Tag: motherhood

• Yes, I am mom enough

  Thanks, but no thanks, TIME magazine. We don’t need you to ask us if we are “mom enough” or to define the standards of acceptable or “extreme” parenting. We mothers ARE enough, without apology or justification. I’d rather focus on ways that I and other mothers can feel positive and confident in our ability to…

  Dana Young

  May 11, 2012

  Parenting

  attachment parenting, empowerment, Mother’s Day, motherhood, mothers, parenting, stepmothers

• The soul of motherhood

  In response to the recent spate of articles sensationalizing parenting choices and emphasizing negative attitudes towards motherhood (just in time for Mother’s Day!), I wanted to offer a different perspective that examines motherhood as a transformative, empowering, and sacred rite of passage and how we can support that process. The psychiatrist Carl Jung defined an…

  Dana Young

  May 11, 2012

  Parenting, Spirituality

  archetypes, life transitions, Mother’s Day, motherhood, rituals, soul work

• What does it mean to be a mother?

  This is a question I’ve been pondering since my daughter was born four years ago. The fantasy I entertained about my first moments and days of motherhood took a hit after my emergency c-section and post-partum hemmorhage. For the first week of my daughter’s life, my husband primarily took care of her. Once I was…

  Dana Young

  May 8, 2011

  Parenting

  Mother’s Day, motherhood, mothers, parenting, relationships

• Saying goodbye to Friday

  In the nearly four years since my daughter was born, I have spent almost every Friday with her. When I went back to work after my 4 months of maternity leave were up, I chose a compressed schedule that allowed me the opportunity to spend one day during the week with her. After I lost my job…

  Dana Young

  March 19, 2011

  Parenting

  children, growing up, motherhood, parenting, transitions