Read more motherhood stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/483/motherhood.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 11:34:46 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74635/why-everyone-hates-mommies.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tag“Helicopter moms,” “sanctimommies,” “stroller Nazis,” “breeders”—moms are getting a bad rap these days, but why? Yes, some aspects of mommy culture are ripe for mocking—the obsession with pregnant celebrities, the sham of Baby Einstein, the mothers who park “SUV-size” strollers next to their barstools, writes Lynn Harris for...http://www.newser.com/story/74635/why-everyone-hates-mommies.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 23 Nov 2009 12:17:31 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72657/the-mommy-industry-is-killing-moms.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThanks to offhand comments from her son ("You're a mean mom!") and underhanded comments from other parents ("Your son's very competitive!"), Karen Houppert wakes up at 2:30am every day, wrestling with self-doubt. The newest parenting trend—family coaches to perfect your child-raising skills—joins the already $2....http://www.newser.com/story/72657/the-mommy-industry-is-killing-moms.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 27 Oct 2009 12:00:37 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72285/obama-owns-up-michelle-made-more-sacrifices.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe men in many families need to be "knocked across the head every once in a while" to realize how much more work their partners are putting into child-raising, President Obama says, and the Obamas are no exception. "There's no doubt that our family, like a lot of families out...http://www.newser.com/story/72285/obama-owns-up-michelle-made-more-sacrifices.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 22 Oct 2009 7:23:37 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71551/abortion-addict-ended-15-pregnancies.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOnce an “abortion addict,” Irene Vilar is making waves on both sides of the contentious debate with her memoir of the 15 pregnancies she terminated—including one she had forgotten about. One pro-life blogger called for her to be thrown in jail; as for the other side, “the majority of...http://www.newser.com/story/71551/abortion-addict-ended-15-pregnancies.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 13 Oct 2009 12:51:48 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70736/most-stay-at-home-moms-arent-opting-out-census.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe so-called opt-out revolution by stay-at-home moms “is not and never has been and will not be a revolution,” says one sociologist—and statistics from the most recent census support that point. The term was coined to describe well-educated women leaving high-powered careers to raise children, but census figures show...http://www.newser.com/story/70736/most-stay-at-home-moms-arent-opting-out-census.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 01 Oct 2009 11:39:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69044/ashlee-jess-wants-a-baby-too.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAshlee Simpson loves being a mom and says her older sister Jessica wants the same thing, People reports. "She's always saying, 'Oh, I want a baby!' " Ashlee tells Redbook . "Being a mom's so empowering and incredible." So doesn't Ashlee, who's all married and settled down at 24, ever envy...http://www.newser.com/story/69044/ashlee-jess-wants-a-baby-too.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 10 Sep 2009 10:10:50 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67747/feminists-dont-get-it-motherhoods-a-drug.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFor Katie Roiphe, the connection with her newborn child is like an “addiction," she writes on DoubleX. "There is an opium-den quality to maternity leave. The high of a love that obliterates everything.” Why, then, can’t feminists accept that motherhood is more than a “vocation?” Sure, “the act of caring...http://www.newser.com/story/67747/feminists-dont-get-it-motherhoods-a-drug.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 25 Aug 2009 15:08:37 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67038/boozing-authormom-hits-the-wagon.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagStefanie Wilder-Taylor made a name for herself penning light-hearted accounts of life as a hard-drinking mom, so her blog readers were shocked when she announced that she was laying off the sauce, the New York Times reports. Drinking-while-parenting “was a way to express that we’re still fun people,” but when...http://www.newser.com/story/67038/boozing-authormom-hits-the-wagon.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 16 Aug 2009 13:07:44 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60596/falco-brings-soul-to-mean-nurse-jackie.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFormer Sopranos matriarch Edie Falco is back, and this time her cable series character is closer to the actress herself—a blue-collar woman who shirks appearances and works hard, Newsweek reports. But Falco isn't quite the brassy protagonist in Showtime's Nurse Jackie , either. The Long Island native is a warm,...http://www.newser.com/story/60596/falco-brings-soul-to-mean-nurse-jackie.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 31 May 2009 17:47:03 CDT