Why, Exactly, Are We So Into Policing What Pregnant Women Eat?
The recent hyper-scrutiny of newly pregnant supermodel Chrissy Teigen proves there is nothing too inconsequential to be…
Go Ahead, New Moms: Be a Little Cliquey
Making friends with other parents can be a strange, often terrible, and unfortunately necessary—and, at least at first,…
Online Parenting Groups Are Stressful, Pointless, and Incredibly Addictive
If you want to test your limits as a parent—or a person—visit any Internet parenting group. Nowhere is there a more…
Go Ahead, Change Your Tampon in Front of Your Kids
Lots of formerly personal, private everyday happenings become rudely public when you have kids. Not only will you…
Dad Takes Care of Infant for One Day, Discovers ‘Babies Are Boring’
Babies are sometimes delightful and hilarious and fun, sometimes more soul-crushingly boring than a conversation about…
How to Look Beautiful Immediately After Giving Birth
Congrats, you just had a baby. Trouble is, it shows. Good news, though, there’s an easy fix for regular people who want…
Where Do You Toss Your Baby's Dirty Diapers in Public?
Tossing a dirty diaper seems simple enough: Chucking it anywhere that’s far away from you is clearly the most…
Stop Saying Only Children Will Grow Up to Be Selfish Monsters
Only children are so easy for people to hate. They are, as the caricature goes, spoiled from having been loved and…
How to Get Your Kid to Do Anything This Summer Except Look at a Screen
It’s summertime, and if you have a kid, you have to fill their time with something. Your first thought is probably to…
Don't Listen to Assholes Who Tell You When to Have Kids
For the first time in seven years, the birth rate has risen. The 1 percent increase is attributed to women in their 30s…
Let's Hear It For Goofy Dads
It’s Father’s Day, so let this be the year we all finally recognize that dads and their goofy dad stuff—monster faces,…
Women Need to Make $66K More to Offset ‘Stress Cost’ of Having a Kid
It has been argued that it would take an annual salary of $120,000 to recoup stay-at-home-mothers fairly for the work…
Rewards for New Fathers: Cool Baby Gear, No Shame About It
As a culture we collectively lament what happens to women when they become mothers: We watch friends, colleagues, and…
Pictures of Children in Bathing Suits Are Not 'Sexy,' You are Gross
My sweet 5-year-old likes to run around naked wearing only a belt, which she ties so that it has a long piece dangling…
Single Mom By Choice: A Great Option for 'Strong-Ass Bitches'
If you’re nearing an age where you want a child, but whatever stars you imagined aligning in your favor to do so have…
Let's Admit It: We Have No Idea if Sleep Training Babies Makes Sense
I’m all for science and research and studies. But sometimes I’m also really for when we just sit back and admit we have…
If Your Children Were a Happy Accident, Why Not Just Tell Them?
There is a video going around the Internet of a man finding out he is about to become a father. But instead of…
Lego Helps Little Girls Dream Big—About Face Shapes and Great Haircuts
So much for the punk rock Lego movie message of not following the instructions: In a recent edition of the Lego Club…
New Trend: Men Wanting Babies, Women Wanting Freedom
It was bound to happen: One day, women would awake from the fog of cultural myth-making to realize that having kids is…
These Questions Will Help You Stop Judging Pregnant Women at Work
Do you know a pregnant colleague? Have you already drawn negative conclusions about her intentions, abilities, basic…