I recently read an article about a new book published in France, “Le Conflit: la femme et la mere” (“Conflict: The Woman and the Mother”) by Elisabeth Badinter. It appears that Ms. Badinter believes that to truly be a feminist a women must commit 100% to her career and that women who [...]

We’ve all heard it: it takes a village to raise a child, right? From the beginning I’ve tried to live that for My Fair Lady, encouraging her to recognize that the world is full of diverse people who love her just as much as they love their own. This was very obvious to me on [...]

My sister was telling me how she spent the weekend with some other couple friends & their kids. “All of the other ladies had really important jobs, like being a lawyer or doctor. And then there was me,” she told me. Now, wait a second. You run a business, I said. That’s a job. A [...]

When my daughter, Quincy was born, I worried about raising a daughter in a world filled with so many negative messages about what it means to be a woman. I thought surely it would be easier to raise a son. After all, maleness is generally more valued. My opinion has changed however, since adopting our [...]

Did you know the Code of Hammurabi mentions wet nursing, and that European women in the 13th century earned more money from wet nursing than by any other profession? And did you know that the tradition of wet nursing continues today through a  network of milk banks?
If you’ve been following my posts, you already know [...]