All of A Sudden We Were Mothers: KRISTEN STONE on Friendship and Change
November 11th, 2015 | by Ezra Stone
Last night I talked to an old friend. She has four stepchildren now; I have a six-year-old son. These children,
Browsing the "Adoption" Tag
FIRST TRIP TO THE BARBER SHOP by Eve
October 2nd, 2015 | by Eve Lyons
I took my three-year-old son to the barber shop today. Up until now, we’ve managed his soft, thick, curly hair
EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED: An Interview with Jillian Lauren
September 1st, 2015 | by Meg Lemke
I first heard Jillian Lauren on The Moth podcast, with a harrowing story about adopting her son, Tariku. She is great up at
The Sometimes Messy Truth: DEESHA PHILYAW Interviews Her Children’s Stepmom About Adoption
April 21st, 2015 | by Deesha Philyaw
Last year in Mutha magazine, I wrote about breaking all the rules that stepmoms and moms are supposed to follow
SHE LOOKS NOTHING LIKE YOU by Egypt Titchenal
March 24th, 2015 | by Egypt Titchenal
Her ambiguously brown skin and blue-black hair caused stares as she shopped with two blonde, fair-haired children. My brother, the two-year
IN ONE WEEK I COULD BE THE MOTHER OF A BLACK SON By Eve
September 16th, 2014 | by Eve Lyons
In One Week I Could Be the Mother of a Black Son For Trayvon Martin Dear Son, You haven’t
Rumbi Görgens on THE ‘I’ WORD
June 18th, 2014 | by Rumbi Görgens
There’s a word I’ve avoided using in all my conversations and writing about my experience, and the word is this:
JLWL on STRANGERS WITH OPINIONS
June 10th, 2014 | by JLWL
Of all the parenting mistakes I’ve made, the one I didn’t see coming rippled deeply through my family. It wasn’t
MUTHA Book Reviews!
April 25th, 2014 | by Mutha Magazine
ARIEL GORE’S THE END OF EVE I first learned of Ariel Gore when a friend passed me her well-worn copy
DEESHA PHILYAW Is Breaking the Rules: Why I Love My Kids’ Stepmom
March 27th, 2014 | by Deesha Philyaw
Know the rules well, so you can break them effectively. — Dalai Lama XIV Confession: I’m an accomplice to some