🌪️ Flawed Mothers

Stories that explore maternal love in all its imperfection — women who fail their children in ways large and small while still shaping them indelibly.

Mom & Me & Mom

by Maya Angelou • 2013

After a decade of abandonment, Maya Angelou must learn to love the mother who left her.

4.22

27k+

👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Reconciliation 🩹 Generational Healing 🌱 Coming Of Age

Mom & Me & Mom 89%

After a decade of abandonment, Maya Angelou must learn to love the mother who left her.

by Maya Angelou 2013

4.22

27k+ ratings

👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Reconciliation 🩹 Generational Healing 🌱 Coming Of Age

My Phantoms

by Gwendoline Riley • 2021

A daughter traces her mother's rituals and evasions, searching for the connection that never came.

3.77

6k+

💔 Difficult Mother 🌫️ Emotional Distance 🪞 Parental Narcissism

My Phantoms 89%

A daughter traces her mother's rituals and evasions, searching for the connection that never came.

by Gwendoline Riley 2021

3.77

6k+ ratings

💔 Difficult Mother 🌫️ Emotional Distance 🪞 Parental Narcissism

Screaming on the Inside

by Jessica Grose • 2022

Centuries of impossible ideals set the trap. The pandemic sprang it, and the exit is ambivalence.

3.47

5k+

🧩 Modern Motherhood 😶 Maternal Ambivalence 📱 Momfluencer Culture

Screaming on the Inside 88%

Centuries of impossible ideals set the trap. The pandemic sprang it, and the exit is ambivalence.

by Jessica Grose 2022

3.47

5k+ ratings

🧩 Modern Motherhood 😶 Maternal Ambivalence 📱 Momfluencer Culture

Los seres queridos

by Berta Dávila • 2022

An unexpected pregnancy forces a mother to confront the ambivalence she has never spoken aloud.

4.01

871

🖊️ Autofiction 🔀 Fragmented Narrative 🫂 Ambivalent Motherhood

Los seres queridos 88%

An unexpected pregnancy forces a mother to confront the ambivalence she has never spoken aloud.

by Berta Dávila 2022

4.01

871 ratings

🖊️ Autofiction 🔀 Fragmented Narrative 🫂 Ambivalent Motherhood

What No One Tells You

by Alexandra Sacks • 2019

New motherhood is a second adolescence: your emotional chaos is a feature, not a flaw.

4.00

1k+

🍼 New Motherhood 🧠 Maternal Mental Health 😕 Maternal Ambivalence

What No One Tells You 88%

New motherhood is a second adolescence: your emotional chaos is a feature, not a flaw.

by Alexandra Sacks 2019

4.00

1k+ ratings

🍼 New Motherhood 🧠 Maternal Mental Health 😕 Maternal Ambivalence

The Birth Of A Mother

by Daniel N. Stern • 1998

Motherhood rewires your mind, not just your body. It begins in pregnancy and never ends.

3.83

426

👤 Maternal Identity 🍼 Postpartum Psychology 🔗 Attachment Theory

The Birth Of A Mother 88%

Motherhood rewires your mind, not just your body. It begins in pregnancy and never ends.

by Daniel N. Stern 1998

3.83

426 ratings

👤 Maternal Identity 🍼 Postpartum Psychology 🔗 Attachment Theory

The Push

by Ashley Audrain • 2021

A new mother fears her daughter is dangerous, but her husband thinks she's the problem.

4.04

448k+

🔗 Generational Trauma 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🏠 Domestic Suspense

The Push 88%

A new mother fears her daughter is dangerous, but her husband thinks she's the problem.

by Ashley Audrain 2021

4.04

448k+ ratings

🔗 Generational Trauma 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🏠 Domestic Suspense

Difficult Mothers

by Terri Apter • 2012

A difficult mother's power outlasts childhood. Rewriting the story in your head finally breaks it.

3.82

479

👩‍👧 Maternal Relationships 🔗 Attachment Theory 💔 Emotional Neglect

Difficult Mothers 88%

A difficult mother's power outlasts childhood. Rewriting the story in your head finally breaks it.

by Terri Apter 2012

3.82

479 ratings

👩‍👧 Maternal Relationships 🔗 Attachment Theory 💔 Emotional Neglect

Daughters Who Are Never Good Enough

by Abbey Strauss • 2011

When your mother charms everyone but you: the tools for setting limits and healing old wounds.

