A way of life

Mothering has recently changed it's look - it's more slick and appealing to the general public. Luckily, it hasn't changed it's interior articles. The magazine is a challenge to readers to alter their views of parenting and challenge the general style of parenting.

I don't agree with everything they write, and I hope not to. But it certainly is a refreshing change from Parenting which seems solely sponsored by formula and baby food ads.

One of the best features of Mothering Magazine is Peggy O'Mara's editorials. They are thoughtful, personal, and real.

If you like opinions (here you are reading mine), Mothering has lots of them. The debates are lively. This is the only magazine where I find extremely interesting letters to the editors. And often the letters take up 3 or 4 pages.

It's a magazine of dialogue, wit, and charm.

They also, incidentally, publish a lot of articles from freelance writers: moms and dads who experience parenting on a daily basis.

I can't think of a better piece of mail to open when it arrives in my box.