A weekly letter for mothers exploring matrescence, the mental load and the unchosen expectations of what a 'good mother' should be. It uses reflective questions and gentle prompts to help readers notice where their doing comes from and reconnect with their own wants.
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Essays on the hardest parts of modern motherhood and childhood, framed through evolutionary biology, hunter-gatherer anthropology and developmental research. Recent issues cover play deficits, early education and the global learning crisis, and the lack of leisure for mothers.
A working mom in Los Angeles writes candidly about building a small business (Parcel Air travel boxes for kids) while job hunting and tracking her family's finances in public. Readers get personal narrative with concrete numbers, setbacks, and operational details of running an e-commerce side business.
A women's magazine written from France that offers personal, memoir-style essays on marriage, motherhood, family life, travel and the labour of running a household. Issues are built around a single place or moment, such as Saint-Émilion, Milk or Sai Kung, and told in a vivid, sensory first-person voice.
A personal newsletter by Madeleine Forbes, a writer and mother living on a farm in a fire-prone region, mixing reflections on motherhood, work, and rural life. Readers get candid, lyrical essays on guilt, identity, drought and the emotional texture of everyday family and farm life.
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