4.33

👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Relationships 🏚️ Family Dysfunction 🚧 Boundary Setting

Daughters Who Are Never Good Enough Summary

Daughters Who Are Never Good Enough 88%

When your mother charms everyone but you: the tools for setting limits and healing old wounds.

by Abbey Strauss 2011

4.33

3 ratings

👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Relationships 🏚️ Family Dysfunction 🚧 Boundary Setting

It Never Ends

by Nan Gefen • 2017

Mothering grown daughters: why silence hurts and how to reconnect without overstepping.

4.75

👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Relationships 🧓 Aging Parents 🔄 Role Reversal

It Never Ends 88%

Mothering grown daughters: why silence hurts and how to reconnect without overstepping.

by Nan Gefen 2017

4.75

4 ratings

👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Relationships 🧓 Aging Parents 🔄 Role Reversal

Touched Out

by Amanda Montei • 2023

From consent to care work: how motherhood traps women in a system that owns their bodies.

4.18

425

👩‍👧 Modern Motherhood ✊ Feminist Critique 🫂 Care Work

Touched Out 88%

From consent to care work: how motherhood traps women in a system that owns their bodies.

by Amanda Montei 2023

4.18

425 ratings

👩‍👧 Modern Motherhood ✊ Feminist Critique 🫂 Care Work

Strong Mothers, Strong Sons

by Meg Meeker • 2014

Your son will eventually fight you. How to survive the battle and raise a man you admire.

3.91

3k+

👩‍👦 Mother-Son Relationship ✝️ Christian Parenting 🧠 Emotional Intelligence

Strong Mothers, Strong Sons 88%

Your son will eventually fight you. How to survive the battle and raise a man you admire.

by Meg Meeker 2014

3.91

3k+ ratings

👩‍👦 Mother-Son Relationship ✝️ Christian Parenting 🧠 Emotional Intelligence

Earth to Moon

by Moon Unit Zappa • 2024

She called her rock star father Frank. Her mother brought the chaos. Becoming herself took decades.

4.20

3k+

🎬 Celebrity Childhood 🎨 Bohemian Childhood 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bonds

Earth to Moon 88%

She called her rock star father Frank. Her mother brought the chaos. Becoming herself took decades.

by Moon Unit Zappa 2024

4.20

3k+ ratings

🎬 Celebrity Childhood 🎨 Bohemian Childhood 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bonds

Discovering the Inner Mother

by Bethany Webster • 2021

How to break the mother-daughter patterns that keep you small, without blaming your mother.

3.86

1k+

👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Dynamics 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🧒 Inner Child Healing

Discovering the Inner Mother 88%

How to break the mother-daughter patterns that keep you small, without blaming your mother.

by Bethany Webster 2021

3.86

1k+ ratings

👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Dynamics 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🧒 Inner Child Healing

Good Enough Is the New Perfect

by Becky Beaupre Gillespie • 2011

Good enough beats perfect: a working mom's guide to dropping the guilt and keeping the career.

3.40

191

👩‍💼 Working Mothers 😔 Mom Guilt ⚖️ Work-Life Balance

Good Enough Is the New Perfect 88%

Good enough beats perfect: a working mom's guide to dropping the guilt and keeping the career.

by Becky Beaupre Gillespie 2011

3.40

191 ratings

👩‍💼 Working Mothers 😔 Mom Guilt ⚖️ Work-Life Balance

Ambitious Like a Mother

by Lara Bazelon • 2022

Mothers are told their ambition hurts their kids. The evidence shows it helps them.

3.58

164

👩‍💼 Working Motherhood 💪 Female Ambition 🍼 Intensive Mothering

Ambitious Like a Mother 88%

Mothers are told their ambition hurts their kids. The evidence shows it helps them.

by Lara Bazelon 2022

3.58

164 ratings

👩‍💼 Working Motherhood 💪 Female Ambition 🍼 Intensive Mothering

A Mouthful of Air

by Amy Koppelman • 2022

She stopped her medication to breastfeed. The silence that followed was fatal.

