Professionalizing Motherhood is a call to consider that working at motherhood full-time is a valid, worthwhile career choice and provides a resource to equip the professional mother to successfully develop and sharpen each skill she needs to excel and grow in her field. This expanded edition comes with a leader's guide and personal reflections.

How's Your Motherhood Network? People in all professions know the importance of networking. How about you? Are you enjoying the support and connection you need in the most demanding career of all---motherhood? You can. Whether you're improving the group you're already in or starting one from scratch, developing a mothers' group is practical, doable, and indescribably rewarding. Here are the guidance and resources you need you need for a 'can-do' attitude. Drawing from years of experience, Jill Savage offers a resource manual packed with vision and a wealth of ideas. You'll find sage, road-tested upbeat advice on : *Different kinds of groups *Mentoring and accountability relationships *Attracting members *raining leaders and volunteers *Handling conflicts *Policy and procedure *Arranging for childcare *Gaining church support *Bible study and prayer . . . and much more! Motherhood is an incredibly important and rewarding profession. You don't have to do it alone. The supportive and trusting relationships you long for are within your reach and some will last a lifetime. Chockful of resources, Creating the Moms Group You've Been Looking For will help you and other moms like you find friends, grow in your faith, and keep your sanity in the process of raising your children.

A Christian based approach to the issues facing modern mothers.

Parenting Is a High-Wire Act Fear is a God-given instinct, compelling you to protect your children, but you need to harness it wisely. It's all a question of balance. On the one hand, you want to protect your children from life's real dangers. On the other hand, you don't want to smother them. The drop below can sometimes seem terrifying, but Allie Pleiter assures you that you can make it safely across the high-wire of raising your kids. You can be alert to life's dangers without being paralyzed by them. With humor, clarity, and plenty of personal examples, Pleiter explores the fears, both rational and irrational, that moms experience every day raising their children. Facing Every Mom's Fear brims with true-life stories from other moms and expert advice from the fields of social work, family therapy, psychiatry, and psychology. Best of all, this book digs deep into the Bible to help you meet your fears head-on with faith in God, the ultimate, ever-watchful parent. Learn how to embrace your fear and make it work for you. The courage you seek is already inside you, the balancing act is exciting and worth the risk---and you and your children will benefit. The Hearts at Home Workshop Series is designed to encourage, equip, and educate mothers who are at home or would like to be. Ideal for personal use, group discussions, and mentoring relationships, each book in this series includes questions for personal reflection and a leader's guide with discussion questions.

Explores the maternal experience from the mother's point of view. The book questions a society that has devalued and sentimentalized motherhood, and presents images of generative and creative women who are also mothers. It also discusses the portrayal of mothers in art, film and literature.

You can apply the same techniques of efficiency, intention, and purpose that you've used in other careers to your most important position in life-motherhood. Steady Days takes you through the process of becoming a professional mother: one who is organized and excited to spend time with your young children. If you've ever felt overwhelmed by a lack of direction in your parenting, this book can help. You already have the skills you need to be an incredible mother. Empower yourself by reading Steady Days and implementing the ideas to benefit those important little people who call you "Mom." To learn more about the author, Jamie C. Martin, visit her blog at www.SteadyMom.com.

Early in the twentieth century, maternal and child welfare evolved from a private family responsibility into a matter of national policy. Molly Ladd-Taylor explores both the private and public aspects of child-rearing, using the relationship between them to cast new light on the histories of motherhood, the welfare state, and women's activism in the United States. Ladd-Taylor argues that mother-work, "women's unpaid work of reproduction and caregiving," motivated women's public activism and "maternalist" ideology. Mothering experiences led women to become active in the development of public health, education, and welfare services. In turn, the advent of these services altered mothering in many ways, including the reduction of the infant mortality rate.