Mothering Day, and How (and Who) We Choose to Mother

March 11, 2018 Karen Huber

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I have big thoughts on a recent op-ed from The Washington Post entitled, "I would’ve aborted a fetus with Down syndrome. Women need that right." But first, some context.

Is the "Yes" of Motherhood a "No" to Everything Else?

November 19, 2016 Karen Huber

I've got a hefty backlog of articles I've written elsewhere as October was unusually prolific (and, truth be told, I missed a number of deadlines). No matter: our first stop is at VOX for ruminations on the no-win situation women, and mothers particularly, often find themselves in.

For Mamas of Littles: It gets better

October 5, 2015 Karen Huber

Never was there a more sentimental rabbit hole than the new Facebook app, On This Day. To prove it's addictiveness, because it is "not yet available" to all users, I regularly sign on to my husband's page to fall down it. On this day in 2011, a naked...

When a TCK graduates

July 7, 2015 Karen Huber

I am the mother of three third culture kids*. And I received permission from the eldest to tell this story. In the last seven years, Jack has attended four different primary schools in three towns in two countries, skipped the first grade, relearned math, switched from...

How to be called (an archived love letter to the eldest)

February 11, 2015 Karen Huber

I haven't written about Jack in a long time. Around the time we moved back to Ireland, he began to place a high value on privacy. It was both endearing and frightening, my firm motherly hold on my firstborn seeming to slip ever so slightly.

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