My Children vs. My Passion: Can I Really Do it All?
I know I am not the first person to write a novel with my right hand while changing a diaper with my left. It’s just that when I do, the contents of the novel end up very similar to the contents of...
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A Tale of Two Olympics (Now with Kids!)
I worked my first Winter Olympic Games in 1998, as a member of TNT’s production team (where I immortalized one skater’s costume as “She looks like she was mauled by a lion while escaping a brothel.” I...
View ArticleWe All Need To Let Go of Our Mom Guilt
Last week, Nicki Gilbert wrote a piece for Kveller about the guilt she experienced on an unusual, unscheduled weekday morning when she wasn’t otherwise running between errands, appointments, and...
View ArticleThe Most Perfect Text Ever Written Is by This Dad to His Wife
Being a mom is a lot of hard work–and most of that work goes unnoticed. So when someone actually does notice, and acknowledges it, it’s basically a dream come true. So when one mom went away for a...
View ArticleNew Pew Study Shows Realities for Working Moms (Hint: It’s Getting Better,...
We don’t have to tell you that family dynamics are changing, and have been for quite some time. According to a new study from the Pew Research Center, both moms and dads work full time in 46% of...
View ArticleI’ve Been Having the Same Conversation for 10 Years
My girlfriend and I have been having the same conversation for the last 10 years: How do we balance our ambition to do something in the world and our desire to be moms? Not a new topic by any means,...
View ArticleMy Toddler Taught Me to Say No
No. No. No. No. It’s not an easy word for me to say. I’d imagine it’s a hard word for a lot of people, and perhaps especially for mothers. I want to accept new assignments at work. I want to try new...
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This Act Just Made Working Women’s Lives Better in a Major Way
My not-so-secret feminist side is rejoicing right now: Thanks to New York Women’s Equality Act, your boss can’t be a total sexist jerk anymore (that is, if you live in New York). It took effect January...
View ArticleSheryl Sandberg Claims Women Do All the ‘Office Housework’ Too
This Sunday, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg cowrote a New York Times opinion piece with Wharton School professor Adam Grant about office work. Are you feeling titillated yet? Because I am… not. Not...
View ArticleThe 2 Things I Realized When I Stopped Overcommitting Myself
While sitting on the bleachers watching our daughters’ high school sporting event, I had a conversation with a mom with whom I had recently met. We were bonding on our shared sense of wonder that we...
View ArticleNo, I Don’t Want to Sell Stuff to My Friends
The first time it happened, I was on maternity leave. I was approached twice, by two different family friends, offering me the “amazing opportunity” to start my own business, control my own destiny,...
View ArticleI’m Really Bad at Saying No And It’s Stressing Me Out
I’m not very good at saying no. That isn’t a humble brag: As a feminist and a (sometime) pragmatist, I think women in particular would benefit tremendously from saying no more often. We are asked to do...
View ArticleWhen Your Family Vacation Makes You Realize You Don’t Have That Work-Life...
When we travel as a family, my husband and I don’t use the word “vacation.” We call it a “family trip.” We know that traveling with three children, ages 6, 4, and 3, is nothing like a vacation. It is...
View Article10 Ways to Effect Change for Working Moms
When Ivanka Trump introduced her father at the Republican National Convention last week, she said, “American families need relief. Policies that allow women with children to thrive should not be...
View ArticleThis Is What It’s Really Like to Work Part-Time From Home as a Mom
The competitions between working mothers and stay-at-home mothers has been a thing for what seems like forever. Who knows, maybe one cave woman went out to help hunt and gather and felt like she had...
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Meet the Jewish Mom Who Wrote the Book on Breastfeeding
Jennifer Grayson knows a lot about breastfeeding. Being a mom of two who has breastfed both of her daughters at the same time (an infant and a toddler!), she’s been there and done that–and even wrote a...
View ArticleThe Day I Realized As A Pregnant Working Mom, I Need To Take A Rest
It was after midnight and I couldn’t breathe through my nose thanks to the nasty head cold that had taken residence in my sinuses. In addition to my labored breathing, I was experiencing the exhaustion...
View ArticleThis Video About Working Mom’s Performance Review Will Break Your Heart
Balancing parenthood and work is pretty much the hardest thing many people do–especially right after you return from parental leave. Chicco, a company that creates an umbrella stroller, reminded us of...
View ArticleI Worked a Full Day for the First Time in 2 Years. Here’s How It Went
I’m no stranger to full-time work. Before I had my first child, I spent years clocking in 10-hour days at the office. When my oldest was 3 months old, I resumed my full-time gig and maintained that...
View ArticleWhy This Company Retained 100% of Female Employees Who’ve Had Kids
Aren’t you tired of having the same conversation over and over? I am. I’m tired of the fact that maternity leave and decent benefits in the United States are hard to come by for families. There’s one...
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