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The Simple Gift Of Parenthood That Shouldn't Go Unnoticed

The Simple Gift Of Parenthood That Shouldn't Go Unnoticed

Lisa Belkin  01.28.2014
Four years ago Jennifer Senior wrote a much-read cover story for New York Magazine about the paradox of raising children. Called “All...
WorldPost Staff Compare The Ways They Parent

WorldPost Staff Compare The Ways They Parent

Lisa Belkin  01.23.2014
In Tokyo, a single mother who works as an editor for HuffPost Japan rises at 5 a.m. each workday to pack a lunch for her teenage son before...
The Problem With Criticizing A Woman Who Documents Her Cancer Treatment Online

The Problem With Criticizing A Woman Who Documents Her Cancer Treatment Online

Lisa Belkin  01.13.2014
For years, Lisa Bonchek Adams has, very publicly, chronicled her breast cancer treatment on the internet. On Wednesday, Guardian reporter...
12 Lessons From Moms Who Raised Olympians For All Of Us

12 Lessons From Moms Who Raised Olympians For All Of Us

Lisa Belkin  01. 6.2014
It’s been 22 years since I started noticing Olympic Moms. It's not a coincidence that that’s around the time I became a mother myself....
One Year After Sandy Hook, Newtown Families Have Just Begun Emotional Marathon

One Year After Sandy Hook, Newtown Families Have Just Begun Emotional Marathon

Lisa Belkin  12.12.2013
A year ago, Mark Barden hadn’t really thought about his views on gun violence. Alissa Parker did not yet know she was a writer. Nicole...
Millennial Women Are Closing The Wage Gap (For Now)

Millennial Women Are Closing The Wage Gap (For Now)

Lisa Belkin  12.11.2013
We are almost there, but not quite. That is the conclusion of a new report about Gender and the Workplace released today by the Pew Research...
If Only All Moms Could Breastfeed Like Gisele

If Only All Moms Could Breastfeed Like Gisele

Lisa Belkin  12.10.2013
Simply by wearing a white terry cloth robe and sitting still in a make-up chair, Gisele Bündchen has once again entered the breastfeeding...
Will Anxious Parents Have Anxious Kids?

Will Anxious Parents Have Anxious Kids?

Lisa Belkin  12. 3.2013
The sins of the father. The traumas and memories, too. Researchers have found evidence that we (well, mice) really can pass life experience...
Sheryl Sandberg: 'Silence Is Killing Us'

Sheryl Sandberg: 'Silence Is Killing Us'

Lisa Belkin  11.25.2013
Here's a hypothetical. Your boss calls you in and says, "I just wanted you to know that if you are thinking about having children one...
Adoptive Mom Under Fire For Fantastical Children's Book

Adoptive Mom Under Fire For Fantastical Children's Book

Lisa Belkin  11.15.2013
Sitting in the pediatrician’s waiting room watching her 5-year-old fall apart was a pivotal moment for Berta Serrano -- as life-changing...
Should Your Children Be The Center Of Your World?

Should Your Children Be The Center Of Your World?

Lisa Belkin  11. 8.2013
In the latest parenting post to go viral, Stephanie Metz reaches an important conclusion for all the wrong reasons. “Why My Kids Are...
The Only Argument For Paid Maternity Leave: 'Because It Is Right'

The Only Argument For Paid Maternity Leave: 'Because It Is Right'

Lisa Belkin  11. 6.2013
It was a small study in an academic journal, but the website Quartz saw something larger. “The Economic Case Against Extended Maternity...
The Family That Lives Apart, But Very Together

The Family That Lives Apart, But Very Together

Lisa Belkin  11. 4.2013
How does a family define “home”? (Beyond the aphorism of “where the heart is.”) Is it the place you most often sleep? Where your...
28 Signs You're Dealing With An Oldest Child

28 Signs You're Dealing With An Oldest Child

11. 4.2013
Add another data point to the Great Birth Order Debate. Last month, researchers at Duke University and Washington University in St. Louis...