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Can’t we just say no to overscheduling our kids?

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I’m not sure when doing nothing after school fell out of favor. As a kid, I was a pro at nothing. We all were. By Francie Arenson Dickman

February 1, 2018 Culture, Parenting Challenges

Is raising children “the hardest job in the world”?

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We can honor the importance of caregiving without taking away from the difficulties of balancing caregiving with a career outside the home. By Laura Longhine

October 26, 2017 Culture

Excerpt: Shonda Rhimes on the greeting cards mothers really need

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I don’t think it ever occurred to me how much and how often women are praised for displaying traits that basically render them invisible. By Shonda Rhimes

October 17, 2017 Books, Culture

On not leaning in, but not leaning out

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I don’t want advancement. I just want to do a good job each day and go home without guilt. By Brianne DeRosa

October 9, 2017 Culture

On opting out and not having it all

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Having a kid before establishing a career was part luck and part madness. By Lauren Apfel

October 6, 2017 Culture

Showing my children that dreams can change

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The sparks of ambition, even in the middle of life, can become flames. By Sonya Spillmann

October 5, 2017 Culture

Navigating my ambition as a single mother

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My own aspirations weren’t as important as buying groceries. I had my daughters 80 percent of the time. By Katherine Sargent

October 4, 2017 Culture

Following the fishing line of my ambition

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Before I had kids, my mother told me: “Your career is the only thing you will ever have that is entirely your own.” By Adrienne So

October 3, 2017 Culture

Choosing to have children, choosing not to

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Motherhood has become so consuming to me that I find it hard not to project onto others a desire for the sense of purpose it offers.
By Lauren Apfel

August 31, 2017 Culture, Parenting Challenges

Challenging the stereotypes of the invisible workload

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From sitcoms to memes, the mom runs the show while the dad can hardly remember the kids’ birthdays.
By Kathleen Siddell

August 9, 2017 Culture

On being a part-time working mom

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Mothers are not static entities. We evolve in this role, as in any other.
By Lauren Apfel

July 25, 2017 Culture

How to RSVP when you are going through IVF

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Sorry, can’t make it to the sorority reunion. My thermometer says I’m ovulating!
By Amy Klein

April 13, 2017 Family, Obstacles, Parenting Challenges

Teaching kids that women can work and be moms at the same time

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We were unwittingly showing our daughter that being a mother excludes other possibilities.
By K.C. Willivee

February 28, 2017 Culture

The myth of co-parenting

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It made me spitting mad, the way the daily duties of parenting and home ownership began to rest entirely on me.
By Hope Edelman

January 19, 2017 Books, Parenting Challenges

Why our kids need others to love them

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Caregiving, which is typically undervalued and underpaid, needs to be given the respect it deserves.
By Vicki Larson

October 4, 2016 Parenting Challenges

Lamenting the loss of summer for college kids

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A summer internship might help my daughter narrow down her career options, but I think she needs a break from the stress of her freshman year. By Randi Olin

June 13, 2016 Family, Parenting Challenges

The irreconcilable dreams of a working mother

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I am a mother and I am a lawyer. I don’t know how to reconcile these parts of myself, and I feel very alone in this struggle.
By Carinn Jade

May 1, 2016 Culture

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