CHILD ADVISORY: Mom’s Explicit Music
May 3rd, 2017 | by Julie Simmons
Recently, my 11-year-old daughter, Lyric, declared to a passing grown-up that I listen to music with “swear words.” “Even the
Browsing the "99 Problems" Category
Love Note to a Lice Comb
April 28th, 2017 | by Shirley Salemy Meyer
My young daughter sits in our attic bathroom—far from everyone else in the family—with a towel draped across her shoulders
I’D PREFER NOT TO—on Debating the Choice to Stay Childless
April 12th, 2017 | by Sarah Mirk
I’ll be honest: I don’t really like babies. I don’t have that “mothering instinct.” The smaller, the scarier, I say.
THE NEW WORLD — On Identity, Trump, and Standing Up
March 30th, 2017 | by Ramiza Koya
My daughter spent a lot of 2016 planning – in the case that Trump was elected – to leave the
School Lunches and ACTS OF RESISTANCE
March 17th, 2017 | by Aya de Leon
My daughter needs some protein in her lunch. And it’s gotta be good. In her new school, she has about
Ode to My ACA-Covered Breast Pump (Thanks, Obama)
March 9th, 2017 | by Megan Stolz
I’ve hung a “do not disturb” sign on the door with a cartoon cow. At least I haven’t lost my
An Open Letter to Those Commenting on the STATE OF MY UTERUS
March 1st, 2017 | by Tara Calihman
Dear cafe owner who came over to the booth I was sitting in with my son and asked where his
NAME IT—On the Impossible Balance in SLING CITY
February 28th, 2017 | by Jade Sanchez-Ventura
My son has found words. Every day there are new ones. Hat, which is hair (and hat and socks). How,
This Tiny Stranger—On Teaching My Long-Haired Boy to TALK BACK
February 17th, 2017 | by Melissa Stephenson
To prepare myself for the worst, I spent much of my first pregnancy inspecting baby pictures of my husband and
The Art of Three A.M.
February 16th, 2017 | by Charlotte O'Brien
I wake abruptly from a deep sleep and before I can consider why, a small figure materializes beside me. “Mommy,