That connection between hormones and mood is so important to get a handle on, and it's also really important when you're considering taking medication.
Ayelet WaldmanWhat I do with my kids is - and I think they probably do ignore us - is No Alcohol. If they're drunk they will be grounded for time immemorial.
Ayelet WaldmanIt's incredibly important to me that my children don't put anything in their bodies that they haven't tested first - that's how you end up dying.
Ayelet WaldmanOne of the darkest, deepest shames so many of us mothers feel nowadays is our fear that we are Bad Mothers, that we are failing our children and falling far short of our own ideals.
Ayelet Waldman