Guest Post: Nourishing Your Intellectual Life As a Mother

Practical tips from a Fulbright scholar and mother of nine

Arthur Boyd Houghton, Mother and Children Reading, c. 1860. Tate

I remember vividly, in my stint as a stay-at-home mum, being treated as though I must be stupid if that’s all I could think of to do with my time. But while obviously no one’s brain stops working just because they’re caring for little children, I started late and only managed one baby. And …