caseylstewart / TikTok I know most of us would rather poke our eyes out than hear that famous phrase one more damn time: “It takes a village!” It’s infuriating for a myriad of reasons, though most parents can nail down the main reason why “it takes a village” makes our skin crawl: it’s so true,...
TikTok/ @popthatmumma The birth of a baby is one of the most miraculous moments in life. Suddenly, a new human is in the world — and at the very same moment, a mother is created. And because the moment is so important, there are lots of opinions — and misconceptions — about how mothers and...
ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images Game of Thrones alum Sophie Turner wants to clarify something she said during an interview with The Sunday Times while promoting her new series Joan (which is about a single mother and jewel thief). In the interview, she said, “If I hadn’t been a mother, I don’t know if I would have...
@kristina_fortuna / TikTok If you had the means, would you hire help during the ever-exhausting newborn stage? I had friends with night nurses, and I used to cry with pure jealousy at how fortunate they were to be able to afford that kind of help. Everyone raises their kids in different ways, with different means,...