Mother’s Day Gift Guide

Nowandgen Author — Wed, 05 May 2021 21:18:58 +0000

It's been a rough year-plus for moms everywhere. I've put together a quick list of items to shower the women in your life with love on Mother's Day.

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Hey Moms, Let’s Stop the Shaming

Heather Catania — Tue, 22 May 2018 04:15:39 +0000

One of the things that surprised me the most about becoming a mother was how many people have opinions—and aren’t afraid to share them!—on how we choose to raise our kids. Women are seemingly more susceptible to the spectrum of scrutiny (I touched upon this in my May Mission letter), but I was slightly blindsided by how criticism and judgement increased when I became a mom. From the names we pick for our babies to whether we breastfeed to whether we co-sleep seems to be up for discussion, even though our approaches to parenting are the most personal of choices. Let’s face it, we’re all just trying to do our best, one day at a time. I, for one, have been “mom shamed,” and, if we’re getting super honest here, I’m sure I’ve judged a mom or two in my wake. I’ve been approached (read: interrupted) about the food that I feed my kids, or the way that I dress them (too feminine or too masculine). I saw a tidal wave of judgement when I shared pictures of my sons with fresh coats of ninja-turtle green nail polish on their tiny fingers – not because they were excited to have […]

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Mother’s Day Gift Guide

Hey Moms, Let’s Stop the Shaming