# 90s mom (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover 90s mom. Page: Feed: --- ## [We've gotten the village all wrong](https://likeitshard.substack.com/p/the-block-that-built-me) _2026-08-17 · Courtney McGee · What, Like It's Hard?_ A village remembers who you are while you're busy becoming someone else's mother ## ["But How?..." I Actually Stay Sane With Three Kids, A Business, and Everything Else](https://themindfulblonde.substack.com/p/but-how-i-actually-stay-sane-with) _2026-08-14 · Danielle Shugg · The Mothership_ Five things that have nothing to do with productivity and everything to do with staying sane and steady in motherhood. ## [I Figured Out Why I Hate When He Golfs... And It’s Not Why I Thought](https://themindfulblonde.substack.com/p/i-figured-out-why-i-hate-when-he) _2026-08-10 · Danielle Shugg · The Mothership_ He’s not the problem. The way we’re both talking about “time off” is. ## [I wasn’t comparing myself to one mother. I was comparing myself to every single one of them.](https://likeitshard.substack.com/p/i-wasnt-comparing-myself-to-one-mother) _2026-08-10 · Courtney McGee · What, Like It's Hard?_ How the internet convinced me I should live every season at once ## [She Knew Her Mom Loved Her. She Never Knew Her Mom.](https://themindfulblonde.substack.com/p/she-knew-her-mom-loved-her-she-never) _2026-08-07 · Danielle Shugg · The Mothership_ What a therapist’s confession taught me about the difference between being loved and being known. ## [The week I realized my brother had grown up without me](https://likeitshard.substack.com/p/the-week-i-realized-my-brother-had) _2026-08-03 · Courtney McGee · What, Like It's Hard?_ We think phones steal moments. I think they quietly freeze the people we love in time. ## [Ten Things I’m Loving Lately](https://themindfulblonde.substack.com/p/ten-things-im-loving-lately) _2026-07-31 · Danielle Shugg · The Mothership_ The most popular things in my life (and feed!) right now. ## [why we need intuition but not #MotherKnowsBest](http://patriciazaballos.com/2026/07/30/why-we-need-intuition-but-not-motherknowsbest/) _2026-07-30 · patricia · wonderfarm_ Building my intuition, 1993-style Dear fellow wonderer, My shorthand bio on social media says: That ‘90s mom former teacher, riffs on old-school childhood agency intuitive parenthood. Intuitive parenthood, hmm. If you ve been reading here for a while, you know that the more I research motherhood and look back at my own, the more \[ \] ## [Everything We Call “Self-Care” That’s Actually Just Pain](https://themindfulblonde.substack.com/p/everything-we-call-self-care-thats) _2026-07-28 · Danielle Shugg · The Mothership_ Not everything that feels good is good for us. Here's how I'm learning to tell the difference. ## [The overlooked art of becoming the kooky grandma](https://likeitshard.substack.com/p/it-takes-time-to-become-the-kooky) _2026-07-27 · Courtney McGee · What, Like It's Hard?_ Or, how to be so busy living you leave fingerprints all over the people you love ## [Home Internet From Space (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/fMdYdZkfhXOJ) _2026-07-27 · **Sponsored**_ Residential satellite internet that brings connectivity to homes beyond conventional networks ## [July Q&A with me](https://themindfulblonde.substack.com/p/july-q-and-a-with-me) _2026-07-20 · Danielle Shugg · The Mothership_ Where I'm answering what's actually in my DM's ## [The most important thing my mom ever did took 5 minutes a year](https://likeitshard.substack.com/p/the-most-important-thing-my-mom-ever) _2026-07-20 · Courtney McGee · What, Like It's Hard?_ And she had no idea she was doing it ## [Babies Can't Self-Soothe to Sleep. Neither Can You.](https://themindfulblonde.substack.com/p/babies-cant-self-soothe-to-sleep) _2026-07-17 · Danielle Shugg · The Mothership_ My thoughts on the hypocrisy of expecting baby's to self-soothe ## [The internet had me convinced there was something wrong with me](https://likeitshard.substack.com/p/weve-forgotten-that-some-things-are) _2026-07-13 · Courtney McGee · What, Like It's Hard?_ On wellness culture, cortisol, and what moms actually need ## [My mom was a 90s mom with four kids… and she napped every afternoon](https://themindfulblonde.substack.com/p/my-mom-was-a-90s-mom-with-four-kids) _2026-07-10 · Danielle Shugg · The Mothership_ Why living life like a 90s mom is so intriguing right now. ## [I've wondered for years what phones were replacing. I finally figured it out.](https://likeitshard.substack.com/p/the-last-generation-of-interested) _2026-07-06 · Courtney McGee · What, Like It's Hard?_ What do our kids lose when we can't look up? ## [how to read like a ’90s mom](http://patriciazaballos.com/2026/07/01/how-to-read-like-a-90s-mom/) _2026-07-01 · patricia · wonderfarm_ Apologies for centering my picks I needed a horizontal photo! Dear fellow wonderer, I keep hearing about parents wanting to give their kids a 90s childhood or a 90s summer and while I love this, it has me thinking: maybe what we really need is a 90s motherhood. A chance to be mothers in a space without \[ \] ## [Five Things I Do As a Type B Mom to Look Like I Have it Together… Even Though I Don’t](https://themindfulblonde.substack.com/p/five-things-i-do-as-a-type-b-mom) _2026-07-01 · Danielle Shugg · The Mothership_ Life hacks from a Type B mom who you probably think is Type A ## [Everything I’m doing to have a 90’s mom Fourth of July](https://likeitshard.substack.com/p/everything-im-doing-to-have-a-90s-6d6) _2026-06-30 · Courtney McGee · What, Like It's Hard?