This book is a meditation about what unconditional love offers both recipient and giver. By Sarah Buttenwieser
Relationship Books
Ten books to help both adults and children navigate the complexities of life as a blended family. By Olivia Watson
Motherwell features twelve of our favorite reads of the year. Memoir, advice, fiction, and more!
One of the rules in group therapy is no secrets. The members become your support system, and everyone can talk about anything they want, without limitations.
Ada Calhoun gives a voice to middle-age struggles—and empowers a generation of women who were raised to “have it all.”
Eve Rodsky’s book Fair Play presents a hands-on, systematic solution to how to share the division of labor at home.
Sixteen of the best books that offer a unique insight into parenting in our ever-changing modern world.
Ten of the best books out there that will help make the work of parenting easier, less worrisome, and more fun.
So much of who we are has to do with how we think about our own parents and our own childhood.
I didn’t have my therapist hat on when my son went through his grief—I was just his mom, muddling through it alongside him. By Lori Gottlieb
Stephanie Land’s daughter learned to walk in a homeless shelter. In her debut memoir, she tells the story of how they survived.
Make sure your children have time together without you. Encourage their collective independence. By KJ Dell’Antonia
I’d tried to make my sons do various jobs over the years, all with disastrous results. By David McGlynn
Coming to peace with the reality that you can’t make your kid do things is actually liberating. By William Stixrud and Ned Johnson
Motherwell interviews Andrea Jarrell about her debut memoir, which touches on themes of motherhood, desire and vulnerability.
It made me spitting mad, the way the daily duties of parenting and home ownership began to rest entirely on me.
By Hope Edelman
While American parents are talking to their daughters about the risks of sex, the Dutch are talking about the joys of intimacy.
By Peggy Orenstein
Peggy Orenstein’s Girls & Sex is a deftly executed, non-judgemental cultural commentary on the complexities of female adolescent sexuality.
By Lauren Apfel