Stories – Mothers On The Front Line

Stories – Mothers On The Front Line


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MOTFL 034 JAM 023: Diane, a Social Worker by Profession and Stay-at-Home Mom by Choice
September 09, 2023

Note: This interview was recorded in 2018. Transcription: [music] Welcome to the Mothers on the Frontline Podcast. Mothers on the Frontline is a nonprofit organization, founded and run by mothers of

MOTFL 033 CBF 005: Punitive Frameworks Part II
July 07, 2023

This episode of the Conversations Between Friends series was recorded June 29, 2020.

MOTFL 032 CBF 004: Punitive Frameworks Part I
June 24, 2020

In this episode of the Conversations Between Friends Series, we discuss punitive systems, including policing and schools, and the frameworks and assumptions underlying their policies. Terminology: I

MOTFL 031 CBF 003 Allyship: Moving from Performativity to Authenticity
June 17, 2020

In this episode we discuss: what it means to be an ally the difference between performative and authentic allyship how allyship differs from friendship and being a coalition partner stigma jumping vs

MOTFL 030 CBF 002: Defunding the Police
June 09, 2020

In this episode we have a conversation about defunding the police: what it means, what it doesnt mean, and how the phrase raises different emotions in people depending on their personal experiences w

MOTFL 029 CBF 001: White Lady Tears
June 05, 2020

In this episode, the founders of Mothers on the Frontline discuss grief, racial privilege, policing, and the performativity of emotion. Families and communities are grieving right now. We are grieving

MOTFL 028 JAM 022: Kate, A Mother From Iowa
March 20, 2020

Kate is a mother from Iowa whose children have autism, anxiety, ADHD, sensory processing disorder and prosopagnosia. In this episode, she discusses what it was like when her son was first diagnosed, a

MOTFL 027 JAM 021: Raising a child with ADHD, Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Anxiety
December 10, 2018

[music] Welcome to Mothers on the Frontline Podcast. Today, as part of our Just Ask Mom Series,we listen to a Mom of a 9 year old diagnosed with ADHD, Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Anxiety in 2014

MOTFL 026 JAM 020: Fostering Over 100 Children
November 12, 2018

In this episode, a foster and adoptive parent shares her experience of caring for her biological, adoptive and foster children. Voiceover: Welcome to the Mothers on the Frontline Podcast. Today, as pa

MOTFL 025 JAM 19: You are Everybody You’ve Ever Been
October 22, 2018

In this episode, Diana shares her experience mothering a 17 year old daughter with anxiety and depression. Mentioned on this episode: NAMI: National Alliance on Mental Illness: https://www.nami.org/ T