Motherhood, identity & wellbeing
The Pressure to Give Your Kids a Perfect Childhood
A good childhood is not one without frustration, conflict, boredom, disappointment, or parents who make mistakes. Trying to remove every hard experience…
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Feeling emotions more intensely after having kids: understanding your new sensitivity
Motherhood can turn up the volume on very different emotions: huge joy over something tiny, guilt after losing patience, nostalgia while a…
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When you don’t recognize how protective you’ve become after having a baby
Sometimes the uncomfortable part is not only wanting to protect the baby more. It is hearing yourself say things you once associated…
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Why do I feel more sensitive to anything involving children since becoming a mom?
A story you once would have read and moved on from can stay with you all day. A movie scene may suddenly…
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Why do I worry about things I never thought about before becoming a mom?
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How your relationship with risk can change after having kids
Having children does not only introduce new risks. It changes who lives with the consequences of some decisions. A choice that once…
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Why the world can feel more dangerous after you have a baby
The world does not suddenly change on the day your baby is born, but the way you scan it can. Places that…
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Feeling like you have so much more to lose since becoming a mom
Before kids, the future may have felt mostly like something that happened to you. After kids, love can come with a new…
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Why some moms become more protective than they expected
It is easy to imagine what kind of mom you will be before there is an actual child in the picture. It…