Forty Reasons to Have Children

A French woman by the name of Corinne Maier has recently published a book in which she lists forty reasons why no one should ever have children. A mother of two herself, she says that she really regrets having children, and resents how she became a traveling baby bottle, how she lost her friends, and how the pain of childbirth is torture. She is a strong advocate for women to remove themselves from the traditional “soccer mom” role (yes, there is an equivalent to this expression in French) and to think of themselves, their figures, and their romantic lives first. … Continue reading

A Mother’s Influence: Raising Children to Change the World – Margaret D. Nadauld

Are you looking for the perfect Christmas gift for the mother or mother-in-law in your life? Is a good friend about to become a mother for the first time? Regardless which end of the spectrum of motherhood you happen to find yourself, this is a book that will appeal to you and give you answers to some of mothering’s most complicated questions, the largest of which surely must be: Am I good enough? In this small book of advice and encouragement for mothers, Sister Nadauld charts out the different aspects of mothering and womanhood with chapters labeled such things as … Continue reading