This site is the online home of the independently owned family magazine, Mothering. The magazine promotes natural family living. The magazine and the website provide information and resources for a wide variety of issues concerning parents from prenatal care, to lessening our impact on the environment.
The main category links include ‘Pregnancy & Birth’, ‘Breastfeeding’, ‘Parenting’, ‘Health’, ‘Education’, ‘Recipes’ and ‘Green Living’. Featured blocks on the home page include ‘ A Quiet Place’, ‘Ask the Experts’, ‘Editors’ Picks’, ‘News & Activism’, ‘Family Fun’ and ‘Mothering Blogs’. The ‘Resources’ block allows users to select from topics such as midwives, breastfeeding, Birth Centers, Alternative Medicine and Domestic Violence and lists available online resources that emphasize “natural parenting and family living”.
Users may sign up for newsletters for pregnancy, recipes and/or community news and activism. The site contains an active community forum and is available in English or Spanish. The site’s store offers books, article reprints, back issues, DVDs, gifts and more for purchase. Users may also subscribe to a digital version of the magazine.
Links for the site’s Terms & Conditions, Privacy Policy, advertiser information, etc. are found at the bottom of the home page. Other links in this area include subscriptions services, community options and the main departments of the site.