Empowered Mom Gifts

"Mommy can be tough like Janet Reno. But she can also be vulnerable like Al Gore."

Children in fancy dress on the way to music lessons

"Now, Mrs. Jones, repeat after me..."

'If you take this job, you will need child care... that's my second job.'

"You take care of the kids, you do the housework and you have a full-time job for which you warn less than a man who does the same? Respect... I can only fly and knock down scoundrels..."

"No, our company doesn't provide day care or maternity leave."

'It's easy for you to climb the corporate ladder, you just lay your eggs and leave: No need for Maternity Leave!'

"It's a new work-out video. It shows a mother chasing after 3 children all day"

"Everything started when I became a stay-at-home-mom of three little monsters."

"I got the kids to try more vegetables by putting sugar in the salt shaker."

"It's your mother. She wants to know why you never summon her."

'Sure, I'm a working mother - is there any other kind?'

'Talk about tough days.'

"Oh yes, the stags fight and prance around to impress us, but in the end, we decide who we mate with: we have the power!"

"I think formula should be bottled-up, but not your emotions."

Mother and Baby

'Can I just remind everyone once again that baby yoga is non-competitive.'

"Fix it so it'll stream out behind, Pierre. I've been assigned to a motorcycle detail."

"We know you're in there, Mommy! We've got the bathroom surrounded!"

"Maybe when they're a little older, my son can help yours with his homework."

'Mom's not home. I gave her the day off.'

"But is my way the best way to do it???"

'If I had my time over again, I'd be too young to go out with boys.'

"Mom, a boy in my class today, called you a super chick! What's that?"

"...and, for what felt like the millionth time, she opened her phone for the diminishing dopamine hit that never satisfied."

'I nominated you for class mother elections and you won.'

'You've got to fight! You've got to want to get well!'

". . . and if your kids have been driving you crazy today, just remember one day soon they won't even want to know you. . . and exhale. . . ahhhh."

"You shouldn't try for enlightenment if you are pregnant or may become pregnant."

"Am I a bad parent for giving him a weighted blanket?"

The Glass Ceiling

"'Have it all, Be an executive, community volunteer, a devoted wife and mother,' Good article, you should read this,"

We need the help of the smartest people we know. Time to call my Mom.

Number One.

I told the school I definitely didn't want my son to be labelled - but if he had to be labelled, 'gifted and talented' would be nice!