Amy Joyce The Washington Post

The evolution toward more flexible work schedules can be a lifesaver. It can also totally sink people who are trying to keep work and parenting separate.

There are many days - OK, I'll admit it, all my days - when I get the urge to pick up the phone and tell my mom one quick thing. Or rant a little, or ask her advice. I'll be blunt: I can't actually do that because she passed away a few years ago. But the fact that I still feel my hand automatically reach toward the phone makes me think a lot about ...

There are many days - OK, I'll admit it, all my days - when I get the urge to pick up the phone and tell my mom one quick thing. Or rant a little, or ask her advice. I'll be blunt: I can't actually do that because she passed away a few years ago. But the fact that I still feel my hand automatically reach toward the phone makes me think a lot about ...

Maybe what pediatrician Robert Hamilton learned in recent days is that soothing a baby is on most parents' minds. Like more than 14 million.

The news that "Nashville" actress Hayden Panettiere is in treatment for postpartum depression is getting a lot of attention. And, frankly, that's great. Why? Because a huge number of new moms suffer from it and many suffer in silence. Or they don't know how to get help, or even that they should get help.

The evolution toward more flexible work schedules can be a lifesaver. It can also totally sink people who are trying to keep work and parenting separate.

There are many days - OK, I'll admit it, all my days - when I get the urge to pick up the phone and tell my mom one quick thing. Or rant a little, or ask her advice. I'll be blunt: I can't actually do that because she passed away a few years ago. But the fact that I still feel my hand automatically reach toward the phone makes me think a lot about ...

There are many days - OK, I'll admit it, all my days - when I get the urge to pick up the phone and tell my mom one quick thing. Or rant a little, or ask her advice. I'll be blunt: I can't actually do that because she passed away a few years ago. But the fact that I still feel my hand automatically reach toward the phone makes me think a lot about ...

Maybe what pediatrician Robert Hamilton learned in recent days is that soothing a baby is on most parents' minds. Like more than 14 million.

The news that "Nashville" actress Hayden Panettiere is in treatment for postpartum depression is getting a lot of attention. And, frankly, that's great. Why? Because a huge number of new moms suffer from it and many suffer in silence. Or they don't know how to get help, or even that they should get help.