Joanna Schroeder

If we as women get to define for ourselves what beauty looks like, then the power will no longer rest with those who pad their fortunes with our self-loathing.

People try to keep it real by talking about the struggles of being a parent, and that’s great, but the truth is this: Parenting can be great fun.

What is this body? I wonder lately as I look in the mirror. Despite the fact that I’ve had this body shape for years now, it feels unfamiliar. I feel like it doesn’t reflect who I really am. But what body would reflect that?

The biggest news in feminist parenting lately has been about portrayals of powerful girls and women. Mattel’s new partnership with DC Comics is a big step forward in this, creating a new set of dolls and action figures that feature the female characters in the classic DC comics stories.

I’m spelling them out here so that other parents can talk about them and other boys can see that there isn’t just one way to become a good man.

This holiday film tells men it's OK to be emotional and vulnerable.

And then reality kicks in and you think, “What happened to us?” Where once there were fireworks are now phone calls about broken appliances and picking up diapers. But these changes aren’t necessarily bad. Sometimes things change dramatically and you realize how amazingly better your relationship is now, all these years later.

No, it’s not the presents. It’s all the little things.

I first saw shame take over my son’s face in a somewhat unexpected place: the toy aisle at Target.

Even the most well-intentioned parents sometimes make mistakes in how they raise their kids.