The more alone you are in parenthood, the more alone you are in parenting. One hundred years ago you’d have a child surrounded by other women: your mother, her mother, sisters, cousins, sisters-in-law, mother-in-law. And you’d be a teenager, too young to have had any kind of life yourself. You’d share childcare with a raft […]
Parental leave and workplace flex time, while extremely important, only go so far. It’s clear that the one thing facing all families today is that parents are struggling to do it alone and do it well. In 2001, Andrea Yates, a Houston mother suffering from postpartum depression and psychosis, drowned her five children in the […]
It’s exhausting to feel so much for and through another person. After rejecting a series of “loveys” meant to help her sleep better, my 16-month-old daughter, Benna, has finally chosen a stuffed animal worthy of her affection: a small Elmo toy that betrays our family’s somewhat lax attitude toward screen time. It’s adorable to see […]
