Girls in my cult were drilled, above all else, to give up our sense of selves. By Tamara MC
A family can visit a museum for less money than a movie—and far less than a theme park. By Linda Moore
I want to swoop in and re-wire the part of my son’s brain that thinks something is wrong with his body. By Kathleen Dunlap
He reminded me that there was more than one route to any destination. By Kaci Mason
I thought that if I could just find the right nanny, my life would be perfect. By Jennifer E. Rizzo
As a teenager, I absorbed the message that birth control revolved around the female body. By Billy Kilgore
The backlash against formula manufacturers isn’t about antibodies or probiotics. It’s about money. By Marie Holmes
Should I really be telling my daughter to delete her period tracker apps? By Ellen Friedrichs
“If you go back,” my twelve-year-old said, “say I’m sorry *if* I mis-gendered you.” By Kim Anton
The formula recall came days after I quit breastfeeding. By Samantha Schlemm
With my breasts and belly so exaggerated, the rest of me felt diminished. By Jennie Rabinowitz
As mothers, we are so good at keeping things beautiful and wrapped up in a bow. By Jillayna Adamson
Motherwell talks to advocate Natalie Silverstein about how to get teens to give back.
I tell my students: if something feels wrong, it probably is. By Ellen Friedrichs
Be ready to take questions, and try to fill in those blanks before your kid’s imagination does it for you. By Marie Holmes
I’m running out of fingers on my hands to count the students I’ve lost to gun violence. By Emily James
Somewhere deep down, these girls sense that rage is exactly the right thing to feel. By Nan Mooney
I want the roses as much as I hate them. By Leslie Stonebraker
Motherwell talks to Jungian psychologist Lisa Marchiano about her new book, and motherhood as a journey of self-discovery.
My five-year-old didn’t punch that girl because he’s bad. He did it because she was there. By Laura Wheatman Hill
To stand with your kid, in radical acceptance, is one of the hardest things a parent can do. By Amanda Diekman
They are the “most sleep-deprived group of any individuals the world has ever seen.” By Molly Wadzeck Kraus
Vacuuming provides a semblance of safety that I don’t often get when I am with my son. By Tommy Mulvoy
My daughter’s emerging identity—the fluidity she wanted to embody—seemed to be taking her away from me. By Shelly R. Fredman
My memories of growing up with gay parents in the early 2000s are fraught, confused, kaleidoscopic. By m.m. gumbin