Moms

What happened when a desperate new mom closed her store to pump breast milk

"Pumping at work is a right and employers can't take that away. Even understaffed, moms gotta do what they gotta do."

'You don't want to throw your career away'

"I identify as a 'work outside the home' mother and I’m proud of the work I do on a daily basis."

The irony of motherhood

"We have to take care of ourselves as mothers."

It didn't spark joy, but I kept it anyway

"It actually did the opposite: it sparked pain."

To the moms who have lost: You will always be a mother

"You are never alone. You are infinitely loved. You are always a mother."

In this epic fashion fail, see what this woman's maternity skirt really was

Lori Farrell thought the cute black and white material in a box of hand-me-downs was a maternity skirt. She was wrong.

You say 'Dance Mom' like it's a bad thing

"I say it with pride."

It's OK, Mama, you're normal

"Sometimes we need to cut ourselves some slack."

To the mom who doesn't want to be touched

"I'm trapped here. Trapped between a woman who loves love and a woman who is worn out."

Dear daughter: I pray you always see the beauty in your reflection

"You are always beautiful, inside and out."

It's 2019 and I'm committed to saying no

"I will say 'no' to the things that don't bring us joy. I'm sorta Marie Kondo-ing my life."

The (not so) weird way to make your wife feel loved

"Taking care of a physical need is a small thing that makes a big difference."

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Khloe Kardashian responds to critics who mom-shamed her for long nails

The reality TV star had choice words for people who asked how she's able to change diapers.

Parenting is hard: Sometimes we just have to lower the bar

"Unless you want to be a hermit for the next five years, you’re gonna have to accept that imperfection happens."

The secret to our marriage is escaping

"For our marriage we choose to invest in the smallness of the everyday and the bigness of getting away."

Why parents everywhere try to avoid grocery shopping with their kids

For moms and dads, a trip to the grocery store without the kids is like a vacation. Meredith Masony of That's Inappropriate shows why.

'I don't know what husband would ever want to come home to that'

"We should be supporting each other as women, and lifting each other up on our journeys to love ourselves."

What happened to Valentine's Day?

"Does one need to spend hours researching packaging and designs on Pinterest for a Valentine’s Day card for kids who still don’t even know how to read?"

We can be the bookends to our kid's day

"I never had to question my dad’s love for me. I never had to question my worth."

You're pretty enough, Mama

"Motherhood has taught me that it’s okay to lower your standards for yourself every now and then. Because your standards aren’t just about you anymore."

Moms get real about social media fakery in funny Lady Gaga parody

The lyrics in the parody explain what's really going on behind the scenes of most moms' "perfect" selfies.

New Father Chronicles: The meaning of love, according to a toddler

Many people spend their whole lives trying to understand the meaning of love. The TODAY Parenting Team’s La Guardia Cross asked his 15-month-old to explain...