The Mother Co. Mamas
05.20.13
Mondays with the Mamas: Living with Grandparents
“One day” my mother told me, “you’ll take care of us.” The Mother Company’s Founder and CEO Abbie Schiller describes her decision to move her family into her parents’ home.
05.13.13
Mondays with the Mamas: LGBT Parenting
Family structure is diverse these days, and dialogue about what exactly defines family yields rich discussions. TMC President, Sam Kurtzman-Counter, talks about her thoughts on LGBT families and introduces our week of thought-provoking content.
05.06.13
You and The Mamas
Looking for more MoCo in your life? We are excited to announce we will be posting helpful articles, tips, interviews, and essays daily. Check back often and pipe in with your thoughts, too!
05.06.13
Mondays with The Mamas – A New Generation of “Mominists?”
In our new weekly installment by The Mother Co. Mamas, Sam presses pause on the kvetching to explore the idea that today’s moms have much to celebrate, thanks to the strength of our communities and the gifts of our foremothers.
03.07.13
How to Create a New Sibling Chart – VIDEO
Bringing home a new baby is a huge change for the family, especially for the child that suddenly becomes an older sibling. How can parents work together with children to prepare for the arrival of a new sibling? Watch this fun video of TMC CEO and Founder Abbie Schiller and her daughter creating a “New Siblings Chart” to help ease this big transition.
02.05.13
“The Friend Ship” – Learning to Make Friends
Before becoming a mom, TMC President Sam Kurtzman-Counter never really thought of friendship as a skill to be learned. Read on as she talks about watching her own child work through the process of making friends, learning tools that might not necessarily come naturally to young kids.
01.30.13
“One For All” – Teaching Kids to Be Helpers
Founder and CEO of The Mother Company, Abbie Schiller, talks about “looking for the helpers” during tough times and how she inspires her own children to become the helpers–helping themselves and others in need.
09.27.12
Get Your Parenting Questions Answered: Join Our “Motherboard!”
Got questions? We’ve got a team of renowned experts to help with all your parenting problems! Just tell us your needs and we’ll get on it.
05.12.12
A Mother’s Day Love Letter to YOU
The Mother Co. Mamas, Abbie & Sam, pay homage to YOU, this incredible community of mamas dedicated to raising “good people.” Happy Mother’s Day!
05.05.11
Happy Mother’s Day!
The top gift mothers want for mother’s day this year? “Well-behaved children,” according to a recent TMC poll. So as our gift to you, we offer a bunch of parenting tips from top child development experts – with no tax and free shipping! Happy Mother’s Day to you all – we love being a part of this community.
09.21.10
Kids and Restaurants: Parents Duke It Out
Where do you stand on the debate about banning kids from certain restaurants? Sam Kurtzman-Counter, Exec VP of The Mother Company, shares a couple shocking restaurant experiences and investigates the culture of rabid judgment among parents.
05.22.10
Mama on a Mission: My quest for meaningful screen time
by Abbie Schiller – As a person who grew up singing songs about “what do you do with the mad that you feel?” from Mister Rogers – I went on a mission seeking the same kind of quality programming for my own child. Why do so few kids’ shows focus on real life characters and themes? I wished that if there was any kind of magic lesson that my child could glean from a TV hero – it would be about all the real life lessons and the questions and issues we faced every day.
05.07.10
Happy Mother’s Day!
Happy Mother’s Day! May you feel loved and appreciated for all your daily contributions to building the next generation. Sending out some big mama love from all the mamas at The Mother Company.
05.07.10
Why I started The Mother Company
By Abbie Schiller – I wish I could say there was a definitive “ah-ha” moment.
But rather there was a slow realization that nothing was helping. My daughter was three, I was feeling overwhelmed in my “less than perfectness” as a mother and in need of a daily preschool TV break – for her – so I could make dinner and decompress from the workday.
05.07.10
Integrating Work and Home Life
By Sam Kurtzman-Counter – I was a career girl. Raised by two full-time professional parents in the dizzyingly ambitious ‘burb of Los Angeles, I always focused on career first. I always imagined I’d have a family “one day,” after I crossed A, B, C, D, E, F measures of professional success. But unfortunately, the alphabet kept going, and so did that clock associated with my biology…
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