8 Things Multi-Ethnic Moms Want You To Know About Their Multi-Ethnic Families
Our ethnicities don’t make up a pie graph. We don’t identify through fractions. We identify through customs and language and experience. I remember telling my girls that they were Persian, and thinking...
View ArticleWhen My 4-Year-Old Asked To Dye Her Hair Green For Picture Day
Green hair could be just the start of her acceptance toward all different types of standards of beauty—different body types, different skin colors, different textures of hair, etc. “Mama, can I have...
View Article10 Reasons Why All Moms Need Childfree Friends
You can talk about how you are exhausted, grossed out by baby fecal matter, pissed that you have epic stretch marks, and annoyed that you have no time to get your hair cut anymore. Your childfree...
View ArticleI Didn’t Like Being A Mom (Even Though Everyone Expected Me To)
It’s hard being excited for babies you never wanted. I woke up disoriented, blurry. The anesthesia worked and was wearing off. My soon-to-be husband and mother stood next to my hospital bed holding my...
View ArticleStop Making Moms Feel Bad About Not Having Sex
Men are led to believe, often since they are young boys, that women should have sex with them when they want it. You’ve no doubt heard this complaint from one of your married friends: We’re not having...
View ArticleAs A Mom, My Self-Care Includes Therapy
Along with exercise, healthy eating, trendy charcoal face masks, monthly pedicures, and nightly book reading, this therapy helped me take care of myself. It helped me take care of my kids better. “…I...
View ArticleWhy I’m Done Making Mommy Wine Jokes
The main question I think we should be asking ourselves is this: “If I could find another way to deal with mommy anxiety, guilt, pressure, and monotony, would I try it?” The last place on earth you’d...
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