ABOUT THIS MOTHERHOOD WEBSITEThe Motherhood CafeI created this motherhood 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 from the University of Alberta, Canada. I did my doctoral studies on postpartum depression, and on the (more general) experience of adjusting to motherhood. I do a lot of research on modern day parenting culture, and I also do research on infant feeding. I set up the Motherhood Cafe to share my research with everyday women and mothers. I started the Motherhood Cafe so that women could get good information about the stages and phases of adjusting to motherhood -- the identity change, the emotions and experiences of new motherhood, issues related to feeding, etc. Go to the
Parenting Culture section of this motherhood website
to learn more.
The purpose of the Motherhood Cafe is to create a trusted community where women can get good perspective, as well as helpful knowledge and information about their parenting experiences and concerns. My interest is to encourage and support mothers' (and families') self-empowerment, growth, and moral parenting autonomy. You can view my featured research publications and presentations here. I continue to be actively involved in research on motherhood and parenting culture. I am a member, for example, of the
Motherhood Institute for Research and Community Involvement
as well as the
Parenting Culture Studies group of researchers.
They, along with my husband, are what motivated me to do my PhD in the first place. They are also the the inspiration and support behind my work on this motherhood website. I would love to hear from you |
Lastly, I am also a mother myself. I have two children, a girl born in 2000 and a boy born in 2001.