friendship

Entertainment

“Dead to Me” is a BFF love story—but it’s unrealistic for many moms

Celebrity News

Andy Cohen says Sarah Jessica Parker is his go-to mom friend for all of his parenting questions

Community & Friendship

I’m the friend who had kids first. Here’s what I wish my other friends had known

Community & Friendship

Putting myself out there to make mom friends was hard, but so worth it

Motherly Stories

Here’s to the friends who stick around despite time and distance

Motherly Stories

I hope my kids have ‘forever friends’—like the ones I have

Motherly Stories

My introverted child doesn’t need to be ‘fixed’

Postpartum

3 tips on childbirth recovery from a postpartum doula

Child Learn & Play

Introverted kids need friends, too—here’s how one therapist says you can help

Motherly Stories

What people get wrong about being a mom in your 40s

Motherly Stories

To the godparents who love our children like their very own

Motherly Stories

Moms accomplish more when we don’t tear each other down

Motherly Stories

No one told me how lonely motherhood can be—and I was unprepared for the seclusion

Motherly Stories

To my friends who grew distant after I became a mom, I wish you could see that I’m still me

Community & Friendship

A love letter to the mom friends I always text—but rarely see

Motherly Stories

Women need other women in their lives who will support them unconditionally

Community & Friendship

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

Viral & Trending

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

Community & Friendship

To my mom friends: Thank you for letting me lean on you through motherhood

Mental Health

Flooded with shame after mom rage? A therapist shares what can help

Pregnancy

Exactly what not to say to a pregnant woman

Podcast

This is Motherhood: Mocha Mom’s Cheli English-Figaro on why she started a community for Black mothers

Season 10

Dr. Mona Delahooke on what the latest neuroscience and psychology research tells us about parenting

Motherly Stories

To the women who made me who I am

Motherly Stories

I am worried about—and inspired by—my friends in Ukraine

Motherly Stories

Dear friends: I know it’s hard when life is overwhelming—but I still need you

Mental Health

What to say (and what not to say) to the mama who’s struggling with PPD or PPA

Health & Wellness

It’s Science: Motherhood can make you more empathetic

Life

Brooklyn Decker asked her best friend to “take in what’s happening down there” after giving birth

Motherhood Understood

Alison on her deep struggles with motherhood, anxiety and where she fits

Community & Friendship

In the absence of ‘the village,’ mothers struggle most

Community & Friendship

To the mama who doesn’t have a village