Nobody ever claimed parenting was simple, especially if you're a single woman working on your own. Single mothers report daily life as stressful, challenging, and quite lonely. Nonetheless, living in a family headed by a single mother is the second-most prevalent living arrangement for children in the United States (after two-parent families). Acc...

  From the minute a woman takes a pregnancy test through the first prenatal doctor's appointment, one person is always on the other end of the phone- and that’s her mother! Many women will experience unpleasant and embarrassing thoughts and questions after learning they are pregnant, as well as in the following weeks (and months). If yo...

Assuming that career-oriented women cannot run a tight ship at home is a thing of the past. Today, many women are efficiently managing their roles as career women and family women. However, suppose one has to choose between the two. In that case, it will depend on the family's personal preferences, financial needs, and much more.    &nbs...

If you're a mother, you're probably not surprised to learn that you can practically feel your child's every emotion—and now science can explain why! Scientists who conducted the research for a new study published in the Journal of Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience utilized brain imaging to investigate the neural pathways of empathy ...