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Encouraging Your Partner to Get Screened for Prostate Cancer
Read More: Encouraging Your Partner to Get Screened for Prostate CancerEspaรฑol You might be wondering why an article on prostate cancer is in a womenโs health publication. Itโs because prostate cancer is common โ and many women know and love people with prostates. The good news is that even though prostate cancer is one of the most common types of cancer, itโs also highly treatable.…
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Shannon Lee Shares Her Experience as an Empty Nester
Read More: Shannon Lee Shares Her Experience as an Empty NesterNew York Times bestselling author, educator, martial artist and CEO of The Bruce Lee Foundation, Shannon Lee, is a force with the grace of a butterfly. Her latest book, Be Water, My Friend, explores her famous fatherโs philosophies about personal growth. That experience may have helped prepare her for when her daughter, Wren, left home…
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End-of-life Planning 101
Read More: End-of-life Planning 101When Taya Dunn Johnsonโs husband died suddenly at age 37, her world was completely shattered. Worse, she and her husband had never imagined they needed to plan so early for this type of life event. He didnโt have a will, sufficient life insurance or other end-of-life documents. Some of their financial accounts, including their mortgage,…
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Put Yourself on the A-List This Summer
Read More: Put Yourself on the A-List This SummerMegan Thee Stallion sang about having a โhot girl summer,โ but my friends who are mothers are having more of a โhot car summer.โ My friend Lara added three extra hours to her daily schlep when her daughterโs sleepaway camp temporarily switched to day-camp hours because of a Covid-19 exposure. Laraโs daughter begged to continue…
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My Husband and I Talked About Almost Everything. I Wish Weโd Known to Talk About Death
Read More: My Husband and I Talked About Almost Everything. I Wish Weโd Known to Talk About DeathAs told to Kimberly Rex From the first time we met, Joe and I had great conversations. A southern gentleman with long, brown hair and striking blue eyes, Joe held my attention with witty dialogue way beyond small talk. That night, we shared stories and talked about our mutual passion for television and movie writing.…
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Whatโs Behind the US Baby Formula Shortage โ and How to Make Sure It Doesnโt Happen Again
Read More: Whatโs Behind the US Baby Formula Shortage โ and How to Make Sure It Doesnโt Happen AgainBy Steven A. Abrams, University of Texas at Austin A baby formula shortage has added to the woes of American parents already confronted with the pressures of raising an infant during a pandemic in a country ranked low for family-friendly policies. Media reports have highlighted the plight of mothers, fathers and caregivers across the U.S.…
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Access, Access to health care, Family, Health care, Health insurance, Healthy home, Parenting, Preventive health
Health Insurance Coverage for Kids Through Medicaid and CHIP Helps Their Moms Too
Read More: Health Insurance Coverage for Kids Through Medicaid and CHIP Helps Their Moms TooBy Sebastian Tello-Trillo, University of Virginia The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea When children get health insurance through Medicaid or the Childrenโs Health Insurance Program, known as CHIP, their families benefit too. Thatโs what I found through recent research conducted with two fellow health economists, Daniel S.…
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Rifts Between Older Mothers and Their Adult Children Usually Endure โ Even Through Divorce, Illness and Death
Read More: Rifts Between Older Mothers and Their Adult Children Usually Endure โ Even Through Divorce, Illness and DeathBy Megan Gilligan, Iowa State University At the start of every new year, individuals often make resolutions to change aspects of their lives that they find undesirable. For some, these promises to themselves may involve trying to mend broken family relationships. Well-meaning friends and family members may encourage estranged older parents or adult children to…
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Adoption, Anxiety, Chronic conditions, Endometriosis, Family, mental health, Migraine, Real women real stories
Finding My Birth Mother Changed My Life โ and the Way I Manage My Health Care
Read More: Finding My Birth Mother Changed My Life โ and the Way I Manage My Health CareWhen I was a child, my stepmother told me I had another pair of parents who lived up a beanstalk. My mother had tried to plant her seeds in the soil, but a baby never grew, so my dad and mom climbed the stalk and asked my parents if they could spare a child. โCan…
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Covid-19 Vaccines & FOMO
Read More: Covid-19 Vaccines & FOMOFor some people, the holiday season can be a tangle of complicated emotions. Itโs often especially so for those spending the holidays with family because families can be tricky, not to mention that weโre still in a global pandemic โ and those are pretty tricky, too. What makes it all worse? Not taking care of…
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Making the Holidays a Bit Merrier
Read More: Making the Holidays a Bit MerrierAs joyful as the holidays are, this time of year also causes lots of people lots of stress. Itโs no wonder, really. Fraught family relationships, expenses, planning gatherings, and travel are just some of the contributors to stress. But stress doesnโt have to get the better of you and ruin the fun. Sounds impossible? I…
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After Being in a Toxic Marriage, I’m Finding Joy in Hanukkah Again
Read More: After Being in a Toxic Marriage, I’m Finding Joy in Hanukkah AgainAs told to Marnie Goodfriend Iโm not an overly religious person, but as a Jewish mother, itโs important for me to expose my two sons to the faith and let them decide later in life if itโs right for them. When we were together, my ex-husband made that hard because he denounced organized religion and…
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I Took a DNA Test to Learn More About My Identity. I Gained a Father in the Process.
