Gemma Hartley

As a freelancer who works from home, I get the best of both worlds as a parent.

Despite endless exhortations to "enjoy every second," the reality of three toddlers is not always a Disney postcard. And it's okay for some moms to admit that they look forward to having a little less mess, a little more serenity.

...[M]en get a lot of praise for the “extra-credit work” they do in regards to domestic labor (the actual house cleaning and keeping work) and emotional labor (the invisible work that ensures the rest gets done) no matter what day of the year.

My six-year-old son got into the car after school and declared he only wanted to have one kid when he grew up.

I spent most of my life assuming I was an introvert, but not a very good one. Then finding out I'm an ambivert totally changed my life!

Last week, the internet went into an understandable uproar when a Christian woman decided to take to Facebook to talk about how she is

Getting pregnant after postpartum depression may have stolen a lot from me, but it gave me a lot more.

Welcome to #RavsWriters, an opportunity for you to get to know some of th

It probably isn’t the sort of parenting moment that is supposed to make a mother proud — the hitting, growling, and otherwise uncivilized decorum... But I couldn’t help feeling a deep satisfaction with my daughter.

My resolutions regularly remind me that I don’t think I am enough, just as I am. So this year, instead of focusing on habit changes, I'm more concerned with changing my perspective.