Meet New Later-in-Life Dad Stephen McCall: Interview by Robin Gorman Newman, founder, MotherhoodLater.com
May 4th, 2021
Stephen McCall AGE: 43 RELATIONSHIP STATUS: Single RESIDENCE: Washington, D.C. AGES OF YOUR CHILDREN: 11 & 15 I am a senior staffer for the U.S. Congress. I also am a distinguished military veteran (US Air Force) and worked over 20 years in the Department of Defense as a civil servant. I was diagnosed with Tourette syndrome at age ...
Meet Later in Life Mother Amy Klein: Interview by Robin Gorman Newman
March 30th, 2020
[caption id="attachment_29752" align="alignleft" width="300"] Amy Klein headshots in Central Park on March 8, 2020[/caption] AGE: 48 RELATIONSHIP STATUS: Married RESIDENCE: NYC I’m a journalist who writes about health and later, fertility. I had New York Times column following my journey through fertility and now a book, The Trying Game: Get Through Fertility Treatment and Get Pregnant ...
When You Point a Finger…..By Cory Kahaney
November 1st, 2019
I woke up this morning, and my first thoughts were about the heated discussion we had last night with our teenage son over a less than stellar report card. I was angry. I screamed. I accused him of squandering his time on Madden or watching YouTube videos when he could ...
Meet Later Dad: Tom LaMarr
June 11th, 2016
NAME: Tom LaMarr AGE: “A youthful 61” RELATIONSHIP STATUS: Married RESIDENCE: Colorado CHILDREN: Evelyn, an even more youthful 13 The median age for becoming a parent has climbed, and Tom LaMarr is the reason. This Colorado dad was nearly 48 when he met his daughter, which makes him even older now. GEEZER DAD, his memoir ...
Guest Blog Post: Little Pink Line by Colleen Mallen
December 7th, 2015
Baby A, you made your presence known just five days after being made. I couldn’t wait two weeks to see if my suspicions were true; I only managed to wait nine days. Your dad was away on a trip. I took a pregnancy test, saw the slightest pink line and ...
Guest Blog Post: Equality for All Should Mean Adopted People by Adam Pertman, President, National Center on Adoption and Permanency
September 4th, 2015
At the beginning of the 1900s, grim predictions punctuated the debate over women’s suffrage. Everyone in the family unit would be damaged in innumerable ways if this outrage were allowed to happen, argued the critics, some of whom went so far as to predict the end of civilization itself. Half a ...
Meet Later Mom: Dani Klein Modisett
September 1st, 2015
NAME: Dani Klein Modisett AGE: 52 RELATIONSHIP STATUS: Married RESIDENCE: Atwater Village, Los Angeles, CA CHILDRENS NAMES/AGES: Gabriel 12, Gideon 8 As I recently told a group of 400 organizations from around the country gathered to hear 200 authors pitch their books for a chance to come to their town and speak, all of my ...
Meet Later Mom: Jillian Lauren
July 1st, 2015
NAME: Jillian Lauren AGE: 41 RELATIONSHIP STATUS: Married RESIDENCE: Los Angeles, CA CHILDS NAME/AGE: Tariku, age 7 I’m a writer, storyteller, mom, rock-wife, and Los Angeleno, by way of Jersey. I’m the author of the memoir EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED, as well as the New York Times bestselling memoir Some Girls: My ...
Meet Later Mom: Annabelle Gurwitch
June 1st, 2015
NAME: Annabelle Gurwitch AGE: 53RELATIONSHIP STATUS: married to Jeff KahnRESIDENCE: Los AngelesCHILD NAME/AGE: 17 year old son EzraI'm an actress, a mother, a wife and an author. My latest book is I SEE YOU MADE AN EFFORT: compliments, indignities and survival stories from the edge of 50. It's recently out ...
Meet Later Mom: Mallory Kasdan
May 1st, 2015
NAME: Mallory KasdanAGE: 42RELATIONSHIP STATUS: MarriedRESIDENCE: Brooklyn, NY CHILDRENS NAMES/AGES: Zoe 8, Miles 4I'm a voice actor for television and radio, and a writer working in several mediums. My first children's book, ELLA, has just been published by Viking Children's Books. www.ellathebook.com is the book's website.What was your road to ...
