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When Nicole Blades started a family with a white guy, she knew their kid's skin color would be lighter than hers. But she didn't count on people routinely questioning whether she was her son's mom.…Jo...
· 23 min 27 sec
Photographer Phillip Toledano has been applauded in the media for his deeply gritty depiction of first-time fatherhood in his book The Reluctant Father. This week, in a cautionary tale on marriage, we...
· 22 min 40 sec
Is it possible to share your parenting triumphs with other moms without making them feel bad?…Join LST+ for community and access to You Know What, another show in the Longest Shortest universe!Follow...
· 30 min 12 sec
A toddler starts talking, then moves to a new country where she doesn't know the language. And suddenly the only word she will say anymore is "Mommy."…Join LST+ for community and access to You Know Wh...
· 18 min 44 sec
Poet Arielle Greenberg's son Day dies 31 weeks into her pregnancy. At which point, she makes a whole bunch of choices that not many women would make, so she can emerge from stillbirth not completely b...
· 47 min 9 sec
Hillary tells the leader of the modern natural birth movement that she feel betrayed by her message.…Join LST+ for community and access to You Know What, another show in the Longest Shortest universe!...
· 31 min 26 sec
Hillary attempts to rewrite her traumatic birth story, four years after the fact. Part 1 of a three-part series on natural birth.…Join LST+ for community and access to You Know What, another show in t...
· 35 min 39 sec
It's a fact: even the most romantic romances wither under the pressures of parenthood. But what happens in a relationship when, on top of everything else, one partner is going blind?…Join LST+ for com...
· 27 min 28 sec
Bry wanted to be a dad. And he thought the only way to be one was to quit doing the thing he loved most. So he did.…Join LST+ for community and access to You Know What, another show in the Longest Sho...
· 32 min 42 sec
A mom breastfeeds her preemie against all odds. Then she wakes up on her due date. Dry.…Join LST+ for community and access to You Know What, another show in the Longest Shortest universe!Follow us on...
· 24 min 18 sec
Lisa's longest shortest time lasted 11 years. And it all went down before she even had a baby.…Join LST+ for community and access to You Know What, another show in the Longest Shortest universe!Follow...
· 37 min 15 sec
Heather told me she did everything wrong in her first years as a mom. Judge for yourself (but don't be too judgy).…Join LST+ for community and access to You Know What, another show in the Longest Shor...
· 26 min 38 sec
After having a preemie, my friend Kirsten unwittingly takes on her husband's personality, and becomes obsessed with numbers. To the decimal point.…Join LST+ for community and access to You Know What,...
· 32 min 45 sec
We continue the I've Got News series with the birth of Ellen's baby . . . and the project Tom took on to cope.…Join LST+ for community and access to You Know What, another show in the Longest Shortest...
· 22 min 1 sec
A war correspondent on childbirth vs dodging a sniper.…Join LST+ for community and access to You Know What, another show in the Longest Shortest universe!Follow us on InstagramWebsite: longestshortest...
· 23 min 52 sec
Two weeks before their due date, Ellen and Tim reflect on the game of Being Awesome at Being Adult.…Join LST+ for community and access to You Know What, another show in the Longest Shortest universe!F...
· 24 min 8 sec
We continue our series following a young pregnant woman, this time with grandpa's perspective.…Join LST+ for community and access to You Know What, another show in the Longest Shortest universe!Follow...
· 25 min 34 sec
Tom got news. Then more news. Now there's even more.…Join LST+ for community and access to You Know What, another show in the Longest Shortest universe!Follow us on InstagramWebsite: longestshortestti...
· 28 min 46 sec
One pregnant woman on her fears of mothering a boy. And why she doesn't even really want to be called "Mom" in the first place.…Join LST+ for community and access to You Know What, another show in the...
· 26 min 23 sec
Toilets, exposed body parts, . . . pornography?! One horror story about pumping at work.…Join LST+ for community and access to You Know What, another show in the Longest Shortest universe!Follow us on...
· 11 min 38 sec