Tae-Gyo: Prenatal Intensive Mothering in South Korea
If you're only going to have one kid, you put everything you have into it.
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Motherhood
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A Safe Haven for Whom?
Advocates argue that safe haven laws prevent mothers from abandoning their newborns, but the policy abandons mothers upon dropoff.
Giving Up Baby
An early look at a Pacific Standard story that's currently only available to subscribers.
The Crying Baby and the Sympathetic Fitbit
How a small piece of technology had a human-sized impact on a mother's relationship to her child.
In the United States, Single Motherhood Is Bad for Your Health
As privileged women increasingly embrace their “inner spinster,” a new study offers a timely reminder that single motherhood still comes with serious, material disadvantages for most women in this country.
Aunt Mommy
How does it feel to be the biological parent of your sister's child or the aunt of the children you birthed? Americans are finding out.
How Does It Feel to Be the Biological Parent of Your Sister’s Child?
An early look at a Pacific Standard story that's currently only available to print and digital magazine subscribers.
The Unseen Consequences of Pumping Breast Milk
Exclusive pumping is becoming more popular among American moms, often seen as a way moms can “have it all.” Meanwhile, the effects on maternal and infant health—and workplace policies—are rarely discussed.
Killer Whales are Momma’s Boys
And apple pie Via Science 2.0: Marine biologists have determined that male killer whales have an apron strings…