Now that I'm a mother, I'm hypersensitive to portrayals of child abuse or child death in movies and books. I just woke up from a nightmare induced by a novel that culminated in the murder of a child. How do I depersonalize violent media depictions of children? It's a terrible feeling to have some book or some movie eat away at me because I've inappropriately projected the situation onto my own daughter and let the book/movie play off irrational parental fears.
posted by crazycanuck on Nov 23, 2009 - 34 answers

Must travel without baby -- but want to keep breast-feeding. Complications and doubts. [more inside]
posted by maybephd on Dec 11, 2008 - 15 answers

I'm pregnant, and having a horrible time coming to terms with this new maternal identity. I know having a baby changes everything, etc., etc., but is it possible to become a mom and still stay, well, yourself? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Sep 4, 2008 - 33 answers

Single mom/Single parent: How does one go about building a lasting relationship with a single mother, to show her that you will not only be there for her, but also for her son? (She's 22, and he's under five I'm assuming.) [more inside]
posted by hadjiboy on May 5, 2008 - 10 answers

Mothers and daughters and the films about them - can you name some? [more inside]
posted by mooza on Mar 15, 2008 - 45 answers

My sister is in her late-30s and a single mother of one little girl. She's stuck in an endless series of crummy jobs, severely dependent on our mother, and she is incredibly defensive and vitriolic about pretty much everything. I'd like to help her somehow. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Dec 26, 2006 - 15 answers

Is it possible to over-breastfeed a baby? She's 6 weeks old and nurses, oh, like 10-12 hours a day at least. I think she's at the breast more than she's asleep. [more inside]
posted by DenOfSizer on Dec 5, 2006 - 22 answers

Help me wean my baby so I can get back on my antidepressants. She's 8 months old, is eating solids very well, but won't take a bottle (never did).... [more inside]
posted by mdiskin on Jul 2, 2006 - 30 answers

Songs about motherhood? [more inside]
posted by chronic sublime on Dec 3, 2005 - 36 answers

I'm looking for opinions and experiences on breast feeding. [more inside]
posted by sic on Sep 8, 2005 - 21 answers