3.37

🤱 Postpartum Depression 🧠 Maternal Mental Health 🔗 Generational Trauma

A Mouthful of Air 88%

She stopped her medication to breastfeed. The silence that followed was fatal.

by Amy Koppelman 2022

3.37

41 ratings

🤱 Postpartum Depression 🧠 Maternal Mental Health 🔗 Generational Trauma

EVERY DAY IS MOTHER S DAY

by Hilary Mantel • 1985

A paranoid widow and her silent daughter are trapped in a decaying house with unspoken horror.

3.59

2k+

🧟‍♀️ Toxic Motherhood 👻 Decaying House 😈 Dark Comedy

EVERY DAY IS MOTHER S DAY 88%

A paranoid widow and her silent daughter are trapped in a decaying house with unspoken horror.

by Hilary Mantel 1985

3.59

2k+ ratings

🧟‍♀️ Toxic Motherhood 👻 Decaying House 😈 Dark Comedy

Poser

by Claire Dederer • 2010

Yoga undid her. Here is why a Seattle mother spent years trying to nail a backbend.

3.57

6k+

👩‍👧 Modern Motherhood 🧘‍♀️ Mom Perfectionism 💔 Generational Divorce

Poser 88%

Yoga undid her. Here is why a Seattle mother spent years trying to nail a backbend.

by Claire Dederer 2010

3.57

6k+ ratings

👩‍👧 Modern Motherhood 🧘‍♀️ Mom Perfectionism 💔 Generational Divorce

Grace, Not Perfection

by Emily Ley • 2016

Motherhood was never a performance. Systems and faith for the woman ready to stop striving.

4.00

7k+

🕊️ Christian Motherhood 💛 Anti-Perfectionism 🏠 Decluttering

Grace, Not Perfection 88%

Motherhood was never a performance. Systems and faith for the woman ready to stop striving.

by Emily Ley 2016

4.00

7k+ ratings

🕊️ Christian Motherhood 💛 Anti-Perfectionism 🏠 Decluttering

What My Mother and I Don't Talk About

by Michele Filgate • 2019

Fifteen writers give voice to what they could never tell the woman who raised them.

3.74

19k+

📝 Personal Essays 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bonds 🗝️ Family Secrets

What My Mother and I Don't Talk About Summary

What My Mother and I Don't Talk About 88%

Fifteen writers give voice to what they could never tell the woman who raised them.

by Michele Filgate 2019

3.74

19k+ ratings

📝 Personal Essays 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bonds 🗝️ Family Secrets

Being There

by Erica Komisar • 2026

The critical window for emotional health is the first three years. Only a mother fills it.

3.87

🧠 Early Childhood Development 🔗 Attachment Theory 💼 Working Mothers

Being There 88%

The critical window for emotional health is the first three years. Only a mother fills it.

by Erica Komisar 2026

3.87

46 ratings

🧠 Early Childhood Development 🔗 Attachment Theory 💼 Working Mothers

Pearl

by Siân Hughes • 2023

A mother vanishes, leaving her daughter folk songs, rituals, and an unanswerable question.

3.84

7k+

🕯️ Missing Mother 🖤 Inherited Grief 🌿 Folk Grief Rituals

Pearl 88%

A mother vanishes, leaving her daughter folk songs, rituals, and an unanswerable question.

by Siân Hughes 2023

3.84

7k+ ratings

🕯️ Missing Mother 🖤 Inherited Grief 🌿 Folk Grief Rituals

Loved and Missed

by Susie Boyt • 2023

Her daughter lost to addiction, a teacher raises her granddaughter while facing her own mortality.

4.28

7k+

🫂 Found Family 💔 Mother-Daughter Rift 🏚️ Family Addiction

Loved and Missed 88%

Her daughter lost to addiction, a teacher raises her granddaughter while facing her own mortality.

by Susie Boyt 2023

4.28

7k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 💔 Mother-Daughter Rift 🏚️ Family Addiction

Motherhood

by Sheila Heti • 2018

A writer pushes forty, flipping coins: her art, or the child she might have.

3.64

22k+

🖋️ Autofiction 🕯️ Generational Trauma 🤰 Motherhood Ambivalence

Motherhood 87%

A writer pushes forty, flipping coins: her art, or the child she might have.

by Sheila Heti 2018

3.64

22k+ ratings

🖋️ Autofiction 🕯️ Generational Trauma 🤰 Motherhood Ambivalence

Nightbitch

by Rachel Yoder • 2021

A stay-at-home mom's transformation into a dog awakens a wildness she thought motherhood had erased.

