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True life: I’m an ambitious career woman *and* a devoted mama

Ambition does not and should not halt with the arrival of motherhood.

Updated Jul. 06, 2018
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No, motherhood does not make women less ambitious

With flexibility, we can do both. Or either. It all comes down to choice.

Updated Jan. 28, 2022
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The secret to a strong marriage? Someone who makes you laugh

Marriage and love and parenting and living together and life, in general, isn't always easy.

Updated Feb. 08, 2022
Ayesha and Steph Curry cooking in the kitchen

It’s a boy! Ayesha and Steph Curry’s birth announcement features a unique baby name

Their girls have pretty common names, but their new baby boy is definitely distinct.

Updated Feb. 04, 2022
Kristin Cavallari carrying her child

Kristin Cavallari says she’s done having kids—here’s how she knew

The Laguna Beach star says three children is perfect.

Updated Feb. 08, 2022

Motherhood is: Parenting with your heart, not your ego

I need to embrace the idea that nurturing, supporting, and loving my child has everything to do with encouraging them to be the best version of themselves and nothing to do with raising a miniature version of me.

Updated Jul. 05, 2018
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Young moms are trending on Instagram

The newest crop of influencers just might bring the birth-age down.

Updated Feb. 04, 2022
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Half of today’s young adults want fewer kids than their parents

Finances are a factor in the shrinking of ideal family sizes.

Updated Feb. 04, 2022
babies with the American flag

10 powerful photos of NICU babies celebrating the 4th of July

The babies at Illinois' Advocate Children's Hospital look great in red, white, and blue.

Updated Feb. 04, 2022

True life: I was not prepared for motherhood

But I learned that "good enough" is enough.

Updated Jul. 03, 2018

Summer makes me feel like a kid again

Being a mom has opened up my eyes to how magical childhood is by seeing the wonder through theirs.

Updated Jul. 03, 2018
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My darling, our love is a lot of small things that make up one big thing—our family

Our love looks different than it once did—but we're thriving in big ways and little ways—together, every day.

Updated Feb. 03, 2022
Khloe Kardashian with daughter True

Khloe Kardashian opens up about new mom life and it sounds SO familiar to us

'Sometimes I don't know what day it is,' shares Kardashian.

Updated Feb. 03, 2022

To my baby: This is the last summer you’ll be this little

Weren't we just transitioning you from the bassinet to this crib just yesterday? How is it time for a big boy bed already?

Updated Jul. 02, 2018
Daphne Oz with her children

Real talk with Daphne Oz: On working motherhood and modeling happiness

"Motherhood is not like that. There's no prescribed, perfect way to do anything. I think you have to be comfortable in that feeling of doing the best you can every single day, and knowing that every day is a new day," shares Oz.

Updated Feb. 03, 2022

The one gift all new mamas *really* need? Grace

Maybe it's letting them know that whether you do or don't fully understand, that you admire them and love them—No. Matter. What.

Updated Jul. 02, 2018
Rachel Bilson

Rachel Bilson says co-parenting with ex Hayden Christensen is a ‘work in progress’

"I don't know that there is any right way, necessarily," Bilson says. "She has that love that is unconditional so I think we're doing okay."

Updated Feb. 03, 2022
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