Parenting
Motherhood in the First Years of a Child's Life
Motherhood during early childhood is a particular kind of intense. You're physically present with a dependent being constantly. You're the primary sou...
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Parenting
Why a Mother Should Not Be an Endless Resource
Cultural messaging frames a "good mother" as endlessly available, patient, and self-sacrificing. The image is of a mother pouring from an empty cup, r...
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Parenting
Support for Breastfeeding Mothers
Breastfeeding doesn't happen in isolation. It requires support—good information, practical help, medical care when needed, and emotional validation. Y...
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Emotions
The Role of a Partner in Supporting the Mother Emotionally
The postpartum period is one of the most vulnerable times in a mother's life. Her body is healing from birth. Her hormones are shifting dramatically....
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Emotions
How Expectations of Motherhood Affect a Woman's Emotional State
Few life transitions arrive with as many unexamined expectations as motherhood. Many women imagine pregnancy, birth, and early parenting based on cult...
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