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Being a working mom is my identity. But can we drop the label?

Being a working mom is my superpower. But the term “working mom” is outdated, ineffective at capturing who we—moms—all are, and is dismissive of all parents.

This Twitter bot calls out companies with huge gender pay gaps for International Women’s Day

What moms are feeling is so much more than ‘burnout’

'Burnout' is a bite-sized buzzword for a really complex and layered issue.

Yes, it’s normal if your baby doesn’t crawl

Experts weigh in to soothe your worries.

Best-selling author Eve Rodsky wants mothers to be interested in their own lives

Bestselling author Eve Rodsky wants to banish the word "multitasking."

10 products the mamas of Motherly swear by to help baby sleep

We hope they'll help you as much as they've helped us!

Motherhood is holding on, and then one day letting go

It’s holding on. To firsts and lasts, to moments of magic in the mundane, and to an ache of loving so deeply.

Cameron Diaz says she rejects ‘toxic’ beauty standards now that she’s a mom

"The women who have children my age are like, literally almost 20 years younger and that's an interesting place to be because I'm not that age."

Feeling down? Call this hotline for a sweet pep talk from kindergarteners

No one gives a pep talk like a little kid!

Cancer parents look back on what they didn’t know

Every parent of a child fighting cancer has a different story. But one thing we hear over and over when talking to cancer families is this: “I hardly knew anything about childhood cancer before it happened to my child.” 

A letter to new cancer moms

Sweet friend, I wish I could promise you that your child is going to survive this. That you are all going to come out of this undamaged. But, I can't promise you any of those things. What I can promise you? You WILL have support. 

Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher have raised over $19M for Ukraine relief

To the working mom who’s also a stay-at-home mom: I see you

At the end of the day, we don’t want our children to say that mama did it all. We want them to know that mama did what she could, and that was more than enough.

The ‘Bridgerton’ season 2 trailer is here and it is HOT HOT HOT

If you thought the first season was as tantalizing as it gets, well, you're in for a treat.

Constantly doomscrolling? An expert shares how to avoid the rabbit holes

It's time to stop losing sleep over that late-night searching and scrolling, once and for all.

To the mama preparing to meet her baby—I remember

I remember the feeling of lightness when Sunday arrived and the heaviness in the days that followed when the visitors left and the hormones crashed and a wave of newness like nothing I’d ever known came over me. ⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣

Erin Napier says she went through a ‘period of grieving’ before the birth of her second baby

Erin and Ben Napier have two daughters: Helen, 4, and Mae, 9 months.

70 lovely Irish baby names for your lucky little shamrock

You already know Erin and Connor— have you met Maeve and Orla?

15 free St. Patrick’s Day coloring pages to download now

From drawings of shamrocks to leprechauns and rainbows to pots of gold, we’ve created a digital coloring book filled with pages that you can download at no cost.

Croup is now a symptom of Covid in kids

A new study shows that the Omicron variant may cause a croup cough in kids. Here's what parents need to know.