Rejecting the Selfless Mother
November 9th, 2023 | by Megan Evans
I was nine months clean and sober when I got pregnant. In the naivete of early sobriety, I thought I had life figured out and was ready to share this wisdom with a child.
Browsing the "On Balance" Category
What Happened to My Super Strength (Part I)
September 6th, 2023 | by Johna Mandel
The contestants compete to see who is the strongest
Alone
August 29th, 2023 | by Caroline M. Grant
I look around my comfortable house—its walls and roof dramatically sturdier than the shelters on Alone—and I am grateful, but: I kind of want to run away.
Late Summer Lament: Unemployment, Wasted Time, and a Hurriquake
August 23rd, 2023 | by Cheryl Klein
I am not using this time to reattach the cupboard doors that fell off their hinges in our kitchen. Instead, I’m becoming unhinged
D is for Divorce
August 10th, 2023 | by Sara Sadek
Divorce, assuming shared custody, does what most marriages don't: it protects at least some of a mother’s time from being simultaneously beholden to both the paid work of her profession and the unpaid work of mothering.
When the Kid Gets Sick: Five Stages
May 26th, 2023 | by Dana Perry
starve a fever and feed a cold (or maybe it’s the other way around?)
Imperfect
May 18th, 2023 | by Sarah Hare
How do I encourage her to be everything she isn't supposed to be
This is My Life
April 28th, 2023 | by Eloisa Pérez-Lozano
After having my son, I was terrified I would lose myself in him
The Days Never Stop Coming: Playtime Comics
April 6th, 2023 | by Philippa Rice
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