“Remember the sleep deprivation of having a newborn? Remember the mental drain of potty-training a toddler? Or the worry of dropping your five-year-old to kindergarten? Multiply that by ten.”
Parenting A Teen Is Much Harder Than I Thought, But My Heart Is Bursting With Pride
This Narrative Of The ‘Bad Mother’ Is So Overplayed, And It’s Time We Put An End To It
“Maybe the mom who wasn’t ‘watching her kid’ was on an important work call. Maybe the mom with ‘no patience’ was just having a bad day. Maybe the mom ‘not enforcing the rules’ has a child with ADHD. Maybe the ‘lazy’ mom who gave her child an iPad just needed a 30-minute break after being non-stop all day.”
‘I’m no longer that angry little girl who was hurt. With my mom, it’s like it never happened.’: Abuse survivor adopted as adult finally has loving mother relationship
“In my mind, I accepted I was born to grow up as an adult without parents. But in my heart, I was broken holiday after holiday needing them. I was torn on my children’s birthdays, when they had no grandparents there. I cried for years trying to fill the void.”
‘You’re not in a morgue. Girls get raped and murdered every day, you’re not dying!’ I had to get out.’: Adoptee opens up about mishandling of her child sex abuse case, escaping home at 18
“‘What happens in this house STAYS in this house.’ I lived in a world where not only my adoptive mother would cover this up, but my own biological sisters AND our assistant pastor. The minute I turned 18, I was escaping.”
‘Mom, believe me! I didn’t do it!’ he cried. ‘All 3 of them can’t be lying!’ It scared me hearing him try to manipulate his way out.’: Adoptee opens up about years of sexual abuse from older brother
“My heart sank, a lump formed in my throat, and I was frozen in hell. I knew what she was going to say. I knew why my sisters were crying, and before my mouth could form any words at all, the tears began pouring down my face.”
‘Sometimes I make beautiful, healthy homemade meals for my family. Other times we have microwaveable chicken nuggets.’: Mom shares reminder ‘no one has it together all the time’
“Sometimes I spend hours playing with my kids. Other times I am distracted by my phone. Sometimes I have a good hair day and a well-thought-out outfit. Other times (ahem most times) I roll up to school drop off with my hair in a top knot and my shirt on inside out.”
‘I told my husband, ‘There’s a baby in my fallopian tube; the tube ruptured.’: Woman births rainbow baby after ectopic pregnancy
“Two days after the ultrasound, I passed a large clot while at work. I was sure I was miscarrying. All those memories flooded back and I was a bawling mess. We waited the dreaded week to confirm what we knew. Little did we know they would quickly say, ‘There’s your baby.'”
‘We had a bully, not a dad,’ my son said. It would take literal Superman to stop me from raising my kids alone.’: Family of 4 survive abuse, kids adopted by loving dad
“I knew him through my ex, so I took him off of my social media. That lasted a whole two days. I couldn’t imagine a day in my life without him.”
We Need To Stop Asking Moms When They Plan To Have More Kids—5 Reasons Why
“‘So, when’s the next one coming?” a loving and well-intentioned family member eagerly asked me, a freshly postpartum mom. I hesitantly looked down at my 3-week-old baby, still squishy and bald, arching her back to ease the pain of her reflux as she insatiably nursed at my breast.”
I Realized I Was Gay 11 Years Into My Marriage, Now We’re Divorced And Happily Co-Parenting Our Kids Together
“My ex-husband and I are divorced, but we are still a family. The concept of a ‘divorced family’ seems like an oxymoron, but it’s how we have chosen to live our lives post-divorce.”