TIME Magazine just became another self-appointed arbiter of “Mommy Judgment” by trying to inflame the Mommy Wars with their exploitative cover of a young mother standing like a mudflap girl and breastfeeding her 3, maybe 4 year old. The byline: “Are you Mom enough?” The answer is, as soon as you have a baby, YOU [...]
Do your kids argue? Or did they when they were younger? Here’s a hilarious Mother’s Day fantasy just for you! Click here: http://www.momsdaycard.com/index2.php Happy nearly Mother’s Day!!! – Kristin, Joan, Monifa, Elisa, Ashley, Nanette, Sarah, Julie, Sarah, Anita, Ruth, Claire, Donna, Mary, and Gloria
When we put our children on the bus or drop them off at school all we really want is for them to learn, to be safe and to return home ready to turn around and do it again – for thirteen years! We also hope they really like it. I don’t think many of us [...]
Just in time for Mother’s Day, some good news for our nation’s children and their parents: More children have health insurance coverage today than at any point in our nation’s history! Despite the severe economic downturn, continued erosion of employer sponsored coverage, and political stalemate in our nation’s capitol, our children have made significant gains [...]
In 1974, Congresswoman Bella Abzug realized something: she could make laws in Congress, but she couldn’t get her own credit card without her husband’s permission. Now, almost 40 years after Congresswoman Abzug fought for – and won – the rights of women to get their own credit, that right is being threatened. Last fall, my [...]
Celebrate Mother’s Day early on Twitter with us! MomsRising is cohosting a Twitter party with Mocha Moms and Mamiverse at the White House to celebrate moms on May 10 (this Thursday!) at 12:00 PT/3:00ET. That’s right- We’ll be tweeting from the White House and across the country, and we would love to have you join [...]
What would it take to make a country where mothers could bear and raise children in the best possible circumstances? How would such a place look? Would it look like the United States? Thanks to Save the Children’s State of the World’s Mothers Index for 2012, we already know a great deal about the building blocks [...]
Mother’s Day is right around the corner! Have you picked up gifts for the moms in your life? If you haven’t yet, and you’re feeling crafty, try out one of these Mother’s Day crafts. There are tutorials for kids of all ages, as well as grownups, and ideas on how to make everything from homemade [...]
This morning I went in to Sam’s class to make these polymer clay charms for the kid’s to give their mom’s on Mother’s Day. It wouldn’t be a bad idea for Grandma gifts either & it’s a relatively quick craft. I gave each child about a 3/4″ square of polymer clay & showed them how [...]
Mother’s Day is fast approaching and I’m always on the hunt for clever ideas that say,”You are an awesome Mom!” The other day, I started thinking about how teeny-tiny luxuries (like romantic smelling drawer sachets) are something that any mother would enjoy. After all, don’t we all have sock drawers? For this DIY project, you [...]
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