Community Guidelines
- Share from your own experience. Your story doesn't need to be polished, profound or perfectly written.
- The whole story is welcome. The beautiful, hard, funny, lonely, ordinary and complicated parts of motherhood all belong here.
- Lead with kindness. No judgment, shaming, comparison or telling another mother how she should feel or parent.
- Connect before you advise. Sometimes the most valuable response is simply, I've been there too.
- Every mother's story matters equally. This isn't a place to perform, build a following or compete for attention.
- We protect the culture intentionally. Public stories are reviewed before they're shared to help keep Explicitly Motherhood thoughtful, safe and supportive.
If you're looking for a motherhood community where you have the opportunity to share honestly, listen generously and remind another mother she isn't alone, then you're in the right place.
Explicitly Motherhood is a place for the real and honest conversations of motherhood.
We're building a community where mothers can step away from the noise and performance of traditional social media and talk about what motherhood actually feels like: the good moments, the hard ones and everything in between.
You don't need a following. You don't need to be a writer. You don't need to have it figured out. You just need to be willing to share honestly and make room for other mothers to do the same.
Share Your Story
We believe every mother has a story worth sharing.
Speak from your own experience, in your own words. Your story doesn't have to be polished, perfectly articulated or especially profound. A few honest sentences about an ordinary moment can connect with another mother just as deeply as a story about something life-changing.
Make Room for the Whole Story
Motherhood can hold joy and grief, gratitude and frustration, confidence and uncertainty, exhaustion and awe... Sometimes all in the same day.
You don't have to find the silver lining before you share something difficult. You don't have to make a hard experience sound beautiful.
We simply ask that stories are shared as honest reflections.
Honor Every Mother's Experience
There is no single motherhood experience.
Another mother's choices, circumstances, family or feelings may look very different from your own. Approach those differences with curiosity, compassion and respect.
Share what has been true for you without assuming it should be true for everyone else.
Lead with Kindness
Connection comes before correction here.
Listen to understand. Encourage without judging. Offer advice thoughtfully and, when possible, only when it's wanted.
Sometimes another mother doesn't need an answer. She needs someone to say, Me too. I've felt that. You're not the only one.
Choose Connection Over Comparison
Explicitly Motherhood isn't built around followers, influence or creating the most polished version of motherhood.
Every mother's story has value here.
We want this to be a place where you can share without wondering whether your life looks impressive enough; and read another mother's story without feeling like yours needs to measure up.
Come here to connect, not compare.
How We Review Content
Content that includes harassment, hate speech, bullying, personal attacks, intentional shaming, private information, spam or content intended to provoke division or harm are not welcome in our community.
In order to keep this a supportive and safe space for mothers, all public submissions are reviewed before they're published. If something doesn't align with these guidelines, it may be returned to you with an opportunity to revise and resubmit it.
Our Hope
We hope Explicitly Motherhood becomes a place where mothers can say the things they don't always say elsewhere.
A place to notice the moments worth remembering, name the things that feel hard, hear from mothers in completely different seasons and realize just how much of this experience we share.
Above all, we hope you leave feeling a little more seen, a little more connected and a little less alone in motherhood.