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Happy New Year (wait, did I miss it?)
A not-so-timely retrospective
Jan 7
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Decoding the stress of holiday magic making
Could some of it be considered “good”?
Dec 18, 2025
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Limiting stress when stress is inevitable
The NICU may be a perfect stressor storm, but as Dr. Kobi Ajayi explains, compassion and empathy (and paid leave) are key to improving stress-related…
Dec 4, 2025
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Pseudoscience, neurobollocks, and lessons from Mrs. Wormwood
Re-evaluating the "science" that makes you *think* you need to be/act/parent a certain way
Nov 18, 2025
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A new era of mother blame
Spoiler: it’s not about mothers
Nov 7, 2025
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The ignored health risk of motherhood
Mar 20, 2025
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“The parenting road is long. Pace yourself.”
Sep 25, 2025
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Pseudoscience, neurobollocks, and lessons from Mrs. Wormwood
Nov 18, 2025
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Time for a cultural reframe on parenting
Aug 20, 2025
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Molly Dickens, PhD
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Emily Edlynn
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The Red Bug generation
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“The parenting road is long. Pace yourself.”
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The danger lurking in the “ambient expectations of motherhood”
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Sep 9, 2025
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Time for a cultural reframe on parenting
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Box-checking, plate-spinning, and the ever-present fear of failure
Why women’s health tanks and men’s health benefits from taking on more cognitive labor in the home.
Aug 5, 2025
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Child care wins in the OBBB? Um, no.
Beware of "momwashing"!
Jul 19, 2025
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“Perimenopause is the last black box in women's healthcare”
If science+medicine know nearly nothing about the human body during this stage, are the “experts” lying to us?
Jul 11, 2025
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Turns out, abortion does NOT harm women's mental health (reshare)
But abortion bans most certainly will.
Jun 25, 2025
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Cortisol is not your enemy
Not sure Ashwagandha will fix the effects of ripping away the social safety net.
Jun 20, 2025
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