As moms, we tend to get used to rolling with the punches. We learn fairly quickly that our lives are at the mercy of our children - their activities, their moods, their health. We take them to the doctor when they catch the latest illness, but when we catch the same thing we keep functioning. ...
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Fashion, Women, & A Century of Progress
It wasn’t that long ago, that women in the United States were required to dress in a certain way. The suffragettes battled legislation in the 1910s that was trying to make it mandatory to wear corsets & hemlines that were only one inch off of the ground. This sounds ridiculous to modern women of ...
50 Questions Running Through Every New Mom’s Head
You just had a baby. It is incredible & awe-inspiring. It is also really, really hard. Here’s what might be going through your head: ...
Women in Ads & How It Effects My Boys
My favorite commercial right now is an ad from Under Armour featuring the USA women’s gymnastics team. I am partial to this ad considering I was a gymnast for 15 years, but there is much more to it than that (and 2.8 million YouTube views seem to agree with me). This video shows incredibly strong, ...
Identifying Mental Health Disorders in Children
When I worked for a mental health non-profit, I loved working with the little kids. I had the opportunity to work one-on-one with children as young as three years old who were displaying concerning symptoms, & it was incredibly rewarding to watch their progress. When these very young children ...