_ Because some weekends are worth blowing up schedules for ## [The opt out edit](https://likeitshard.substack.com/p/the-opt-out-edit) _2026-06-26 · Courtney McGee · What, Like It's Hard?_ Things I’m opting out of this summer to save my sanity as a mom of 3 little kids ## [Unlimited Mobile Internet, One V-SIM (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/hbFxSBY50EiD) _2026-06-26 · **Sponsored**_ Automatically switches across T-Mobile, AT&T and Verizon; no throttling, no contract. ## [The moms who seem less stressed aren’t doing less, they’re doing this…](https://themindfulblonde.substack.com/p/the-moms-who-seem-less-stressed-arent) _2026-06-24 · Danielle Shugg · The Mothership_ Understanding the overwhelm so you can put some of it down. ## [The moms who make it look easy aren't different than you](https://likeitshard.substack.com/p/the-moms-who-make-it-look-easy-arent) _2026-06-22 · Courtney McGee · What, Like It's Hard?_ The ability to calmly take kids places isn't a personality trait. It's a muscle. ## [the cultural shift that undermined mothers’ intuition](http://patriciazaballos.com/2026/05/14/the-cultural-shift-that-undermined-mothers-intuition/) _2026-05-14 · patricia · wonderfarm_ the era in question Dear fellow wonderer, A few months back, when I interviewed Minna Dubin about her book Mom Rage, I asked about a line from the book: When I became a mother, I didn t know there was a grand PR narrative of Motherhood to buy into or resist. Intensive mothering had infiltrated the \[ \] ## [I want not to think about the expiration of poetry](http://patriciazaballos.com/2026/04/23/i-want-not-to-think-about-the-expiration-of-poetry/) _2026-04-23 · patricia · wonderfarm_ poet of my heart Dear fellow wonderer, Since October, I ve been hosting a monthly reading series for caregivers at a new-ish and lovely community space here in Oakland, Local Economy. The experience has been pardon the un-poetic hyperbole magical. Brilliant writers plus caregivers of all ages, a circle that welcomes conversations, and babies in the center, warming \[ \] ## [play isn’t frivolous](http://patriciazaballos.com/2026/03/26/play-isnt-frivolous/) _2026-03-26 · patricia · wonderfarm_ Dear fellow wonderer, Lately I ve been wondering what today s parents think of play. We all know play is good for kids, but I suspect it may sometimes seem like one more responsibility, one more thing to fit into busy lives, one more thing to maximize. Something to do with kids, maybe, to make sure they \[ \] ## [parents are losing the love of reading aloud](http://patriciazaballos.com/2026/02/26/parents-are-losing-the-love-of-reading-aloud/) _2026-02-26 · patricia · wonderfarm_ He liked to pile us with blankets when we read together. He called it a jumble of cozy. Dear fellow wonderer, Shifts in childhood, shifts in parenthood. That s my thing here, as you know. Recently I came across a shift that made my chest pang: Fewer than half of parents of children up to 13 \[ \] ## [please take my obsolete advice](http://patriciazaballos.com/2026/01/22/please-take-my-obsolete-advice/) _2026-01-22 · patricia · wonderfarm_ I ve used this photo before; I ll surely use it again. Our weekly circle, back in the day. Dear fellow wonderer, Recently a Substack note from Edan Lepucki caught my eye. I always love Edan s takes on parenthood. She was reflecting on a list of tips for having a baby. While she admired much of the \[ \] ## [remembering yourself during the busiest of days](http://patriciazaballos.com/2025/12/18/remembering-yourself-during-the-busiest-of-days/) _2025-12-18 · patricia · wonderfarm_ Dear fellow wonderer, Here we are smack in the middle of holiday season and who needs another newsletter anyway? Maybe you if you re like me, finding yourself getting a little lost in the chaos, the organizing, the giving of self that this time of year often demands. Maybe you re in the thick of life with \[ \] ## [what maddens me about “gentle parenting”](http://patriciazaballos.com/2025/11/20/what-maddens-me-about-gentle-parenting/) _2025-11-20 · patricia · wonderfarm_ A lot of yelling happened in this hallway. Dear fellow wonderer, There s something about the gentle parenting movement that really bugs me and it s not that it can create unrealistic outcomes, a point Emily Edlynn lays out wisely. I absolutely agree with Edlynn, but another aspect infuriates me even more. The central guru in this movement \[ \] ## [AI QA that opens fix PRs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/b6LWirdpWPTK) _2025-11-20 · **Sponsored**_ Run a browser QA from plain-English instructions; get GitHub issues and optional fix PRs. ## [journals for busy parents](http://patriciazaballos.com/2025/10/21/journals-for-busy-parents/) _2025-10-21 · patricia · wonderfarm_ That basket is bigger than it looks. 50+ journals in there. Cherished items, ready to grab in case of fire. Dear fellow wonderer, I ve been thinking about how a weird and fun question to ask people upon meeting would be, Do you keep a journal? Maybe it s too personal but I want to know! I ve been \[ \]