Family

Productivity Culture Nearly Killed Me and My Baby

On a warmer-than-usual December evening 2.5 years ago, I went into premature labor at 24…

What “Wicked” might mean for my daughter’s Black skin

As the temperatures dipped below freezing in Chicago, my family and I braved the cold…

Bow and Submit: An Orthodox Lesson in Strength, Humility and Love

The “beautiful moment of sisterhood” at the 2024 Olympics last month expressed in the globally renowned…

TikTok Ban Needs More Work

President Joe Biden signed into law a requirement for ByteDance to sell TikTok or be banned from…

“All We Do is Eat”: Filipino, Food, and Family

Studies say there are five love language types in the world: words of affirmation, acts…

People in grief need allies

The last time I saw Dylan he was dancing on my front porch steps. He…

Girls should be free to make messes and keep the science tidy

This October, astronomy enthusiasts in the northern hemisphere can spot a comet first seen by Pierre…

Back To School? Working Moms Feel Brunt of Pressure

It is back-to-school season, but for many mamas, it’s way more than that. It’s pressure.…

With Difficult Parents, Consider Boundaries Instead of Estrangement

This Mother’s Day, you may have noticed a less cheery marketing tone emerging from your…

How Michelle Yeoh has redefined the meaning of superhero, and what this means for me as a mom

Michelle Yeoh recently made history, becoming the first Asian-identifying woman to win an Oscar for Best…

How becoming a noncustodial mother revealed a lack of peer support and social acceptance

It was a sunny and warm Southern California afternoon as I browsed in a quaint…

We Worry

We teach our sons and daughters to think for themselves, to experience the world and…

Think Before You Spit: DNA Testing Can Disrupt Mature Families

In midlife, I suddenly became a middle child.  Two years ago, our parents sat my younger…

Where to find God? In math, love, the church, the backseat of a car, or the minds of children?

God and math: in my mind, they are connected, and here’s why. Math is formulaic,…

From Burnout to Thriving as a Working Mother: How Working Part-Time is Essential to My Well-Being

“What if you are meant to feel the world as inhospitable, unfriendly, off-track in just…