video TikTok
Viral & Trending

This grandpa has all of TikTok crying over a father/daughter dance—and we are not okay

In a viral video, we see a little girl get the father/daughter dance of her dreams, thanks to her incredible grandpa.

Updated Dec. 11, 2024
Viral & Trending, Grandparents & Extended Families, News, Relationships
Prince Harry and Megan Markle
Parenting

‘The life my mom wanted for me’: Prince Harry on generational healing in the U.S.

For Harry, this life is about more than where to live—his life in America represents a conscious decision to break generational patterns, prioritize his own well-being, and redefine what a happy, functional family looks like, royalty or not. 

Updated Dec. 05, 2024
Parenting, Grandparents & Extended Families, Relationships
viral instagram post on texting mom friends
Viral & Trending

Why texting back takes 3–5 business days for moms—and the viral video that sums it up

It takes a village, and we're here to help you navigate yours.…

Updated Dec. 03, 2024
Viral & Trending, Community & Friendship, News, Relationships
viral instagram post: need a man who wants to be a husband and a father not have a wife and kids
Viral & Trending

You need a man who wants to be a husband and a father—not have a wife and kids

It takes a village, and we're here to help you navigate yours.…

Updated Dec. 03, 2024
Viral & Trending, Marriage & Partnerships, News, Relationships
Relationship advice: A couple holding hands
Relationships

Gentle partnering: The relationship strategy you didn’t know you needed

Here’s how the framework of centering yourself, validating others, and collaboratively solving problems has worked for me—and how you can try it too.

Updated Nov. 28, 2024
Relationships
Parallel parenting
Parenting

Parallel parenting: A practical guide to finding peace after separation

It takes a village, and we're here to help you navigate yours.…

Updated Nov. 26, 2024
Parenting, Marriage & Partnerships, Relationships, Single Parenting
Kaitlin Klimmer
Viral & Trending

‘My marriage doesn’t come before my kids’: The viral post sparking a family-priority debate

It takes a village, and we're here to help you navigate yours.…

Updated Nov. 22, 2024
Viral & Trending, News, Relationships
A picture of a woman with her hands on her head in frustration
Life

Can men really see the mess? Inside moms’ invisible labor at home

What science reveals about the phenomenon of “dirt blindness."

Updated Oct. 29, 2024
Life, Relationships
mom holding her newborn baby in a nursery - first of my friends to have a baby
Community & Friendship

I’m the friend who had kids first. Here’s what I wish my other friends had known

Understand that your mama friend still needs you.

Updated Oct. 04, 2024
Community & Friendship, Motherly Stories
college drop-off - kid waving bye to mom
Motherly Stories

How shared custody prepared me for college drop-off

I stood there alone amidst the towering redwood trees waiting for the grief to hit. It didn’t.

Updated Oct. 02, 2024
Motherly Stories, Divorce
grandmother holding her grandchild while mom looks over - modern parenting
Grandparents & Extended Families

Don’t feel guilty for reminding your kids’ grandparents they need to update their parenting skills

With studies and findings to support best practices for raising our children, it’s our job to make sure that everyone who will be in our kids’ lives are aware of those things

Updated Sep. 20, 2024
Grandparents & Extended Families, Motherly Stories
Grandma explains why she won't buy gifts for her grandkids
Viral & Trending

Grandma explains why she doesn’t buy gifts for her grandkids in viral TikTok

"I just remember when my children were younger, all the LEGOs, all the Barbie shoes, all the little things that just got thrown away."

Updated Sep. 15, 2024
Viral & Trending, Grandparents & Extended Families
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