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    Parenthood is hard, unpaid, often unpleasant work.

    APRIL 27, 2012 1:19PM

    By Jowita Bydlowska


    Topics: family, feminism, best job, p&g ad, the olympics, advertising, parenthood is not a job, jobs, motherhood, mary elizabeth williams, motherhood is not a job

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 2776 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    THE WAR ON WOMEN--NO LONGER UNDER THE RADAR

    APRIL 20, 2012 4:08PM

    By Jennifer Seymour Whitaker


    Topics: violence against women, title ix, sex education, single mothers, motherhood, personhood, women's revolution, sexual discrimination, santorum, choice, feminism, framing, abortion, contraception, the war on womrn

    • Editor's Pick
    • 42 Ratings
    • 2639 Views
    • 48 Comments
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    The Thousand-Layer Cake of Motherhood

    APRIL 13, 2012 12:41PM

    By Deborah Méndez Wilson


    Topics: motherhood, working moms, stay-at-home moms, mommy track, mommy dilemma, to work or not?

    • Editor's Pick
    • 14 Ratings
    • 2876 Views
    • 16 Comments
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    Buying Babies

    APRIL 2, 2012 9:22PM

    By Kristina Lakes


    Topics: family, motherhood, adoption, infertility

    • Editor's Pick
    • 4 Ratings
    • 753 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    Tarantulas in Heaven

    MARCH 25, 2012 8:05PM

    By james poyner


    Topics: motherhood, mom, death, memories, heroines, family

    • Editor's Pick
    • 22 Ratings
    • 1211 Views
    • 29 Comments
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    The Jesus Dryer

    MARCH 20, 2012 10:05AM

    By Lisa Kern


    Topics: belief/religion, a miracle when i needed it, spirit, motherhood, recession, humor, family

    • Editor's Pick
    • 17 Ratings
    • 2873 Views
    • 10 Comments
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    Can Do No More

    FEBRUARY 17, 2012 9:36AM

    By Kristina Lakes


    Topics: motherhood, family, illness, work, employment, femla

    • Editor's Pick
    • 15 Ratings
    • 2305 Views
    • 27 Comments
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    How Much Homework Is Too Much?

    OCTOBER 31, 2011 9:18AM

    By Holly Robinson


    Topics: farm school, maria montessori, college applications, college preparation, academics, motherhood, parenting, montessori, high school, race to nowhere, adolescents, children, school, homework

    • Editor's Pick
    • 13 Ratings
    • 1992 Views
    • 14 Comments
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    What Your Car Says About You

    OCTOBER 27, 2011 10:09PM

    By Holly Robinson


    Topics: cars, honda, audi, pontiac, motherhood, identity, minivans, civic, odyssey, quattro, porsche, crv, automobile, choosing a car, family vacations, road trips

    • Editor's Pick
    • 38 Ratings
    • 1994 Views
    • 39 Comments
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    The Soup Kitchen, or Why I'm Part of the 99%

    OCTOBER 17, 2011 7:10PM

    By fingerlakeswanderer


    Topics: food/drink, economy, soup kitchens, nurturing, food, class, poverty, motherhood, ows

    • Editor's Pick
    • 7 Ratings
    • 2282 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    The Moment I Learned I was Infertile

    OCTOBER 3, 2011 11:35AM

    By Kristina Lakes


    Topics: adoption, family, infertility, motherhood, dreams

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 2813 Views
    • 13 Comments
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    Dispatch from "hell": It's not all bad

    SEPTEMBER 19, 2011 1:27PM

    By Pamela Tsigdinos


    Topics: motherhood, moms, adoption, infertility, health, feminism, family, childless

    • Editor's Pick
    • 4 Ratings
    • 1428 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    Two Mothers in the NICU

    SEPTEMBER 18, 2011 9:55AM

    By Kristina Lakes


    Topics: adoption, family, motherhood, infertility, illness

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 1595 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    The Birth of an Adoptive Mom

    SEPTEMBER 6, 2011 9:57AM

    By Kristina Lakes


    Topics: adoption, family, motherhood, infertility

    • Editor's Pick
    • 12 Ratings
    • 655 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    Health Care Manifest0

    AUGUST 16, 2011 7:06PM

    By Mary Wagner


    Topics: health care reform, universal health insurance, chronic illness, preexisting conditions, a mother's worry, motherhood, health care, fairness, obama, insurance

    • Editor's Pick
    • 8 Ratings
    • 3020 Views
    • 23 Comments
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    Motherhood is a lonely land

    AUGUST 8, 2011 1:33PM

    By Alex Cartwright


    Topics: identity issues, motherhood, pregnancy, friendship, family

    • Editor's Pick
    • 5 Ratings
    • 1516 Views
    • 12 Comments
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    Ready or Not, There she Goes

    JULY 6, 2011 4:23PM

    By Kate Geiselman


    Topics: family, driver's license, sixteen, motherhood, parenting

    • Editor's Pick
    • 6 Ratings
    • 905 Views
    • 7 Comments
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    "Our Milk"

    JUNE 15, 2011 10:58AM

    By Meredith Phillips


    Topics: family, motherhood, mastitis, nursing a toddler, parenting, lactation consultant, difficulty nursing

    • Editor's Pick
    • 19 Ratings
    • 1845 Views
    • 20 Comments
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    I Will if You Will

    APRIL 1, 2011 2:49AM

    By Jean Ellen Whatley


    Topics: family, overcoming adversity, teenagers, drug abuse, sex abuse, divorce, survival, gabrielle giffords, tiger mother, motherhood, parenting

    • Editor's Pick
    • 23 Ratings
    • 9118 Views
    • 42 Comments
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    Am I supposed to be offended when someone calls me a MILF?

    MARCH 29, 2011 2:55PM

    By Wilson Diehl


    Topics: motherhood, true story, gender roles, feminism

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