mothers

Killer whale moms are still supporting their adult sons — and it's costing them

5:05am February 09, 2023

by Ari Daniel

Orca moms spent precious resources feeding their fully grown adult male offspring. A new study finds that this may limit how many more young they produce.

Health & Safety

Nurse-Family Partnership of Forsyth County celebrates 10 years

6:00am December 30, 2022

by Bethany Chafin

A community health program that supports new mothers celebrated its 10th anniversary this year.

From left: Sawsan al-Ramemi of Amman, Jordan, is a mom of two — and expecting her third child. Her husband is working in the U.S. Nienke Pastoor of the Netherlands has been juggling her job as a dairy farmer and helping her four teenagers with their onl

Being A Mom Is Tough. Being A Mom In A Pandemic Is Even Tougher

6:39pm October 15, 2020

by NPR Staff

Being a mom is challenging enough. Add the pressures of a pandemic — and how do you cope? Mothers in Jordan, the Netherlands and Wisconsin share their stories and strategies.

Portraits Of Resilience: How 19 Women Around The Globe Face The Pandemic

6:13pm October 09, 2020

by NPR Special Report

Women often bear a heavier burden at times of crisis. They take care of the kids, the house, the survival of families. NPR photographed and interviewed 19 women over 3 weeks. Here are their stories.

A newborn baby girl receives treatment for the gun wound in her right leg received during the attack on a maternity clinic in Kabul this week. The gunmen killed her mother.

OPINION: We Shouldn't Have To Ask That Babies And Mothers Not Be Killed. Yet We Must

8:21am May 16, 2020

After a brutal attack in Kabul, activists in Afghanistan write: "Our people are targeted and killed on a daily basis. Afghan women are calling for an end to it."

What My Mother And I Don't Talk About, edited by Michele Filgate

Books
Arts

What Don't You Talk About With Your Mom?

6:01am May 01, 2019

by Danielle Kurtzleben

A book of essays from a diverse, accomplished array of writers reveals the ways our mothers fail us and we fail them — and poses the question of how much a tough conversation could close those rifts.

Bruce Auster's mother, Sylvia, in an old family photo. Originally from Brooklyn, she met her husband Stanley when they both worked at Macy's on 34th Street in Midtown Manhattan.

Arts

Is Santa Real? A Doubting Brother And The Gift Of A Mother's Voice

6:07pm December 23, 2018

by Bruce Auster

As a kid, NPR editor Bruce Auster loved to record his family talking. A snippet of tape captured by chance on a long-ago December night marked a moment before cancer changed everything for his family.

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Photos of Daidre Kimp with her children posted on a bulletin board in her room.

National

Programs Help Incarcerated Moms Bond With Their Babies In Prison

7:00pm December 06, 2018

by Cheryl Corley

Nearly a dozen states run programs that allow women serving prison terms to keep their babies with them for a limited time. Supporters say the programs help women inmates turn their lives around.

Maria de los Angeles Tun Burgos with daughters Angela, 12, and Gelmy, 9, in their family home in a Mayan village in Yucatan, Mexico.

Secrets Of A Mayan Supermom: What Parenting Books Don't Tell You

8:36pm May 11, 2018

by Michaeleen Doucleff

Parenting doesn't have to be so stressful. Just ask a Mayan mom.

Mothers helping other mothers through the challenges of postpartum depression and anxiety makes Florida's mentoring program unique.

Mommy Mentors Help Fight The Stigma Of Postpartum Mood Disorder

1:01pm September 29, 2017

by Juli Fraga

Postpartum depression and anxiety are common among new mothers, but few talk about these feelings. A Florida nonprofit is hoping to break the cycle by pairing new moms with moms who've been there.