Skip to content

Telling all sides of the parenting story
Main navigation
  • About
    • Submit
    • Editorial Services
    • Contact
    • Donate
  • New! Motherwell Books
  • Newsletter
    • Sign up!
    • Past Issues
  • Family
    • Fertility
    • Pregnancy
    • New Motherhood
    • Kids
    • Teens
    • Empty Nest
  • Culture
    • News
    • Work-Life Balance
    • Gender
    • Education
    • Food
    • LGBTQ
    • Pandemic
  • Parenting Challenges
    • Grief/Loss
    • Special Needs
    • Education
    • Mental Health
    • Relationships
    • Teens
    • Toddlers
  • Parenting Advice

women

The dreaded question for women like me, what do you do for a living?

woman working from home, child in foreground
Read More

There’s a certain emotional security that comes with having a glamorous job title. By Chiazo Obiudu

October 18, 2021 Culture

Women and caregiving in the pandemic, there’s hope on the other side

person in glove wiping surface of sink in modern bathroom
Read More

We didn’t ask for this new life, this set of unattainable demands and responsibilities. By Karen Paul

March 4, 2021 Culture, Parenting Challenges

A man asked me to smile, this is what I think about it

Read More

I’m solidly in midlife now, and I have been handing out smiles to men upon request for decades. By Mary Janevic

March 31, 2020 Culture

Motherwell talks to best-selling author Ada Calhoun

book cover why we can't sleep ada calhoun
Read More

Ada Calhoun gives a voice to middle-age struggles—and empowers a generation of women who were raised to “have it all.”

March 30, 2020 Books, Culture

When early menopause and life events strike at the same time

Read More

I said goodbye to two decades’ worth of resources and relationships. It seemed perfectly appropriate for my emotions to go haywire. By Nicole Melanson

October 22, 2019 Parenting Challenges

Learning how to prioritize my time in mid-life

Read More

The mental space freed up by not giving a shit? It’s delicious. By Sophfronia Scott

April 24, 2019 Books, Culture

The day I stopped trying to make my father happy

Read More

Dad never had to say he disapproved of my upcoming marriage. It was clear from everything he did. By Elizabeth Margaret Newdom

December 6, 2018 Family

My rapist’s name is John

Read More

If I saw him now, I doubt I could pick him out of a line-up. By April Vázquez

October 1, 2018 Culture

Practicing who I will be when my kids are out of the house

A sketch of a woman's head with her face a palette of painted colours
Read More

When the children are gone will I be something flimsier, something less than I was before? By Lauren Apfel

September 19, 2017 Family, Parenting Challenges
Powered by WordPress.com.
Footer navigation
  • Contact
  • Submit
Secondary navigation
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Pinterest
  • Instagram
  • Sign up for our newsletter
  • Email us
  • Search

Begin typing your search above and press return to search. Press Esc to cancel.