Don’t Eugenics Your Kid: On the Nature of Nurture
May 10th, 2023 | by Cheryl Klein
In trying to protect myself from what I couldn’t control, I’d forgotten I had agency
Browsing the "99 Problems" Category
The Self-Loathing Mother
April 21st, 2023 | by Elizabeth Tannen
But why should I loathe myself for something I love
I Hope That What They Hear is a Song
April 4th, 2023 | by Kate Tellers
I am Sisyphus and this is my rock
One Rainy Wish
February 21st, 2023 | by Kerby Kunstler Caudill
At the time, I felt I’d failed her. I’d failed myself. But what a fucking journey I’d had just to have her
Chanting
May 3rd, 2022 | by Tara Dorabji
A young woman holds the megaphone. “We are supposed to be getting taught about consent at SFUSD, but I haven’t been taught about consent in school.”
Mothering in the Anthropocene
April 22nd, 2022 | by Michele Bigley
The future we’ve been warned about is here. Now what
It’s Time to Curb the Cultural Expectation of Mommy Guilt
April 7th, 2022 | by Samantha Mann
Recently, I've been feeling a secondhand guilt, the guilt of not experiencing the typical, ultra-popular mommy guilt. FOMO guilt
Sing A Song (Or: The Dolphins Who Hung with Me When My Son Was Breaking Down)
February 24th, 2022 | by Coley Gallagher
Icy water shocked my bare feet each time the tide slid in. I trudged on, iPhone stuck in my back
Why My Son Stopped Playing Fortnite
February 17th, 2022 | by Chanel Brenner
On the morning of April 1, 2019, I walked into our kitchen and found my ten-year-old son Desmond’s Xbox on