Between Us

On ADHD, maternal blame and the infrastructure of ideas that defines us

Stressed mothers aren't causing their children to develop ADHD. It's a harmful idea, and we can't let it lie.

Jul 31 • 

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May 2024

'Making milk is easy' and other lies

Saying it doesn't make it so.

May 3, 2024 • 

Chelsea Conaboy

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February 2024

Bonus Post: Is pregnancy itself a "stressor"?

Molly says 'no'. Chelsea says 'yes'. Let's debate!

Published on The Maternal Stress Project • Feb 9, 2024

November 2023

Imagining a robot mother in the era of AI

Peter Brown, author of The Wild Robot series, talks about creating family and what it means to tell a story about a robot who does good.

Nov 30, 2023 • 

Chelsea Conaboy

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October 2023

In ancient footprints, a question of caregiving

Fossils at White Sands National Park show a toddler being carried across wet ground, on an urgent journey. They tell a remarkable story. But, which one?

Oct 11, 2023 • 

Chelsea Conaboy

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September 2023

Child care is health care.

Need proof? Consider the family farm.

Sep 18, 2023 • 

Chelsea Conaboy

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August 2023

The new postpartum depression drug and the turmoil of new parenthood

What the approval of zuranolone and the science behind the drug mean for our understanding of the parental brain and the future of treatment.

Aug 12, 2023 • 

Chelsea Conaboy

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'I really hope she doesn't have children'

On the logical fallacies of conservative commentators and the warmth of home.

Aug 4, 2023 • 

Chelsea Conaboy

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June 2023

On growing wild things

And letting our kids surprise us.

Jun 27, 2023 • 

Chelsea Conaboy

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When fathers feel 'this isn’t a place for me'

Kevin Maguire of The New Fatherhood talks about creating spaces—and a shift in culture—that are 'dad-led.'

Jun 22, 2023 • 

Chelsea Conaboy

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We have a public health crisis

It's guns.

Jun 14, 2023 • 

Chelsea Conaboy

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April 2023

All journalism is community journalism

Reflecting on Mike Pride's legacy—“He really viewed the Monitor as the community’s paper”—and on the future, on Substack and elsewhere.

Apr 30, 2023 • 

Chelsea Conaboy

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