3.42

89k+

😤 Maternal Rage 🐺 Animal Transformation 🩸 Body Horror

Nightbitch 87%

A stay-at-home mom's transformation into a dog awakens a wildness she thought motherhood had erased.

by Rachel Yoder 2021

3.42

89k+ ratings

😤 Maternal Rage 🐺 Animal Transformation 🩸 Body Horror

None of This Would Have Happened If Prince Were Alive

by Carolyn Prusa • 2022

A Savannah mom discovers her husband's affair just as the hurricane evacuation order arrives.

3.48

4k+

👩‍👧‍👦 Mommy Lit 💔 Marital Infidelity 👵 Multigenerational Women

None of This Would Have Happened If Prince Were Alive Summary

None of This Would Have Happened If Prince Were Alive 87%

A Savannah mom discovers her husband's affair just as the hurricane evacuation order arrives.

by Carolyn Prusa 2022

3.48

4k+ ratings

👩‍👧‍👦 Mommy Lit 💔 Marital Infidelity 👵 Multigenerational Women

The School for Good Mothers

by Jessamine Chan • 2022

Frida Liu's custody depends on convincing a doll and the cameras that she's a fit mother.

3.53

128k+

🤖 Dystopian Motherhood 📹 Surveillance State 🏫 Institutional Setting

The School for Good Mothers 87%

Frida Liu's custody depends on convincing a doll and the cameras that she's a fit mother.

by Jessamine Chan 2022

3.53

128k+ ratings

🤖 Dystopian Motherhood 📹 Surveillance State 🏫 Institutional Setting

Evil Eye

by Etaf Rum • 2023

A Palestinian-American mother reckons with the silence her family has carried for generations.

3.93

25k+

🕳️ Generational Trauma 💭 Mother Daughter Rift 💔 Unhappy Marriage

Evil Eye 87%

A Palestinian-American mother reckons with the silence her family has carried for generations.

by Etaf Rum 2023

3.93

25k+ ratings

🕳️ Generational Trauma 💭 Mother Daughter Rift 💔 Unhappy Marriage

A Mouthful Of Air

by Amy Koppelman • 2003

The smile of a Manhattan mother hides suicide scars, and a depression intent on finishing the job.

3.57

1k+

🤰 Postpartum Depression 🪞 Generational Trauma 💔 Marriage Under Strain

A Mouthful Of Air 87%

The smile of a Manhattan mother hides suicide scars, and a depression intent on finishing the job.

by Amy Koppelman 2003

3.57

1k+ ratings

🤰 Postpartum Depression 🪞 Generational Trauma 💔 Marriage Under Strain

Aftermath

by Rachel Cusk • 2012

A friend answers a late-night call, refuses to let her cry alone. A divorce memoir begins.

3.67

4k+

💔 Divorce Memoirs 👩‍👧 Motherhood Memoirs 📝 Personal Essays

Aftermath 87%

A friend answers a late-night call, refuses to let her cry alone. A divorce memoir begins.

by Rachel Cusk 2012

3.67

4k+ ratings

💔 Divorce Memoirs 👩‍👧 Motherhood Memoirs 📝 Personal Essays

Die, My Love

by Ariana Harwicz • 2012

Deep in the French countryside, a mother's devotion frays into something feral and dangerous.

3.42

14k+

🐺 Maternal Ambivalence 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Mental Unraveling

Die, My Love 87%

Deep in the French countryside, a mother's devotion frays into something feral and dangerous.

by Ariana Harwicz 2012

3.42

14k+ ratings

🐺 Maternal Ambivalence 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Mental Unraveling

Audition

by Katie Kitamura • 2025

When a young man claims an actress is his mother, her performed life comes undone.

3.27

51k+

🎭 Theater World 🪞 Unreliable Narrator 👩‍👦 Mother Son Bond

Audition 87%

When a young man claims an actress is his mother, her performed life comes undone.

by Katie Kitamura 2025

3.27

51k+ ratings

🎭 Theater World 🪞 Unreliable Narrator 👩‍👦 Mother Son Bond

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

by Jessica Guerrieri • 2025

An artist mother drinks to quiet her other self, until her performance of perfect motherhood breaks.

