A Modern Perspective on Motherhood
This article is a commentary on the current guidelines for drinking during pregnancy. It was Friday evening and Elaine, nine months pregnant with baby number two, was looking forward to a relaxing dinner with her husband at their favourite Italian restaurant. It was a special occasion, and Elaine decided she would treat herself to a [...]
Helicopter parenting is a hot topic of debate. The term is used to describe today’s cultural tendency to parent with a keen eye towards protecting our children from any and all potential sources of harm, risk and/or disappointment. Some argue that, as parents, we are hovering too much over our children — over-parenting if you [...]
Do you need some advice or positive parenting tips? Ask your parenting question here and get suggestions from other parents about what to do. Perhaps you are struggling to get your child to eat a good variety of healthy food. Maybe you are having a hard time potty training. Maybe it’s a sleeping problem, a [...]
Helicopter parenting is a relatively new term in our cultural lexicon. The term, synonymous with the notion of “over-parenting” and/or “hyper-parenting,” was first used in the 1990 book called Parenting With Love And Logic: Teaching Children Responsibility.[1] You may have noticed that when the term helicopter parenting is used, it is often with a negative [...]
Are you looking for high quality, balanced and interesting articles on parenting? What about articles on modern parenting culture? Adjusting to motherhood? Infant feeding? Postpartum Issues? Helicopter parenting? Parenting styles and techniques? Consider this page your gateway for relevant, free, balanced parenting articles. The articles you will find here are written by a variety of [...]
Hi, I'm Stephanie. Welcome to the Motherhood Cafe. I created this website as a place for new and expecting mothers to go to get good information -- and perspective -- about motherhood and parenting. I have a PhD in Sociology, specializing in parenting culture. I'm widely published, have appeared on TV, and have spoken on national and … Learn More
