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Battling breast cancer: For your family and yourself

“When I was diagnosed with breast cancer, the first thing you think…

Feeling the call of motherhood—and the magic of pregnancy

“It wasn’t until we went for the first ultrasound that it really…

New report: 1 in 5 women have left the workforce since the pandemic began

Report: "The burden of the coronavirus pandemic is falling hardest on women."

7 empowering support groups for Black breastfeeding moms

Here's where Black moms can get support for their breastfeeding journey.

It’s not your imagination: childcare slots are super hard to find right now.

File under "already-difficult things the pandemic has made much, much worse."

Toxic positivity doesn’t fix how much moms are burnt out—it only makes things worse

Insisting that mothers be happy and positive all the time does not permit us to recognize or fix the foundational problems.

We knew the childcare crisis was coming—it took a pandemic for lawmakers to listen

This year has brought so much stress and sadness, but it's also brought an opportunity to reimagine education and childcare.

Nearly 8 million Americans can’t work because they don’t have childcare

Lawmakers need to step up, starting with passing two pieces of legislation heading to the House this week.

We’re facing a massive childcare shortage—and women of color are paying the price

Sixty percent of businesses in the childcare industry are minority-owned, but historically these workers are vastly underpaid and under appreciated. As Motherly reported last year, on average, America's childcare workers make less than Amazon delivery drivers.

American mothers are drowning and no one is stepping up to help them

Seventy-four percent of mothers say they feel mentally worse since the pandemic began, according to our recent COVID-19 survey.

Please stop telling burned-out moms to ‘just have a glass of wine’

We're expected to do it all, and then a big glass of wine will make everything better—but we know this isn't true.

Motherly’s 2020 State of Motherhood survey results

Our third annual State of Motherhood survey is in.

Moms are multitasking more than ever before and it’s burning us out

We can't keep this up forever.

Why protecting your mental health is so important right now

It's okay to create boundaries for the sake of your mental health, mama.

The mental load of motherhood is about to get so much worse

Tonight I'm crying for myself and all the other mothers who just found out school is closed. All the moms who are making frantic phone calls right now, trying to rearrange their lives while people tell them to "relax."

8 productivity strategies for moms who are stressed about doing it all

Most productivity advice feels like it's not written for moms—these tips are different.

Living in the age of ‘continuous parenting’ is burning out parents

Everyone deserves boundaries.

88% of parents say being a parent is harder than ever

Luckily there's a lot we can do to make it easier—like giving ourselves a break on self-imposed expectations, and allowing some room for grace.

2020 is the year things get better for moms

Here's what needs to happen.

We’re declaring 2020 the #yearofthemother

It's time.