Essays on Motherhood

Motherhood in the media, a subject all too familiar with moms. Career women are shown trying to have it all, but seemingly at the expense of their families, children, and sanity. The working mother is often portrayed as cold, selfish, career-obsessed and struggling. The popular culture surrounding motherhood has created the so-called “Mommy Wars” in…

In 2015, over 200,000 babies were born to girls under the age of 20 (Center for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2017). Although the number of teenage births each year has declined over the past decade, and is continuing on a downward trend (CDC, 2017), there continues to be a significant number of mothers, children,…

As times have changed in America, so has society, its norms, and its expectations. For mothers, society has a plethora of opinions of what a mother should be and do. Within the last 50 years, society has changed motherhood in America to be much more demanding and uncompromising. The creation and idealization of the ‘super…

Before I had my oldest daughter, I didn’t think it would be too hard to have a baby. I assumed that I would love Emma from the moment she was born and I would transform into motherhood seamlessly. I was shocked when Emma came along that this didn’t quite happen. I floundered in the hospital,…

Welcoming a new baby into the world is one of the happiest moments for a new mother and father. After waiting nine long months, it is very exciting for new parents to finally see their new baby. However, bringing a new baby home can be very stressful, tiring, and time-consuming as well, especially to the…

Psychology is the technological and scientific analysis of mental and behavior process; which, utilizes different perspectives to comprehend and research the issues and concern in the field. A primarily focused branch of the mental process includes depression. Affecting 121 million individuals globally, depression has a large impact wide range of age groups starting early on…

Being physically fit and having children has always been so interesting to me. The way that mothers find time and energy to work out baffles me. This article intrigued me so much, because one day I hope to have a child and I would hope that I can stay physically fit. Whether that is taking…

Pregnancy is said to be one of the most beautiful and joyous event a woman can experience in her life. A baby starts its growing process in the womb where it stays in fetal position safely inside for 40 weeks if it’s a full-term baby. That’s 280 days where you have a human being inside…

Childbirth can be in most cases one of the most beautiful experiences a woman can have and it can be one of the most exhilarating, special moments in mother and fathers life. However unless a person is in the process of soon to give birth most of the time there is little information that one…