If you haven't heard of it, the "mental load" is what we talk about when we say that moms sometimes do a lot more parenting than dads without even …
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Project Mental (Un)Load: We Need to Discuss the Unspoken Burdens of Parenthood
It's a known fact that parenting isn't easy, but we don't talk enough about how the burdens of parenthood impact all communities differently. Parents.com wants to start a new dialogue about motherhood and fatherhood to get the change we need to thrive as parents.
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"I skip meals, miss workouts, and lose sleep," says Priscilla Broomall, stay-at-home-mom to two small boys living in Silverthorne, Colorado. "There's …
The phrase "mental load" might bring to mind a bevy of images—meal prep for fussy toddlers, piles of dishes, shopping for school supplies, scheduling …
My husband and I have been together for more than a decade and thought, surely, we had things all figured out. And, yet, when our son was born just …
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It was my 38th birthday and I was overweight, dealing with a bronchial infection. I was also depressed. The feeling was new. Not only had I never …
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Parenthood is full of wonder. I consider it life's greatest experience for those who choose to enter into it. But it can also be exhausting. Who …
When Olympic sprinter, seven-time U.S. outdoor track champion, and mom of three Alysia Montaño started her nonprofit &Mother earlier this year, she …
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