We don’t know who to feel more sorry for, Britney Spears or her sons. What must it be like trying to grow up–let alone trying to learn how to parent–with an audience of millions obsessed with what you’re eating and wearing, how much weight you’ve gained or lost, what your hair looks like. What must [...]

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Calling this site “Tucson Mama” was a difficult decision. We didn’t want to exclude interest/readership/participation from people who are involved with nurturing kids, but aren’t themselves mothers. One of our most communicative readers is Jeff, a stay-at-home dad, and we’re hoping that he’ll write an essay about dads-as-primary-caretakers for us someday (not to put you [...]

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an essay on working and parenting, from Heidi, a twentysomething TucsonMama:
Compared to most of the college-educated mothers I know in Tucson, at age 25 I am considered young. Aside from the nervous glances I got at the OB’s office–even though I was 23 when I was pregnant I looked like I was 16–I don’t feel [...]

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