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# motherhood


## motherhood


* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd0b9f5f261f43693/698949b922fb85d552e283db/black-parenting-politics-play.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 10, 2019  
## [I Won’t Let Racism Rob My Black Child of Joy](https://time.com/5586869/black-children-joy/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Dani McClain
* ![Jessica Turner author of 'Stretched Too Thin'](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1b66ce6b94a6e447/69893819457a52f9c3d5f251/jessica-turner-stretched-too-thin.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 21, 2018  
## [How to Be a Working Mom Without Completely Losing Your Mind](https://time.com/5370732/balancing-career-motherhood/)  
by Jessica N. Turner
* ![Ashley Judd and Theresa \(lead midwife\) smile after the safe delivery of baby named Ashley to her mother, Nyakal. Taken at International Rescue Committee clinic supported by UNFPA, Bentiu Protection Of Civilians Site, South Sudan.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte463582b91eac1a4/698936d00a4a221bb29d356d/unfpass_aj-07802-crop.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 1, 2018  
## [How Ashley Judd Is Helping Women in South Sudan Fight Gender-Based Violence](https://time.com/5355177/ashley-judd-helps-women-south-sudan/)  
by Ashley Judd
* ![Businesswoman holding baby](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7da711c8f7c1a0e8/698933107cdbac1843d5d273/women-work-life-balance.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 14, 2018  
## [Why It's Time to Stop Striving for Balance and Just Embrace Reality](https://time.com/5311593/work-life-balance-women/)  
by Ruth Soukup
* ![Angel Hamilton, a blogger and stay-at-home mom with her two children](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc7ddda4741b8cb77/6989300c7cdbac0bead5cd30/bluegrass_mom_angel_hamilton.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 10, 2018  
## [Why I Don't Regret Quitting My Job and Becoming a Stay-at-Home Mom](https://time.com/5272577/stay-at-home-mom-choice/)  
by Angel Hamilton  
* ![Empty hospital delivery room](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1304dba1b3dbc920/69892f2486f68e69d16e90a5/maternal-mortality-rates-us.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 1, 2018  
## [I Survived Hemorrhaging During Childbirth, But Some Women Don't](https://time.com/5260227/maternal-deaths-america/)  
by Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb7b20bb78271fc6f/69892cb886f68e66f56e8c74/aliciahatch_deloitte.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 4, 2018  
## [The Boss: How Alicia Hatch Juggles Being a CMO and a Mom to Four Young Boys](https://time.com/5226343/alicia-hatch-deloitte-cmo-motherhood/)  
by Alicia Hatch
* ![Family in kitchen at home](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt46fb7c93f2827a32/698929a622fb854e07e24f35/family-coparenting.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 5, 2018  
## [Raising My Son With My Ex-Husband Is the Hardest Thing I’ve Ever Done](https://time.com/5183804/co-parenting-difficult-hard-jessica-henriquez/)  
by Jessica Ciencin Henriquez
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt90d64422703289ea/698928eebc6cfc79833e5274/rachelhollis-gwyf-final.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 27, 2018  
## [Why I Decided to Be An Imperfect Mother](https://time.com/5175955/girl-wash-your-face-motherhood/)  
by Rachel Hollis
* ![Pregnant Woman Working In Office](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt72df0a6e48637a3b/698928c8ab6d77497a6b1e5e/pregnant-woman-working.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 26, 2018  
## [Why America Needs a Paid Family Leave Act for All](https://time.com/5172814/paid-family-leave-policy/)  
by Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner  
* ![Portable hospital bed in hallway](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta99e615180b54d47/6988f91397cdffe67a6b407d/hospital-gurney.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 6, 2018  
## [One Man Made Childbirth a Nightmare for Me. Another Turned it Into a Gift](https://time.com/5113186/maggie-ofarrell-childbirth/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Maggie O'Farrell
* ![Rear view of mother and daughters walking towards escalator at railroad station](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5c9fe351d0ad6773/6988f8a8e76ad249c0630a9e/gettyimages-748361041.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 19, 2018  
## [No, All Those Strollers Aren't Your Imagination. More Women Are Having Children](https://time.com/5107704/more-women-mothers/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Belinda Luscombe
* ![a Young woman fills in a revue of the hospital she gave birth in on a digital tablet while breastfeeding.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8b0258bda0a1eb2d/6988f8a7fb4eac6bfb895578/back-to-work-after-baby.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 18, 2018  
## [Exhaustion, Incontinence and the Messy Reality of Returning to Work After a Baby](https://time.com/5107995/back-to-work-after-baby/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Molly Caro May
* ![Glamour Celebrates 2017 Women Of The Year Awards - Arrivals](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9b4e9c76dda87173/6988f7bb22fb850525e24554/serena-williams-daughter-olympia-c-section.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 10, 2018  
## ['Go Through a Different Door.' Why Serena Williams Doesn't Want Her Daughter to Follow Her Career Path](https://time.com/5096845/serena-williams-doesnt-want-daughter-to-play-tennis/)  
by Cady Lang
* ![baby crying](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt49a3c5c3b30bb745/6988e3048fd2ee16d03595b8/gettyimages-546824751.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 23, 2017  
## [Here's How Mothers Around the World React When Their Babies Cry](https://time.com/4992130/motherhood-crying-babies/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Belinda Luscombe

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