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Beto O’Rourke says he ‘helps’ raise his kids, but dads are not just helpers

It's time for everyone, dads and moms, to quit saying fathers 'help.'

10 phrases to describe dads that don’t reduce them to babysitters

Presidential hopeful Beto O'Rourke said he 'helps' raise his kids, but America's fathers can and are doing more than that.

Pregnant Amy Schumer goes naked for her hilarious maternity shoot

Posing for photographer Heather Sten, Amy ran naked through a New Orleans park and made herself Spanish moss bra for a real Mother Nature look.

Anne-Marie Slaughter on the mental load of motherhood and why we need to be doing less

The cultural shift that brought women into the workplace didn't shift the load we were already carrying, but added to it.

My co-parent is absent but the love in our home is not

One of the hardest things with this is the uncertainty—it's incredibly challenging when you don't fully understand why, let alone if, or when, he may return.

Jessica Alba’s new tattoos honor her three kids

"These are permanent and I won't regret these ones. These are my babies," says Alba.

Kylie Jenner almost picked this super traditional name for Stormi

In an Instagram live this week Kylie explained how Stormi was very nearly given the 141st most common baby girl name in America.

A surprising fact about the price of pregnancy tests

Is one really better than the other?

Why is my toddler suddenly a picky eater?

Plus, helpful tips to keep in mind when expanding your child's palate.

When I first came back from maternity leave, I felt like I was better at my job than being a mom

But, little by little I started remembering why I founded my business in the first place. I remembered how wonderful my clients were and how satisfying it felt to use the intellectual part of my brain.

5 ways to make friends on the road to parenthood

Parenting is a lovely and, at times, lonely haul, and finding friends along the way can make even the hardest and most overwhelming moments that much easier.

I’m training for a triathlon and feeling how truly strong my ‘mom bod’ is

For the first time in nine years I'm not pregnant or nursing a baby.

I wasn’t prepared for the adjustment of becoming a single mom

Everything from the pattern of our wedding china to the curtains in my daughter's nursery felt like a reflection of our family and myself as a wife and mother.

Motherhood is more complicated than one essay can show—so we wrote a book

A peek into the magic behind This is Motherhood.

The conversation about vaccination rates needs an injection of empathy

Why parents shouldn't shoulder all the blame for rising rates of measles.

This new bill aims to prevent maternal deaths—especially for black women

California is on its way to being the best state to be pregnant in.

These male breastfeeding devices are paving the way for breastfeeding dads

This could be a game-changer.

Our book ‘This is Motherhood’ is hitting bookstores—and so are we

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Motherly’s first book is officially on sale

Adina on depression after not having the birth she wanted

After my son was born, all I wanted was sleep. But I was scared of closing my eyes for fear of something happening to him during that time. I couldn’t shut my mind off from all the irrational thoughts running through it.