Tag: Motherhood
More than 4 in 5 pregnancy-related deaths are preventable in the...
Rachel Diamond, Adler University
Preventable failures in U.S. maternal health care result in far too many pregnancy-related deaths. Each...
Who’s your daddy? Don’t ask a DNA test
Nara Milanich, Barnard College
“Man Ordered to Pay $65K in Child Support for Kid Who Isn’t His.” “Father Hopes to Change State Paternity Law” after...
#MeToo, workplace equality and the ‘wave of women’: 3 essential reads
Bryan Keogh, The Conversation and Nicole Zelniker, The Conversation
Editor’s note: As we come to the end of the year, Conversation editors take a look...
Women on the 2018 ballot are busting perceptions of motherhood and...
Jill S. Greenlee, Brandeis University
Motherhood is taking center stage in U.S. politics.
Sen. Tammy Duckworth, the first United States senator to give birth while in...
Women earn less after they have kids, despite strong credentials
Joya Misra, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Women without kids have earned more than employed mothers for decades or longer. But differences between these two kinds...
When a mom feels depressed, her baby’s cells might feel it...
Benjamin W. Nelson, University of Oregon; Heidemarie Laurent, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Nick Allen, University of Oregon
An estimated 1 in 9 women...
Why Facebook may fuel new mothers’ insecurity
Sarah Schoppe-Sullivan, The Ohio State University
You haven’t showered in a few days, and you haven’t brushed your teeth yet this morning. ...
Dads are more involved in parenting, yes, but moms still put...
Dads are more involved in parenting, yes, but moms still put in more work
Sarah Schoppe-Sullivan, The Ohio State University
On Jan. 21, in a collective...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
