AAB 174 Part 1 Peggy O’Mara was the Editor and Publisher of Mothering Magazine from 1980 to 2011

Peggy's Background - People who know her now would be surprised to learn about the family that she grew up in. Her father was in the military and they moved around a lot.  Her family were strict Catholics. She had a pretty conservative up bringing.  She loved moving around and learning about other places, but moving around was very hard emotionally.  Her parents fought a lot and drank a lot and there was domestic violence in her family. She had a lot of early experiences that made her feel like she would not be a good mother.  Mothering for her was a way to sure her way up with information and research.  She was networking before the word was popular.  This was how she set myself up to be the parent I wanted to be because I did not have a good role model.