3.88

6k+

🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🍷 Alcoholism Recovery 🤰 Motherhood Ambivalence

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea Summary

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea 87%

An artist mother drinks to quiet her other self, until her performance of perfect motherhood breaks.

by Jessica Guerrieri 2025

3.88

6k+ ratings

🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🍷 Alcoholism Recovery 🤰 Motherhood Ambivalence

I Only Say This Because I Love You

by Deborah Tannen • 2001

The real argument was never spoken. What linguistics reveals about family conflict's hidden logic.

3.80

497

🗣️ Family Communication 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Dynamics 👥 Gender And Talk

I Only Say This Because I Love You Summary

I Only Say This Because I Love You 87%

The real argument was never spoken. What linguistics reveals about family conflict's hidden logic.

by Deborah Tannen 2001

3.80

497 ratings

🗣️ Family Communication 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Dynamics 👥 Gender And Talk

Disaster Preparedness

by Heather Havrilesky • 2010

She planned for every disaster except the one that actually happened: growing up.

3.53

764

😂 Comic Memoir 🌱 Coming Of Age 👨‍👩‍👧 Family Dysfunction

Disaster Preparedness 87%

She planned for every disaster except the one that actually happened: growing up.

by Heather Havrilesky 2010

3.53

764 ratings

😂 Comic Memoir 🌱 Coming Of Age 👨‍👩‍👧 Family Dysfunction

Nobody Ever Told Me Anything

by Rachael "Steak" Finley • 2022

She raised herself, beat cancer twice, survived fame's cruelty, and then motherhood blindsided her.

4.55

819

🏚️ Childhood Neglect 💊 Parental Addiction 📸 Toxic Fame

Nobody Ever Told Me Anything 87%

She raised herself, beat cancer twice, survived fame's cruelty, and then motherhood blindsided her.

by Rachael "Steak" Finley 2022

4.55

819 ratings

🏚️ Childhood Neglect 💊 Parental Addiction 📸 Toxic Fame

Mother Hunger

by Kelly McDaniel • 2021

Your unexplainable hunger for love is a maternal wound, and it heals without her apology.

4.08

6k+

🩹 Mother Wound 🔗 Attachment Repair 🕳️ Emotional Neglect

Mother Hunger 87%

Your unexplainable hunger for love is a maternal wound, and it heals without her apology.

by Kelly McDaniel 2021

4.08

6k+ ratings

🩹 Mother Wound 🔗 Attachment Repair 🕳️ Emotional Neglect

Wild Game

by Adrienne Brodeur • 2019

At fourteen she helped hide her mother's affair. Decades later she married the other man's son.

3.98

33k+

🔗 Mother-Daughter Bonds 🤫 Family Secrets 🎭 Emotional Manipulation

Wild Game 87%

At fourteen she helped hide her mother's affair. Decades later she married the other man's son.

by Adrienne Brodeur 2019

3.98

33k+ ratings

🔗 Mother-Daughter Bonds 🤫 Family Secrets 🎭 Emotional Manipulation

Sex Object

by Jessica Valenti • 2016

She wrote the book on modern feminism. She still checks the back seat for rapists.

3.66

14k+

👀 Sexual Objectification 📖 Feminist Coming Of Age 🪞 Internalized Misogyny

Sex Object 87%

She wrote the book on modern feminism. She still checks the back seat for rapists.

by Jessica Valenti 2016

3.66

14k+ ratings

👀 Sexual Objectification 📖 Feminist Coming Of Age 🪞 Internalized Misogyny

The Liars' Club

by Mary Karr • 1995

The Liars' Club drank and told stories. Their daughters had a story too dangerous to share.

3.94

72k+

🏚️ Southern Memoir 🔧 Working Class Memoir 🍺 Alcoholic Parents

The Liars' Club 87%

The Liars' Club drank and told stories. Their daughters had a story too dangerous to share.

by Mary Karr 1995

3.94

72k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Memoir 🔧 Working Class Memoir 🍺 Alcoholic Parents

Little Fires Everywhere

by Celeste Ng • 2017

In a planned suburb, an artist's secrets and a custody battle leave a house in ashes.

4.07

1.3M+

🔍 Domestic Suspense ⚖️ Custody Battle 🤫 Secrets And Lies

Little Fires Everywhere 87%

In a planned suburb, an artist's secrets and a custody battle leave a house in ashes.

by Celeste Ng 2017

4.07

1.3M+ ratings

🔍 Domestic Suspense ⚖️ Custody Battle 🤫 Secrets And Lies

The Memory Palace

by Mira Bartok • 2011

She lost her memory. She found her schizophrenic mother's paintings. A reunion in art.

