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survey says

May 18, 2012 10:44 AM CDT

Stay-at-Home Moms Suffer More Sadness

Cite more depression, anger compared to employed mothers: Gallup poll

(Newser) - Stay-at-home moms struggle with sadness, depression, and anger more often than employed mothers do, according to a sure-to-be-controversial new Gallup poll. While 26% of stay-at-home moms reported feeling sadness much of "yesterday," that figure was just 16% among employed moms. Some 28% of stay-at-home moms said they have...

Stop the Charade: Being a Mom Isn't 'Toughest Job'

It's a PC thing to say, but it's not true, say two female columnists

(Newser) - When Hilary Rosen dropped her never-worked-a-day bomb on Ann Romney, Democrats immediately sensed the political danger and backed away. President Obama himself weighed in: "There is no tougher job than being a mom," he declared. Oh, really? wonder Meghan Daum in the Los Angeles Times and Vivia Chen...

Stay-at-Home Mom?
Few Can Afford the Choice

EJ Dionne

Apr 19, 2012 11:37 AM CDT

Stay-at-Home Mom? Few Can Afford the Choice

EJ Dionne says it's not 'values' driving women to work, it's economics

(Newser) - Lost in the midst of the Ann Romney/Hilary Rosen "mommy war" was a simple truth: Most mothers today simply can't afford to stay home with their kids. "This is not about 'lifestyle' or 'values,'" writes EJ Dionne of the Washington Post . "This...

Let's Please End
This Phony 'Girl Fight'

kathleeen parker

Apr 14, 2012 10:10 AM CDT

Let's Please End This Phony 'Girl Fight'

Pundits making too much of Ann Romney flap: Kathleen Parker

(Newser) - This week's blather over Hilary Rosen's never-worked-a-day comment regarding Ann Romney wasn't so much a battle over substantive issues as a "peashooter contest in the Twitter Lounge," writes Kathleen Parker in the Washington Post . Start with the basics: Rosen spoke the truth in that Romney...

Ann Romney Gives
'Shout-Out to All Moms'

Apr 13, 2012 4:28 PM CDT

Ann Romney Gives 'Shout-Out to All Moms'

She joins Mitt on stage at NRA meeting

(Newser) - Mitt Romney addressed the NRA today to call President Obama soft on gun rights and personal liberties in general, but he couldn't resist bringing his "hero"—wife Ann—on stage, too. Both addressed the recent flap over her decision to be a stay-at-home mom, and Politico provides...

Nurturing
Moms Help
Kids' Brains Grow

study says

Jan 31, 2012 3:55 PM CST

Nurturing Moms Help Kids' Brains Grow

Children of caring mothers have larger hippocampi: study

(Newser) - A mother's care may affect the physical development of a child's brain, a study suggests. Researchers found that preschool kids with more nurturing mothers had larger hippocampi than their peers by the time they were school age, reports HealthDay News, via the Philadelphia Inquirer . The hippocampus is a...

Why I Loved Being
Called a MILF

essay

Apr 2, 2011 1:00 PM CDT

Why I Loved Being Called a MILF

Some find the term 'gross,' but Wilson Diehl needed to hear it

(Newser) - Since becoming a mom, Wilson Diehl had “internalized the wildly sexist notion that moms are unsexy,” she writes on Salon . “Maybe I could be a hot 35-year-old married lady, but a hot 35-year-old married mom?” But on a ladies’ weekend in Chicago with friends, Diehl found herself...

Mom Busted After Dumping Newborn in Stadium Toilet

Feb 9, 2011 4:58 AM CST

Mom Busted After Dumping Newborn in Stadium Toilet

Shivering, wet baby found gasping for air

(Newser) - A South Carolina mom has been busted after she gave birth in a stadium bathroom in the middle of a circus performance, then stuffed the newborn boy in the toilet, according to cops. The shivering baby was found gasping for breath some 90 minutes later by cleaning staff credited with...

Teenybopper
Stars Stoke
Moms' Lust

May 16, 2010 1:40 PM CDT

Teenybopper Stars Stoke Moms' Lust

They're not afraid to share daughters' crushes

(Newser) - Move over, Brad Pitt and George Clooney—today's moms are lusting after a new generation of leading men ... or should we say boys? Women in their 30s and 40s aren't afraid to declare their love for Zac Efron, Justin Bieber, and their daughters' other dream guys, the Boston Globe reports....

Meet the World's Richest Moms

May 9, 2010 5:15 AM CDT

Meet the World's Richest Moms

There are 70 billionaire moms in the world

(Newser) - We hear a lot about Angelina , but she isn't the only mom making serious bank. According to Forbes ' count, there are 70 billionaire mothers in the world (compared to 555 dads). Some of them—think Mars and Heineken—are old names. Others, are relative newcomers. Here are some of...

Why Everyone Hates Mommies

OPINION

Nov 23, 2009 12:17 PM CST

Why Everyone Hates Mommies

The stroller digs are symbolic of a deeper problem

(Newser) - “Helicopter moms,” “sanctimommies,” “stroller Nazis,” “breeders”—moms are getting a bad rap these days, but why? Yes, some aspects of mommy culture are ripe for mocking—the obsession with pregnant celebrities, the sham of Baby Einstein, the mothers who park “SUV-size”...

Twilight's Secret
Superfans: Moms

Nov 16, 2009 8:55 AM CST

Twilight's Secret Superfans: Moms

The secret group of Twilight fans even reports better sex lives

(Newser) - Twilight’s “unthinkably cheesy,” unabashedly adolescent take on love—vampire love, at that—is inspiring adoration in a hidden cache of fans: “smart, sophisticated, well-read mothers.” Why would an otherwise mature adult turn to mush over Stephenie Meyer’s teen saga—even putting a photo of...

Yes, I'm a Mom—
But That's Not My Name

identity crisis

Oct 23, 2009 5:50 PM CDT

Yes, I'm a Mom— But That's Not My Name

(Newser) - The latest trend in nomenclature rings false to at least one person who recently realized that "Mom" has become "the now generic name for every female parent in our country." Thinking it over, Anne Albeck dates the phenomenon to the early '90s, but familiarity—and overfamiliarity—...

Women
Celebrate
Michelle O.

OPINION

May 3, 2009 12:22 PM CDT

Women Celebrate Michelle O.

The 'tough' but 'normal' First Lady has a lot going for her, and is making the best of it all

(Newser) - Michelle Obama: Whether you see her as a role model for working moms, an angry black woman, a sensible style icon, or an irrepressible hugger, everyone seems to have an opinion about the new first lady. The Guardian got 12 prominent women to muse on the different sides of Michelle;...

Mother Gains Notoriety After Kicking Kids
to the Curb

Apr 23, 2009 12:56 PM CDT

Mother Gains Notoriety After Kicking Kids to the Curb

Park Ave. lawyer pulls 'bad mommy' move

(Newser) - The quiet suburban life of Madlyn Primoff—a mother of two who litigated international financial disputes for a Park Avenue law firm—has come undone in a wash of publicity, the Journal News reports, after her kids’ bickering proved too annoying in downtown White Plains last weekend. In a bit...

Another Twitter Knockoff, This One for Moms

Mar 28, 2009 5:39 PM CDT

Another Twitter Knockoff, This One for Moms

(Newser) - The concept of Twitter, widely copied in the US and abroad, has found a home at a mommy-centric website, the Wall Street Journal reports. The site Today’s Mama hosts a new microblog called “Connect," which, unlike Twitter, allows users to join groups by region or topic....