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Choosing your baby’s last name: From hyphenated names to maiden middle names

While parenting involves so many firsts, one of your very first big decisions as parents-to-be is what to name your baby. While there have been many (many!) articles written about your baby’s first name, few have really tackled how couples decide on their child’s last name.

Motherhood changes friendships—but maintaining your community is so worth it

After having a baby, I honestly didn't expect friendship to be so hard—or so important. But I am finding that they are equally both.

Mothers are burnt out—but is it possible to change that narrative?

While I’m not debating that the deck is stacked against us, I do think it’s possible to change it. 

Before you know it, your little one is graduating to middle school—and it’s a really big deal

As all these emotions are flooding our hearts and slipping out as tears, we renew our commitment to always be their safe place.

This is Motherhood: Slutty Vegan founder & CEO Pinky Cole on new motherhood & her restaurant’s success

How improving your child’s gut health benefits their whole body

Mom explains how her FitBit prevented her from making mom friends in hilarious viral TikTok

We'll never look at a FitBit the same way again.

AAP now recommends screening all kids 12 and up for depression and suicide risk

988 is the mental health version of 911, and it’s launching in July

The new national mental health hotline is launching next month, but most states still don’t have funding to support it.

Mary from Selling Sunset shares heartbreaking update on her fertility journey

"This was definitely not the news we were hoping to get and while it is super disappointing, we are just keeping our heads up."

Yes, there’s a national tampon shortage—here’s what you need to know

Tampons are getting more expensive AND harder to find.

Olivia Munn shares gut-wrenching post about spilling baby formula during national shortage

Olivia Munn recently went through every mom’s worst fear right now: spilling formula.

Forced pregnancy impacts mental health. Here’s how

A study shows that five years after having an abortion, nearly all women say it was the right decision. In contrast, lack of abortion access can lead to anxiety and depression.

To my husband: Watching you be a father makes me fall in love with you all over again

I don’t know if you ever dreamed of being a father when you were little, but you were destined to be the father of our kids.

As a single mama, I’m celebrating on Father’s Day too

As a single mother by choice, Father’s Day is not a day of mourning; it’s a day of celebrating.

Ashley Graham has a message for all mamas about her ‘bounce back’ 5 months postpartum

We can always count on Ashley Graham to keep it real (and really body-positive)!

Where’s the village everyone keeps talking about?

"The thought of doing motherhood alone scared me so I was intentional about building my village."

Mom of Uvalde survivor says her daughter went into cardiac arrest from grief

Illiana Treviño was visiting the memorial for her friend Amerie Jo Garza when her heart rate began to increase.

The transition to becoming a mom of two is beautiful—but also hard

I knew this new journey would come with many bumps along the way, and that there’d be new lessons to be learned. But it’s exhausting, testing, challenging, and demanding in every way imaginable. 

We Need Diverse Books’ Caroline Tung Richmond wants all kids to see themselves in their books

In this conversation, Caroline talks about the importance of diverse representation in children's literature, why books are a communication tool to talk and learn about diversity and identity with our kids, and what it would have meant for her to see herself reflected in the literature she read as a child.