Time magazine's recent cover story featuring Jamie Lynne Grumet breastfeeding her almost four-year-old son raised a firestorm about different styles of parenting. Along with the headline -- "Are you mom enough?" -- the piece makes every mother question whether she should practice attachment parenting and in the process, embrace all things natural. Wear your baby! Make your own baby food! Breastfeed! Sleep with your baby! Give birth at home -- and don't use painkillers!
There is a little good news for mothers in the United States. The U.S. has moved up six places -- from 31st to 25th -- in the annual Save The Children State of the World's Mothers report.
Telenor Group Executive Vice President Kristin Skogen-Lund talks to CNN about her ambition and lifestyle.
My home country Norway has gained international recognition for its pioneering legislative and policy work to promote gender equality in all aspects of society. We have 50% female ministers in our Government, 55% of managers in public sector are women as well as five out of seven party leaders.
The pop culture babies are coming!
What's it like to be a woman today? On Thursday, the world marks International Women's Day, first observed more than 100 years ago.
For the last 20 years, what name is always in the top 100 most popular baby names given to boys in the United States? Jesus (pronounced hey-seus). And among 4,500 boys names in England in 2009, what was the No. 1 most popular baby name? Mohammed. In Brussels? Mohammed. Oslo? Mohammed. Amsterdam? Mohammed. And what do babies and their names have to do with the global economy? Everything.
Charles Garcia explains why he says the U.S. needs more immigration to succeed in the future.
Older siblings often want to help with baby names, but their choices sometimes aren't the most desirable.
In most of the country, employers can force pregnant workers out of the workplace when their pregnancy interferes with their normal job duties.
Parenting's a hard job, we admit. But take heart; no matter how much you're struggling, you're probably doing better than these sorry moms and dads making headlines this year. Read through our list, and then congratulate yourself for doing a pretty good job, all things considered.
She's a model mama -- twice over.
For the first time ever, a majority of working women received paid maternity leave, according to a new study. But the U.S. still has a long way to go to catch up to the rest of the industrialized world.
"I just think it's going to be so natural for her," Rowland says of her Destiny's Child bandmate
• Was she buying maternity clothes? Mom-to-be Rebecca Gayheart stepped out and went shopping at Madison boutique's Melrose Avenue location in L.A. The friendly actress chatted with employees about her pregnancy and swooped up some summer must-haves, including an L Space swimsuit and Sunahara dress.
The X-Men: First Class star hasn't "had any weird physical side effects" while expecting her first child
• She's gearing up for motherhood! While in London, Kate Hudson and finacé Matthew Bellamy stopped into maternity store Séraphine for a little shopping. The actress spent around $450 during the visit, picking up a halter neck swimsuit ($79) and a nursing sweater ($108), among other items.
WASHINGTON -- The details of April 26 are stamped into Ian Desmond's memory forever. His eyes light up and a smile creases his face when he tells the story of rushing from Washington, D.C. to Sarasota, Fla., to be with his wife, Chelsey, for the birth of their first child, Grayson Wesley.
The Mad Men star is expecting in the fall, her rep tells PEOPLE exclusively
When people find out I'm a dietitian, they often ask me what not to eat. I often find myself trying to gracefully redirect the topic. Although it's true Americans eat too much of various types of food, a fixation on risk and avoidance seems to have eclipsed efforts to eat wholesome, delicious foods.
People.com: Tina Fey Is Pregnant!updated: Thu Apr 07 2011 11:35:00
The 30 Rock star is five months along with her second child, her rep confirms to PEOPLE
The actress's two daughters will have another sibling, sources confirm
Don't worry, it's all for a skit with Jimmy Kimmel and other stars set to air after the Oscars
• Causally dressed mom-to-be Alicia Silverstone stopped into M Café Melrose in L.A. for some tea to-go. The actress told staff at the café that she had just eaten a big meal, and would return later for some vegan eggs Benedict. Before carrying out her Kukicha roasted twig tea, the actress chatted up a fellow patron about healthy juices.
If the hero of Super Bowl XLV is Flozell or Atari, Maurkice or Mewelde, look for those names in 25 years at Super Bowl LXX, because Americans like to name their newborns after contemporary American sports heroes, or my name isn't Fuzzy.
