Why Being the “Fun Mom” Does Not Work and What To Do Instead
I’ve had the experience and heard many mothers share it of trying to be “fun.” When you go out of your way […]
Laura Vanderkam’s “I Know How She Does It”: Time Tracking and the Stories We Tell Ourselves
Laura Vanderkam is a married mother of five, time management expert, and concise and insightful writer. Though it’s been several years since […]
Margaret Kennedy’s “The Feast”: A Perfect Beach Read?
Reading on the beach is a careful art, made all the more perilous when you have children to keep track of. Books […]
Effortless: The Complex Art of Soft Life
It’s another year of “Soft Girl Summer,” a season of relishing feminine pursuits and the finer side of life. I enthusiastically proclaimed […]
The Wonder Babies Evolve: Leaving Daycare
Last year, I was intrigued by a line in an article about the superhuman wonder babies of a “pronatalist” couple of almost […]
Equality: When Girls Get Drafted
Did you know? Congress has finally done it. Per a recent military spending bill, girls will now be automatically registered for the […]
Valerie Shore’s “The Compleat Woman”: Marriage, Motherhood, and Career
Perhaps one of the best kinds of friends one can ask for in life is the friend who always has books to […]
Who Is Nara Smith and Why Do People Find her “Dangerous”?
The “trad wife” trend has taken the world by storm and muddied the waters for any meaningful discussion of gender roles. Noticeably, […]
Spiritual Reading to Nourish a Mother’s Heart
I recently found myself the only person in a room who had not spent multiple weeks of the past year touring New […]
The “Good Enough Mother”: Tough, Not Cold
People who present a positive view of motherhood are accused of idealizing motherhood in a way that is somehow harmful. This is, […]