Savvy Auntie

A guide for cool aunts, great-aunts, godmothers, and all women who love kids.

by Melanie Notkin

When You're Not a Mother on Mother's Day

Babies are born from the womb. Maternity is born from the soul. There are many ways to mother. Read More

Women Over Age 35 Are Having More Kids

OK ladies, take a breath. You're not the only ones hoping to have a baby or who have given birth to a second or even third child after your fortieth birthday. In fact, you're part of a growing trend of women who do. Read More

What Not to Say to Single Women Who Long to Be Moms

We all know that going through infertility treatments can be incredibly challenging for couples. But single women who yearn to be mothers go through their own heartache. While their infertility is circumstantial, it can be just as difficult as each month passes... Read More

The "Career Woman" Myth

Just about everyone is just dying to know: What is she waiting for? Read More

My Secret Grief: Over 35, Single, and Childless

I not only have to cope with my circumstantial infertility, but I have to defend my desire to be married to someone I'm crazy about before conceiving. I have to defend why I'm not a mother when it's all I ever wanted to be. Read More

Unnatural Women: Childless in America

Childlessness is the state into which a girl is born. But once she reaches her mid thirties, that natural state is suddenly deemed unnatural. Read More

What's the Big Idea, Donny Deutsch?

When did voluntarily becoming a single mother become the barometer for one's deep desire to be a mother? And, since when did having a baby on one's own mark a woman's levels of attractiveness to men or rank her bravery? Read More

Is He Just Too Old for This?

Men are responsible for 40 percent of all fertility problems among American couples, so why is all the pressure (read: judgment) on women for reproductive health and timeliness? Read More

Schadenforty

I admit I'm guilty of looking in the mirror and feeling grateful that there is not a wrinkle on my 42 year old filler-free face. I am even more thankful for a cluster of monthly zits, a possible sign that some of my more youthful hormones are still functioning. In the full-length mirror, I am proud of my svelte, toned body with a BMI of a healthy 30 year old. Read More

A Is for Auntie

Spending quality time with a niece or nephew has a greater influence on their developmental skills than you may think... Read More

The Invisible Infertility

Dinner started off simple enough, three friends in their mid-thirties catching up on each other's lives. One was a married mom of two kids. One was a newly married woman, pregnant with her first. And one was a single woman about to lose another unfertilized egg hours later. I was the latter. Read More

Why Aunts Deserve a Day

The nearly 50 percent of America women who are not moms - the aunts and godmothers - contribute significantly to the American Family Village and the development of the children in their lives. Notkin shows how and why they finally deserve to be recognized, honored and celebrated with a new tradition - Auntie's Day. Read More

Melanie Notkin is the author of the national best-seller: Savvy Auntie: The Ultimate Guide for Cool Aunts, Great-Aunts, Godmothers and All Women Who Love Kids.

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