"I was just hoping … I could show up somewhere with a big belly," she says
The singer and Jade Jones are parents to one child and expecting a second
"He totally wants to sleep with me," the Black Swan star says of her fiancé and costar
• Mom-to-be Kate Hudson was "relaxed, smiling and in good spirits," during a dinner out with two friends at Indochine in N.Y.C. Though her rocker beau Matthew Bellamy wasn't there, the actress was enjoying the company of her pals. "It was a nice, quiet, happy dinner among friends," the onlooker says. When it was time to leave, Hudson's server pulled out the table for her.
The actress, pregnant with her first child, says she'll wear comfortable clothes during awards season
• What an active weekend! Mom-to-be Penélope Cruz and hubby Javier Bardem were spotted enjoying themselves at the L.A. Lakers game - but days before, the two stopped into renowned apothecary Santa Maria Novella. The lovey-dovey couple held hands as they shopped and picked out various scents. They even held items up to each other to take a sniff. According to an onlooker, the two were acting very romantic and were a glowing couple.
The expectant singer sees her suburban future at a kids' holiday music recital
The singer hugs her mom and belts out Christmas songs for Dec. 13 show
A group of leaders in the food service industry gathered in Washington, D.C., recently to discuss the alarming findings of a new survey. The study, conducted by Restaurant Opportunities Centers United -- a national organization that represents and supports restaurant workers -- found that two-thirds of restaurant workers go to work when sick.
The actress, who is five months pregnant, flashes a sneak peek at London's Heathrow Airport
Bardem "couldn't stop smiling" while having lunch in the romantic city with his pregnant wife, says a source
Trendy fashion store Forever 21 is drawing controversy with its new maternity clothes. KGUN reports.
Forever 21, a clothing chain that attracts many under-21 customers with its inexpensive, trendy fashions, is being questioned about its motives in choosing a select group of states to carry its recently launched maternity line.
What baby names are out in Sweden? How about in Germany? CNN's Fredricka Whitfield and Karen Maginnis chat about it.
Cannon again says his wife will speak when she's ready - and jokes about following George Foreman's lead on names
Move over, Emma. There's a new queen in town.
After two years of increases, the teen birth rate in the United States declined 2 percent between 2007 and 2008, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday.
A woman is filing a discrimination claim against a topless bar because she says she was demoted after getting pregnant.
Bindi Dupouy, an Australian living in Paris, and her French husband, just had their first child, a son born in the country.
Disabled by a drug prescribed to help expectant mothers, thalidomide caused malformed limbs in babies. CNN's Phil Black reports.
The British government has apologized and offered compensation to hundreds of people who suffered the effects of thalidomide, a drug once prescribed to pregnant women that later was linked to major birth defects.
Meet Mr. and Mrs. Claws wearing holiday sweaters - and not happy about it
The Oscar nominee is expecting her first child, her rep confirms to PEOPLE
While many now recognize the scientific explanation for a solar eclipse, the phenomenon is still marked with tradition and sometimes suspicion in Hindu-majority India.
Teen pregnancy rates in the U.S. are highest among Latinas. CNN's Elizabeth Cohen reports
She had many plans for the future: to go to college, start a career, meet the man of her dreams, raise a family -- when the time was right.
Decades-old time off given women for pregnancy leave cannot be counted when deciding pension eligibility, the Supreme Court decided Monday.
Decades-old time off given women for pregnancy leave cannot be counted when deciding pension eligibility, the Supreme Court decided Monday.
My wife and I share a home and a bed. We kiss goodbye in the morning and hello in the evening with such ritualistic regularity that if one of them somehow gets missed, I worry it means bad luck.
After taking a year off, she finds it rough to leave daughter Gisele at home
A Saudi Arabian court has sentenced a 75-year-old Syrian woman to 40 lashes, four months imprisonment and deportation from the kingdom for having two unrelated men in her house, according to local media reports.
CNN.com writer Mohammed Jamjoom talks about a Saudi woman being punished for having two unrelated men in her home.
The birth of a child fathered by a 13-year-old boy has sparked an uproar in Britain.
Sexual content on television is strongly associated with teen pregnancy, a new study from the RAND Corporation shows.
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