About "Mojo Mom" Amy Tiemann, Ph. D.
Dr. Amy Tiemann is an award-winning author, educator and media producer who plays a central role in today's conversation about parenting, child safety, politics and culture. She is author of the books Mojo Mom: Nurturing Your Self While Raising a Family and the young adult novel High Water, and the executive editor of Courageous Parents, Confident Kids. Her latest project is creating the new child-safety resource DoingRightByOurKids.com.
Thank you President Obama! (This is what political progress looks like)
Yesterday I experienced an absolute roller coaster of emotions here in North Carolina. In the morning, I was grieving on Facebook with many friends who were devastated that our state passed a Constitutional Amendment (“Amendment One”) to ban gay marriage and domestic partnerships. It was... Read the full post
Motherhood and caregiving, for love and money
If you are a parent or have a parent, caregiving matters. As I have written over the years, I believe that “Motherhood is not a job, it is a relationship.” I still think this is the most useful way to conceptualize motherhood, but I understand that motherhood is a big, emotionally laden... Read the full post
Motherhood back in headline news
While I was away on my “unplugged” vacation, the Twitter war erupted about Hilary Rosen’s comments saying that Ann Romney “had never worked a day in her life.” I was hoping to avoid “Mommy Wars 2012″ because I am frankly tired of anything that is discussed in... Read the full post
Mojo Mom is turning a new page
It’s hard for me to wrap my mind around the fact that I have been writing as Mojo Mom for ten years now. I started writing Mojo Mom when my daughter started preschool, and now she’s almost as tall as I am, and entering her teenage years. The view is different from here. I stand by everything... Read the full post
Are we here yet?
Last week I finally had a chance to unplug and unwind–and not a minute too soon. My husband, daughter and I went to a warm, remote getaway, where I took a whole week off from computers and work. I still had a lot of creative ideas in between sailing, eating and naps, but I let other people do... Read the full post
Talking to kids about touch, boundaries and safety rules doesn’t have to be scary
As parents we know that it’s up to us to talk to our kids about the safety rules about touch and boundaries. This can be an intimidating process for parents, but it doesn’t have to be scary. This conversation can be difficult because often parents don’t know what to say. Child safety... Read the full post
Blog Archives
Best of The Mojo Mom Blog, 2003 - 2009
The Mojo Mom Blog has been published continuously since 2003, and all posts are available at their original location, http://mojomom.blogspot.com. Below are links to reprints of some of the most popular posts over the years.
- Mojo Mom's thoughts on the 2000's--learning that we're all in this together.
- Caregiving is not a choice for any of us!
- Are you prepared for a Grandparent crisis?
- Work-life balance: Our ladder is up the wrong tree
- Motherhood is not a one-way street
- Cracking the Mom Code: Three Mental Health Pitfalls to Avoid
- Secret agent woman
- The Heart of the Mommy Wars...What Moms Really Want









