motherhood

How we can model resilience during the pandemic for our kids

Let go of "ideal" and parent for the real.

Today is Black Women’s Equal Pay day—here’s what that means

Black women must work seven additional months in order to catch up to white men.

Mothers are the ultimate ‘essential workers’

This pandemic has pushed us to see how much they actually do.

How I’m prepping for the hardest school year ever

Part of it means I need to prioritize myself.

To the true friends I made in my 20s

Your friendship has been so redeeming.

Dear firstborn—thanks for showing me the way

You are the incredible gift who gave me my cherished title of ‘mother.’

I refuse to feel guilty for bottle feeding my baby

Bottle feeding my baby allowed me to take care of my mental health.

Baby’s first photo: 22 of the sweetest newborn pictures

Every picture will captivate your heart.

My kids are not going back to physical school—and I’m okay with that

This is an incredibly hard season of our life and I will not let my children's academic success be a major source of stress in our lives.

I wasn’t sure if I wanted to have kids—so here’s what I did

We asked our three most pessimistic friends who have kids whether it's worth it or not

I pulled out my childhood toys for my kids—and it was magical

Letting go as a parent, and witnessing my children as themselves, transported me back to my own childhood.

We are one and done—and we planned it that way

I didn't forget to have children. I just had a child. One child.

8 ways mamas can stop doomscrolling and feel better, fast

We're telling you this with love, mama: Put down your phone. Please.

I had to quit my job to help my family get through this pandemic

It was unsustainable for me to be a working mom during the peak of the pandemic.

Parenting during the coronavirus is a completely new level of burnout

I am being consumed, not only by pandemic fatigue, but also by decision fatigue with no end in sight.

Sometimes I miss normalcy so badly it hurts

One day, it will come back. But not yet.

Moms deserve a gold medal for pandemic multitasking

But just because moms can stretch to this extent, does not mean we should long-term.

To my friend who just had a miscarriage: This is what I want you to know

You carried life, mama. I hope you will learn to trust your body again one day.

We eat about a credit card’s worth of plastic every week

And other things we learned from our chat with Blueland's founder.

Parenting in shifts has been our coping strategy during quarantine

My partner and I take turns in taking care of our kids, and it's taught me even more about parenting in the long term.