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Feeding in Public

On a plane with my teenaged kids for spring break last week, I thought of one of the many times I breastfed in public on a similar airplane. Long ago – the kids were a lot smaller -- but I remember it like yesterday. I was traveling alone with my three children, all under age…

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Airplanes, Kids and Moms Stuck in the Middle

You see a bedraggled, pinched-face mom struggling to placate small kids in an airport. What’s your immediate reaction? You may have heard the United Airlines horror story of New Jersey mom Elit Kirschenbaum. I’ve known Elit for years. She is a generous, kind, smart, extremely dedicated mom -- the kind of woman we all want to…

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What Does “Good” Look Like For a Working Mom?

What does good look like? This is probably the most confounding question for a working mom. There are so many public images of women doing it all, looking great and seemingly at peace with the world. Working motherhood isnt really like that. It is amazing but far from perfect. And each of us wears working motherhood in our own way.