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May 24, 2019

My Wish for Moms

Just in time for Mother’s Day this year, supermodel Chrissy Teigen launched the #MyWishForMoms campaign to bring awareness to postpartum depression and anxiety and to help break the stigma surrounding these conditions. While 1 in every 7 moms experience postpartum depression each year, only 15% receive treatment. Perhaps this is because our culture views giving […]

WRITTEN BY: Jenny Lobb, Family and Consumer Sciences Educator, Ohio State University Extension, Franklin County

REVIEWED BY: Whitney Gherman, Family and Consumer Sciences Educator, Ohio State University Extension, Marion County

SOURCES:

  • Allegheny Health Network (2019). The 4th Trimester: Time to Take Care of Mom. https://www.mywishformoms.org/postpartum-resource/
  • MedlinePlus (2019). Postpartum Depression. https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/007215.htm
  • TODAY Parenting Team (2018). Stay at Home Mom Depression. https://community.today.com/parentingteam/post/stay-at-home-mom-depression
  • Zillman, C. (2018). Childcare Costs More Than College Tuition in 28 U.S. States. Fortune. http://fortune.com/2018/10/22/childcare-costs-per-year-us/

Categories: Family and Relationships, Mind and Body
Tags: motherhood, postpartum depression, work family conflict, work family justice

May 17, 2019

From Work-Family Balance to Work-Family Justice

Hi, my name is Jenny and I’m a working mother. This is a new title for me. I have been an Extension Educator since 2016, but I did not become a mother until earlier this year. While on maternity leave, I read the newly published book Making Motherhood Work: How Women Manage Careers and Caregiving […]

WRITTEN BY: Jenny Lobb, Family and Consumer Sciences Educator, Ohio State University Extension, Franklin County

REVIEWED BY: Whitney Gherman, Family and Consumer Sciences Educator, Ohio State University Extension, Marion County

PHOTO CREDITS:

  • Baby Bella photography

SOURCES:

  • Collins, C. (2019). Making Motherhood Work: How Women Manage Careers and Caregiving. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
  • Ennis, L.R. (2014). Intensive Mothering: The Cultural Contradictions of Modern Motherhood. Retrieved from https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1rrd8rb.

Categories: Family and Relationships
Tags: motherhood, Parenting, Work Balance, work family balance, work family conflict, work family justice

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