March 2010 - Motherlode - The Network of Care

A Novelist-Mother Writes to Calm Her Fears

Jodi Picoult writes to protect herself from her fears. Her stories of imperfect mothers - always mothers - struggling to protect their children in a dangerous world are her way of warding off the demons. Read More...

Published Tue, Mar 02 2010 9:10 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Jodi Picoult

The Struggles of Stepmothers

In a study, a psychologist found that the highest levels of depression were in women who had full-time care of stepkids and biological kids. Read More...

Published Thu, Mar 25 2010 2:37 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, stepfamilies, stepkids

Lessons From Frogs

A study to be published in next month's issue of The American Naturalist theorizes that behaviors like monogamy and co-operative parenting are directly linked with the availability of resources Read More...

Published Mon, Mar 08 2010 12:58 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Equally Shared Parenting, monogamy

Protecting Your Child's Hearing

What are you doing to protect your children's ears in a very noisy world? Read More...

Published Tue, Mar 02 2010 10:00 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Drew Brees, hearing

When Siblings Fight

So many of us have second children in order to give our firstborns a companion through life, and then wonder whether we've introduced them to a lifetime of fighting. Read More...

Published Thu, Mar 11 2010 11:10 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Siblings, fighting

Missing a Son on the Census Form

What I did not expect was that the first thing the form asked me to do is deny my older son. "Do not count anyone living away either at college or in the Armed Forces" (or nursing homes and prisons) it said. Read More...

Published Fri, Mar 19 2010 5:31 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, census

When Baby is Allergic to Kitty

Parenting is about sacrifice. Rachel Aydt learned that when her son's allergy tests gave stark evidence of what she already suspected, that her beloved boy was having asthma attacks because of her beloved cat. Read More...

Published Fri, Mar 19 2010 11:21 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Pets, allergies

Unsafe Baby Slings

Motherlode readers were probably not surprised to read in the Style section yesterday that baby-wearing is all the rage in certain mommy circles and is looked on as yet another sanctimonious trend in others. Read More...

Published Fri, Mar 12 2010 9:46 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, baby slings

The Bumpy Blending of a Family

Jennifer Cullen writes about parenting changes after a new marriage, specifically when a new dad moves in. Read More...

Published Wed, Mar 24 2010 1:00 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized

A Toddler and Her Thumb

How do you help your child break this habit? Read More...

Published Mon, Mar 22 2010 2:00 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, thumb-sucking

Closing School in an Anxious Age

I am less amused than my kids, and mostly sad. We live in the "age of anxiety," where recent history has taught us that teenagers can wage war against their school, making a benign Facebook post a reason to shut down a district. Read More.....

Published Mon, Mar 01 2010 10:40 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, school

Feeling Trapped By Step-Children

A 25-year-old mother from Iowa is looking for some advice. Read More...

Published Thu, Mar 11 2010 3:07 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, step-children

More on 'Mommy Blogs'

When three huge oak trees crashed to the ground behind my house on Saturday, taking our lights and Internet with them, there were about 20 comments on the link to the "Mommy Bloggers" article. Read More...

Published Mon, Mar 15 2010 10:04 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, blogging

***-feeding the Wrong Baby

A Chicago mother is suing Evanston Hospital after a nurse mistakenly brought in the wrong baby boy. Read More...

Published Fri, Mar 05 2010 8:52 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, nursing

Memories of a Father in a Daughter's House

Pamela Gwyn Kripke is a divorced mother with two daughters. In a guest post, she writes that the male-role model she hopes to give them is a man they've never met. Read More...

Published Wed, Mar 24 2010 7:51 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, role models, Fathers

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