Child sexual abuse has deep and haunting effects, reverberating through family and generations.
That was the case in my family.
Tag: Parenting
We Keep Hearing About The Labor Shortage. How’s That Working Out For Women Over 40?
The pandemic reminded everyone that women will sacrifice their own professional future and emotional well-being to take care of their loved ones. Put aging in the mix, and it’s a double-whammy for women who want to earn.
A Coalition of Mothers Urge Biden: Make the Child Tax Credit Permanent
Marshall Plan for Moms, Magnolia Mother’s Trust and Income Movement have organized 50 women from 50 states to advocate for the extension of the child tax credit.
Why Postpartum Care Is an Oxymoron
Women should expect better not only during pregnancy, but after. It is not enough for individuals to care for new mothers. We need policies, institutions and structures that care for us too.
A Memoir Of Family, Caregiving and Redemption: “Some Things Can Be Deleted, Just Often Not The Memory”
Deborah J. Cohan’s ‘Welcome to Wherever We Are: A Memoir of Family, Caregiving, and Redemption’ shows the complexities of unconditional love.
“My dad’s erratic meanness … was all mixed up with his erratic kindness. The erratic nature of it all actually became predictable—predictable erraticness, erratic predictability. … my dad’s behavior was all too often so impossible that I questioned her loyalty and why she stayed; I never really understood them together. Now at 49, I understand it better, through the prism of my own love for my dad, my own loyalty to him, even amid all that went on.”
American Families Plan Prioritizing Women and Workers Meets Resistance from GOP—Despite Bipartisan Support
The American Families Plan (AFP), introduced by President Biden on April 28, seeks to provide aid to American families, reduce child poverty, invest in teachers and education, ensure comprehensive paid family leave and subsidize child care. Despite the fact that 60 percent of U.S. voters support the AFP, so far, the plan has been met with resistance from Republican lawmakers.
Mom Can Answer All 30 of These Questions. Can Dad?
On Father’s Day, Joshua Ziesel, a clinical psychologist, wrote an essay about how women traditionally take on more mental labor than men. I welcome Ziesel to the next step of being the intellectually engaged and equally involved parent he strives to be.
Here are 30 questions that the average American mother will either immediately know the answer or know where the answer is.
The Caregiving Crisis Didn’t Start with COVID-19—It Won’t End With Biden’s $400 Billion Plan
Feminists are calling President Biden’s proposed $400 billion investment in caregiving “a great deposit” but “not nearly enough.” Programs Biden’s plan is proposing to invest in—such as community-based care—have been underfunded for decades
Lack of Child Care Infrastructure Costs U.S. Billions of Dollars Each Year
The United States has never prioritized child care as an investment. The U.S. child care crisis costs the nation $57 billion a year in lost earnings, productivity and revenue.
The Mandalorian’s Lessons on Paid Leave for Men
Whether it was passing up on beers with his team to clean up Baby Yoda vomit, struggling to find “child care” for Baby Yoda before embarking on especially dangerous bounty hunts, or—well—the entire show’s plotline hinging on the Mandalorian’s natural desire to take care of “the child” and protect it, our hero unapologetically shows how badass it is to be a caregiver.