Here’s How Cooking Can Help Your Kids Learn to Budget The kitchen and the grocery store are great places to kick off important conversations with kids about saving, spending, and budgeting. Here’s how to get started. By Tanya Edwards If you spend time cooking and grocery shopping with your kids, you know they always have lots of questions, no matter what…
Why Mom’s Mental Health is More Important Than Ever Moms’ mental health has been hit hard by the pandemic, with experts reporting higher rates of anxiety and depression. Here’s how to avoid burnout. By Claire Gillespie The COVID-19 pandemic has created a mental health crisis (or, some would argue, worsened one we were already in the midst of). Nobody is immune from…
I’m a Motherhood Expert. My Ambivalence Is Normal. After years of engaging with parenthood from a distance, it’s time for a psychiatrist specializing in women’s mental health to take her own advice. By Pooja Lakshmin, M.D. I’m not someone who dreamed of motherhood as a girl. Quite the opposite. In my early 30s, I had a recurring nightmare in which…
Moms Are Getting Crushed In This Pandemic Reshma Saujani discussed why we need a Marshall Plan for Moms By David Kirkpatrick Reshma Saujani is one of the country’s most creative activists committed to fighting for women. Her successful advocacy first became evident when she founded Girls Who Code in 2012. Now, Saujani is spearheading a new campaign called A Marshall Plan for…
Kendra Scott Says Mother’s Day Should Be a Corporate Holiday Kendra Scott is giving her 2,600 employees the Monday after Mother’s Day off. Here’s why she says other companies should, too. For many moms, Mother’s Day isn’t exactly the most relaxing of days. Getting to sleep in and having breakfast in bed is wonderful and all, but oftentimes Sunday household…
Mini-Memoirs: 6-Word Stories To Honor Mothers This Mother’s Day, think about the relationship you have with your mother. Now consider: Could you tell that story in just six words? The newspaper The Forward recently put out a call for six-word memoirs about mothers — specifically, Jewish mothers. The submissions they received show that you can pack a lot of emotion into a…
Here’s an expert guide that’ll help parents raise their sons as feminists, so they may love and respect themselves and women in equal parts.
But here’s the good news. There are relatively simple, science-backed tools that parents can implement at home to help kids and teens thrive on an emotional and social level, and helping them incorporate a daily gratitude practice is near the top of the list.
“Momtrepreneurship” may not be for every mother—it requires a certain skillset and there are many privileges that lead to success that many women are not fortunate enough to have. But it may not be as out of reach as you might think.
Just like with a birth plan, all you need is a general outline—there’s no need for a formal proposal or anything long-winded. Consider the following ideas just a starting point. Your postpartum plan should be customized to your home and family situation, and can be a living document you update when necessary.
