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Avoiding Conflict Can Often Make Matters Worse
By Sydne DidierApril 24, 2013
Rather than dealing with an issue upfront, Sydne Didier wrote about it here, and in the process, the problem only escalated. Last week, I wrote something for Role/Reboot—about the parent cliques at my son's school—that struck a cord. And I've been on the verge of tears ever since. Nauseous. Sad. Worried. Anxious. And at the same time, somehow paralyzed and unable to take the steps ...Posted in Family, Fathers, Gender Roles, Mothers, nfti-home, Parents, Womanhood | (0) Comments »
A Wife's Tale: How I Stopped The Housework Habit And Started Living
By Susan McLeod-HarrisonApril 18, 2013
When will people stop looking to women as "keepers of the hearth"? I will start this tale with a confession: I have never liked housework. My husband would rather read or write than dust, too, but for some reason that isn’t confession material. I started my marriage with a commitment to fairness. I would do no more housework than he did. We went weeks without cleaning the bathroom, or mo...Posted in Gender Roles, Life, Mothers, nfti-home, Wives, Womanhood | (0) Comments »
I Am Pro-Family, Pro-Child, And Pro-Choice
By Sarah ErdreichApril 17, 2013
The idea, that a woman can love her own child and passionately support abortion rights, should not be a provocative one. But it still is. I tried for almost a year to become pregnant. I was 33, then 34; not old by any measure, except the very particular one involving fertility. One month before I was going to see a specialist, I took a pregnancy test and watched a faint positive sign appear in...Posted in Abortion , Culture and Politics, Current Events, Fathers, Mothers, nfti-home, Parents, Politics | (0) Comments »
Mothers Can Still Be Mean Girls
By Sydne DidierApril 15, 2013
Parents at Sydne Didier's son's school treat her with disdain for challenging the status quo. Turns out, the parents have cliques too. When my son started school nine years ago, I walked him to his classroom every morning. Hand-in-hand, we skipped like a television version of what parenting and childhood should be. I smiled and said hello to everyone, a Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood routine where t...Posted in Family, Mothers, nfti-home, Parents | (0) Comments »
I'm Grateful To The Woman Who Says She Regrets Having Kids
By Chanel DubofskyApril 15, 2013
The Daily Mail recently published a piece by a woman who says she wishes she'd never had her two children. Chanel Dubofsky defends her bravery for admitting what few would. On Wednesday, I posted Isabella Dutton’s piece on wishing she had never had children to Facebook, with the statement, “I am really, really, really grateful that this piece was written.” And then, almost im...Posted in Current Events, Family, Fathers, Gender Roles, Mothers, nfti-home, Parents, Womanhood | (0) Comments »
Children Are No One's Property
By Lynn BeisnerApril 11, 2013
Children "belong" to no one, says Lynn Beisner, but it's a parent's role to shape them and society's job to provide parents with the resources to do that. In the year 2013, this should go without saying, but apparently some people have not gotten the memo: No human being is entitled to own another human being. And at this point in human history, no one should receive support and attention for ...Posted in Class, Culture and Politics, Current Events, Fathers, Lynn, Mothers, nfti-home, Parents, Politics | (0) Comments »
Men Feel The Pain Of Infertility Too
By Paige Lucas-StannardApril 10, 2013
Plenty of men feel depressed and isolated because they're unable to conceive, but there are few outlets for support, says Paige Lucas-Stannard. The language we use tells a powerful story about a woman’s overriding need to be a mother. Our culture talks about the “maternal clock,” going “baby crazy,” and having a “maternal instinct.” For a lot of women...Posted in Family, Fathers, Gender Roles, Manhood, Mothers, nfti-home | (0) Comments »
Why I Was Reluctant To Let Go Of My 'Single Mother' Title
By Wendy FontaineApril 09, 2013
Would people think she wasn't as powerful or strong if she no longer referred to herself as a "single mom"? Angie and I were playing hide-and-seek at the playground on a Wednesday afternoon when three helicopters starting circling overhead, a sure sign of trouble in our neck of northern Los Angeles. One of the dads at the playground had the inside scoop: Police were searching for two armed ro...Posted in Family, Mothers, nfti-home, Parents, Singledom | (0) Comments »
Why It's Not Helpful To Tell Someone To 'Move On' After A Miscarriage
By Catherine Rodie BlaggApril 08, 2013
My period was a little late, I felt dreadful, and I couldn’t shake the nagging feeling that there was something different. “I’m going to do a pregnancy test,” I told my husband (then boyfriend). I really didn’t think much of it. There were lots of other explanations. I’ll do the test, it will be negative, and then I can forget about it. But it wasn’t ...Posted in Life, Mothers, nfti-home, Parents, Womanhood | (0) Comments »
Why Are There No "Working Dads"?
By Jessica SmockMarch 31, 2013
Until cultural standards for parenting shift, the absent conversation about what we expect of working dads will never happen, says Jessica Smock. When was the last time that you were in a doctor's office and saw "Working Dad" magazine? Does your family subscribe to it? Probably not. Since it doesn't exist. Sure, some dads—understandably annoyed that women who are paid for employment ou...Posted in Family, Fathers, Gender Roles, Mothers, nfti-home, Parents, Working Mothers | (0) Comments »
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