The Young Mommy Life

by Sarah Tierney Here’s something we can all agree on: parenting is tough. From the moment we see the two red lines on that pregnancy test until our child[ren]‘s adulthood (maybe), we reserve the right to parent as we choose. So what happens when a friend or even family get involved with the discipline of [...]

by Robyn Carson If someone would have told me that I’d be having another baby when I had children who were 7 and 11 AND that I’d be doing it after I already turned 30, I would have called them a liar to their face. I became a mom at 20 and had decided that [...]

by Gaetane Joseph Most people I know do not know the role that a doula plays in a life of a family during pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum. I must admit, I was also guilty of the same thing prior to having children. It is not until I was pregnant with my 1st born, Addaeyomi, and [...]

by Trudi Lebron At 30, I may not be considered a “young mommy” when I am dropping off my three-year-old son, Kennedy, at preschool. I’m actually somewhere in the middle of the younger 20somethings with their first child and older moms who may be raising the last of their litter at 40. But when I’m [...]

by Kanesha Morrison  I was 17 years old. I had my whole life planned out. I wanted to own several business. I wanted to be the next Oprah. I wanted to change the world. I just started my first real job and I was making $9.00 an hour. I was so excited. My first couple weeks of [...]