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I imagine, sometimes, that little babies in the womb are just like us in this life. They can’t see beyond the limits of their little world into the next one; they don’t know that they’re growing little arms and legs and a heart and a brain so they ca...

One of my really good friends is also having a child this spring and we were on WhatsApp the other day, talking about how prepared we are (AREN’T) to be fathers. I registered with the maternity ward at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital last week and...

Are you afraid? I know you must be scared, twins on the way. You must be so nervous. The amount of times I’ve been asked these questions is interesting. Understandable, too. Who wouldn’t be nervous with such a life-changing occurrence? I haven’t he...

I have conversations with my unborn babies. Wait, hear me out for a second. Basically, the science right now says that babies in their second trimester, about 26 weeks, can hear conversations happening between mommy and other people, so I figured tha...

Growing up without a dad can be tough, but it doesn’t have to define you. That’s the word from Anthony Wade, Lou Matthews and Jevon Williams. They are part of a panel that will discuss the “truth and reality” of being raised in a single-parent home....

As I prepare for my family to add two little girls I’ve started wondering what I have to do to create an environment where they see the equality of men and women in practice. It’s a world many of us talk about — but don’t often see. Can’t we do what’...

When a baby takes its first step and falls, what do we do? We clap! Not because it was easy, but because it was hard, and they tried. Effort and motivation, particularly self-motivation, are two attributes which people develop from a young age. Enco...

If you feel like you’ve lost yourself since becoming a mom here’s some good news: you’re not alone. Shannon Young often feels more like a chauffeur, referee or a doctor than the person she once was. The Bermudian spent several years working as a con...

Walk with me. Good soil makes healthy plants, right? I’m not a botanist but I think that’s how it works. I guess humans are the same way, well, childbearing humans at least. Women are amazing biological marvels when they are pregnant, so the least ...

Once upon a time in Bermuda, children were under the watchful eye of their entire circle of family and friends. Chances were if a child misbehaved in public, their parents knew about it before they got home. More often than not, some form of punishme...

I begin with the assumption you told your parents and close family at the soonest possible junction that you’re having a child. No, I’m not judging you if you didn’t do that; I understand. Plenty of reasons to refrain from telling the people who bro...

Balancing work with motherhood isn’t easy. Kim Dismont Robinson was thrilled when she was offered a spot at CaribLit, a fiction-editing workshop in Guyana. She’d been selected from 40 applicants based on her work editing several anthologies published...