moms

“Our culture literally abandons new moms, and I think that’s really traumatic for people. And if you go through trauma, why would you want to do that so many times?” said Leah, a mom interviewed in the new book, Hannah’s Children: The Women…

Last month, Brittany Patterson, a mother of four, was arrested. Her crime? For a short period of time, she did not know where her 10-year-old son was, and he walked less than a mile from home. According to local police, “anything could have…

A version of this post first appeared in The Girl’s Guide. The Christmas season is a great time not only to show love to your family and friends but also to show love to small businesses that support American workers and industry. Who…

After more than two decades at NBC, “Today” show anchor Hoda Kotb announced she’s jumping off the career treadmill to raise her children. I know how she feels. So do the majority of America’s mothers. However, raising our own…

Finding out that my child was going to die was a jarring experience. The doctor saw the problem with our baby and turned off the ultrasound. “This baby has no chance of survival.” So much for the bedside manner. I was reminded of him, and…

It’s 3 p.m., and I’ve just pulled into the carpool line to pick up my two older children from school when a client calls. We’re in the middle of negotiating a multi-six-figure deal, so I take the call. We discuss the big picture of the…

Your mom spent 365 days a year taking care of you — the least you can do is get her a little something to make her smile on Mother’s Day! (And yes, dads, this applies to the mother of your children, too.) If there’s one thing about moms…

“Should I have a baby?” reads the subject line of a recent newsletter email from Emily Oster, the economist-turned-parent advice expert who rose to fame by telling anxious moms-to-be they can stop freaking out about ingesting sushi or wine…

Women face incredible pressure to suppress our conservative inclinations. A recent national survey by the KAConsulting Group on behalf of the Clare Boothe Luce Center for Conservative Women reveals this truth and suggests what lies behind…

I knew media bias runs rampant across our nation, but it runs equally as biased in my home state of South Dakota. South Dakota Searchlight published a recent hit piece by business reporter Makenzie Huber titled, “Physicians feel ‘trapped’…