3.55

8k+

💔 Childhood Trauma 🎨 Art As Refuge 🧠 Memory And Identity

The Memory Palace 87%

She lost her memory. She found her schizophrenic mother's paintings. A reunion in art.

by Mira Bartok 2011

3.55

8k+ ratings

💔 Childhood Trauma 🎨 Art As Refuge 🧠 Memory And Identity

Hermit

by Chris McQueer • 2025

A Glasgow hermit follows his only friend into an online brotherhood that wants real-world violence.

4.15

1k+

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Working Class 🧬 Generational Trauma 👩‍👦 Mother Son Bond

Hermit 87%

A Glasgow hermit follows his only friend into an online brotherhood that wants real-world violence.

by Chris McQueer 2025

4.15

1k+ ratings

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Working Class 🧬 Generational Trauma 👩‍👦 Mother Son Bond

Her One Regret

by Donna Freitas • 2025

A mother disappears from a parking lot, leaving her baby and a secret confession of regret.

3.50

12k+

💔 Maternal Regret 🔍 Missing Mother Mystery 🤫 Secrets Among Friends

Her One Regret 87%

A mother disappears from a parking lot, leaving her baby and a secret confession of regret.

by Donna Freitas 2025

3.50

12k+ ratings

💔 Maternal Regret 🔍 Missing Mother Mystery 🤫 Secrets Among Friends

Troubling Love

by Elena Ferrante • 1992

A mother drowns in a new bra. Her daughter returns to Naples to find a stranger.

3.25

26k+

📖 Literary Mystery 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond 💭 Unreliable Narrator

Troubling Love 87%

A mother drowns in a new bra. Her daughter returns to Naples to find a stranger.

by Elena Ferrante 1992

3.25

26k+ ratings

📖 Literary Mystery 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond 💭 Unreliable Narrator

Understanding the Borderline Mother

by Christine Ann Lawson • 2000

Your borderline mother's chaos follows four patterns. Recognize hers and finally heal.

4.41

3k+

👩‍👧 Borderline Mothers 🌑 Mother Wound 🩹 Emotional Abuse Healing

Understanding the Borderline Mother Summary

Understanding the Borderline Mother 87%

Your borderline mother's chaos follows four patterns. Recognize hers and finally heal.

by Christine Ann Lawson 2000

4.41

3k+ ratings

👩‍👧 Borderline Mothers 🌑 Mother Wound 🩹 Emotional Abuse Healing

Difficult Mothers, Adult Daughters

by Karen C.L. Anderson • 2018

She shaped the story you carry about yourself. Rewriting it is how you get free.

3.54

819

👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Dynamics 🧘‍♀️ Emotional Autonomy 📖 Internal Narratives

Difficult Mothers, Adult Daughters Summary

Difficult Mothers, Adult Daughters 87%

She shaped the story you carry about yourself. Rewriting it is how you get free.

by Karen C.L. Anderson 2018

3.54

819 ratings

👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Dynamics 🧘‍♀️ Emotional Autonomy 📖 Internal Narratives

The Most Important Job In The World

by Gina Rushton • 2022

The hardest question about having children isn't whether you're ready. It's whether the world is.

4.08

988

❓ Choosing Parenthood ⚖️ Reproductive Justice 🌍 Climate Anxiety

The Most Important Job In The World Summary

The Most Important Job In The World 87%

The hardest question about having children isn't whether you're ready. It's whether the world is.

by Gina Rushton 2022

4.08

988 ratings

❓ Choosing Parenthood ⚖️ Reproductive Justice 🌍 Climate Anxiety

Mom Genes

by Abigail Tucker • 2021

Pregnancy physically rewires the brain, pushed by the father's genes. Biology of maternal instinct.

3.81

1k+

🧬 Maternal Biology 🐒 Evolutionary Psychology 👶 Parenting Science

Mom Genes 87%

Pregnancy physically rewires the brain, pushed by the father's genes. Biology of maternal instinct.

by Abigail Tucker 2021

3.81

1k+ ratings

🧬 Maternal Biology 🐒 Evolutionary Psychology 👶 Parenting Science

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