Read More: I Took a DNA Test to Learn More About My Identity. I Gained a Father in the Process.As told to Shannon Shelton Miller I’d heard about DNA test kits for close to 10 years before a sale finally prompted me to buy one in early 2019. I figured it was time to learn more about my heritage and close a chapter in my life. I’d never known my father. My mother suffered…
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Bringing Joy Back to the Classroom and Supporting Stressed Kids โ What Summer School Looks Like in 2021
Read More: Bringing Joy Back to the Classroom and Supporting Stressed Kids โ What Summer School Looks Like in 2021By Raphael Travis Jr., Texas State University; Kathleen Lynch, University of Connecticut; Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, Temple University; Naomi Polinsky, Northwestern University, and Roberta Golinkoff, University of Delaware Already 62% of parents believe their children are behind in learning, according to a survey conducted by the National PTA and Learning Heroes. The transition from in-person to remote…
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Family Meals Are Good for the Grown-Ups, Too, Not Just the Kids
Read More: Family Meals Are Good for the Grown-Ups, Too, Not Just the KidsBy Anne Fishel, Harvard University For all the parents feeling exhausted by the cooking, cleaning and planning of a million meals during the pandemic, there’s some good news. Commensality, or the sharing of food with others, is beneficial for your physical and mental health. Most parents already know that family mealtimes are great for the…
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How to Help Dogs and Cats Manage Separation Anxiety When Their Humans Return to Work
Read More: How to Help Dogs and Cats Manage Separation Anxiety When Their Humans Return to WorkBy Lori M. Teller, Texas A&M University When one of my co-workers found out about a tiny, orphaned kitten that needed a home a few months ago, he didn’t hesitate to adopt it. He says his new companion helped make the months of COVID-19 isolation at home much less stressful. He is not alone. Animal…
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Hereโs Why Christmas Movies Are So Appealing This holiday Season
Read More: Hereโs Why Christmas Movies Are So Appealing This holiday SeasonBy S. Brent Rodriguez-Plate, Hamilton College With the pandemic limiting travel over the holiday season, many Americans will be settling in front of the television to watch their favorite holiday movies, along with their favorite drink โ a cup of hot apple cider or a glass of wine โ to add some cheer. Holiday movies…
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Caregivers Need Self Care, Too
Read More: Caregivers Need Self Care, TooThroughout her life, Kelly Klein has always felt a sense of responsibility for her sister Wendy, who is deaf and has intellectual delays. Klein always helped care for her sister, who would often visit her family on weekends. But after the death of their father seven years ago, Klein took over full-time and became Wendy’s…
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Family, Family planning, Real women real stories, Relationships, Reproductive health, Sex & relationships
My Long Journey to Queer Motherhood
Read More: My Long Journey to Queer MotherhoodI was 28 and newly married when I first started talking to my partner, Kellie, about having a child. I had always known I had wanted to be a parent. Kellie had never been sure. We had married each other anyway, certain the issue would work itself out. If we’d been a heterosexual couple, chances…
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How I Confronted My Fear of Death
Read More: How I Confronted My Fear of DeathIf I have a problem, any problem, some part of my brain strongly suggests leaving the country. I’m from England, which would fit into Texas five times with space leftover, so it’s not much of a feat. Daunted after graduating? Move to Mexico for two years. Friends outstayed their welcome on New Year’s Eve? God…
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As CDC Warns Against Thanksgiving Travel, Here Are a Dozen More Things You Can Do to Help Stop Covid-19
Read More: As CDC Warns Against Thanksgiving Travel, Here Are a Dozen More Things You Can Do to Help Stop Covid-19By Pamela M. Aaltonen, Purdue University As Americans prepare for the first Thanksgiving in the time of the coronavirus, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a stark warning a week before the big day: Don’t travel. No over the river and through the woods to grandmother’s condo. No flying to a beach gathering…
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How to Keep Your Kids Healthy This Fall
Read More: How to Keep Your Kids Healthy This FallMy youngest son’s birthday falls about a week before the start of school, allowing his annual well-child appointment to double as a routine back-to-school checkup. At the end of each visit, I schedule next year’s appointment, place it in the calendar on my phone and forget about it until the pediatrician’s office sends me a…
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Can Your Marriage Survive a Pandemic?
Read More: Can Your Marriage Survive a Pandemic?Like many married couples, Lisa Jean-Francois and her husband had settled into a routine before COVID-19. Days were spent juggling work and raising two kids, which included shuttling their seven-year-old son to school, tutoring and extracurricular activities. “My husband and I really didn’t spend that much time together because our lives have been devoted to…
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African American Teens Face Mental Health Crisis but Are Less Likely Than Whites to Get Treatment
Read More: African American Teens Face Mental Health Crisis but Are Less Likely Than Whites to Get TreatmentRebecca Klisz-Hulbert, Wayne State University, The Conversation Black youth in the U.S. experience more illness, poverty, and discrimination than their white counterparts. These issues put them at higher risk for depression and other mental health problems. Yet Black youth are less likely to seek treatment. About 9% of them reported an episode of major depression…
