Motherhood | Julie Calidonio

Julie Cali

Dad Guilt—Why Isn’t it a Thing?

Mom guilt—we all know what that is. The feeling that you are failing at being a caretaker, that you are not living up to parental...

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Girl’s Night Out When You Aren’t a “Girl” Anymore

Once upon a time, in a kingdom far far away, there lived a girl who worked as an attorney in Manhattan. She lived in a beautiful...

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What It's Like to Share a Birthday with Your Husband and Your Son

Smack in the middle of the year and halfway to Christmas, June 26th is a momentous day. It’s also my birthday. And my husband’s birthday....

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Yes, Gisele Bündchen, You Matter Too

Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen divorcing over him working too much highlight how the angsts of motherhood, the push and pull between being...

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John Doe v. the Feminists: Do NYC women only want to be "wined and dined" and not have kids?

My friend John says an under-discussed issue with NYC dating is women want to be “wined and dined” but don’t want to have kids. My view...

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Motherhood: The Best Days of My Life, Truth or Fiction?

While I was at my son’s soccer practice, my gaze fixed on his tiny body maneuvering down the field, a friend called to tell me she was...

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You Can Love Your Children and Love Yourself

“OMG,” my sister says after I tell her my eleven-year-old son walked in on me in my undergarments. I pull the phone from my ear, as she...