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What I really want for Mother’s Day: McD’s to stop marketing to my kid #MomsNotLovinIt

It’s 7am. I say -- for the eleventh time -- “J., let’s put on your shoes.” At 7:05, I say again, “J., time to put on your shoes.” Next day? Same words, same scene. But, I swear, there’s no repeating necessary when it comes to Elmo. That little red Muppet caught my 17-month-old son’s attention in an...

When Big Pharma “Strong” Arms Mothers, We All Lose

via The Broad Side Corporations have a very bad habit of telling moms how to be. Or better yet, co-opting some very common “mom” archetypes for their marketing pursuits. For decades, we were told “Choosy Moms Choose Jif.” More recently, “It Moms” were more likely to choose a particular fabric...

Our preemies

Eydie Nelson Photography Despite being healthy and fit, my pregnancy was riddled with problems from the very beginning. I had a twin pregnancy, we were expecting identical twin girls. Because of the complications from my pregnancy I spent 10 weeks on bedrest including four weeks in the hospital...

The Power of You

Mountains of hard science demonstrate that it is critical to curb antibiotic overuse on industrial farms, but nothing is quite as convincing as the real-life stories of those living with the consequences of lax regulation. That’s what makes Supermoms Against Superbugs Advocacy Day so important. On...