A good mother is not expected to be perfect and self-sacrificing to the point of martyrdom. You have your own emotional baggage, your own scars, and your own needs.

Book review. The Good Mother Myth: Unlearning Our Bad Ideas about How to Be a Good Mom. By Nancy Reddy St. Martin’s Press: 256 pages, $28 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn ...

On the Tuesday, July 8 episode of the 'Unlocked' podcast, Julie Chrisley candidly opened up about how hard it was being away ...

Nancy Reddy’s 2025 book, “The Good Mother Myth: Unlearning Our Bad Ideas About How to Be a Good Mom” debunks the outdated image of motherhood. St. Martin’s Press ...

Whatever else was going on in my life (work, friends, love), all of that came second to my role as a mother.After my divorce from my children’s father — with all the guilt attached to that event — I ...

My mom frequently said she doesn’t think she was always a good mother. I see things differently now. After my parents divorced, my mom moved back to South Carolina.

Hester Prynne is not a good mother — that's the point. Not as far as the 17th century puritans in her New England village are concerned. That's why she is condemned to wear the scarlet letter "A ...

Maiasaura was a hadrosaur, or duck-billed dinosaur, that lived during the late Cretaceous Period. Its name is derived from Greek, “maia” meaning mother or good mother, and “saura” being the feminine ...