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Navigating Gender in Pre-K

A little boy wants to... play with Barbies, wear a dress to school, use pink nail polish. A little girl wants to... get a mohawk, wear a tie and fedora, be called "Handsome Prince." What's a parent to do? Not what they might have done just...

Published Fri, Jun 10 2011 1:09 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized
A "Live Chat" About Shaken Baby Syndrome

An investigation by Frontline, ProPublica and NPR asks how many have been wrongly accused? Read More...

Published Tue, Jun 28 2011 12:37 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized
Into the Main Stream

For years she has been the parent of a "special needs kid." What is she now? Read More...

Published Thu, Jun 23 2011 12:12 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Special-needs, mainstreaming
Announcing the Fathers Forum

Making it clear(er) that Dads are welcome here. Read More...

Published Fri, Jun 17 2011 12:50 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Fathers, Fathers Forum
Raising Siblings to be Friends

Why don't more brothers and sisters get along? Read More...

Published Fri, Jun 24 2011 12:39 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Siblings, advice, sibling rivalry
"Friending" Your Birth Mom

A process that once relied on gatekeepers can now be circumvented by a computer. Read More...

Published Fri, Jun 24 2011 1:21 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Adoption, Facebook
Lessons of Tutoring

Paying (and paying and paying) so that junior gets all As. Read More...

Published Tue, Jun 07 2011 7:22 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, school, tutoring
Video of "Friending Birth Mom"

The Today Show's cameras visit the Wachtel family Read More...

Published Tue, Jun 28 2011 6:39 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized
When a Teenager Can't Be Trusted

How to build trust back between parent and child when it is shattered? Read More...

Published Wed, Jun 01 2011 9:07 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, teenagers, trust
Memories of a Father's Rage

"My vulnerability and fear brought a kind of red-faced rage forth from him, or maybe I was just the unwitting recipient and had no part in causing it, it was hard to tell." Read More...

Published Wed, Jun 15 2011 10:58 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Fathers, abuse, anger
Loving Parents, Unhappy Children

"Could it be that by protecting our kids as children, we're depriving them as adults?" Read More...

Published Mon, Jun 13 2011 10:30 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, therapy, Happiness
Fathers More Active, and More Absent

It's the time of year when everyone seems to be taking the measure of Dad. Are they more likely to be involved? Or more likely to be absent? Read More...

Published Fri, Jun 17 2011 8:32 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Fathers
More Boys Than Girls in Class?

Are skewed ratios in elementary school always a bad thing? Read More...

Published Thu, Jun 09 2011 9:30 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, gender, redshirting, elementary school
Talking About Torn

Lisa Belkin talks with Samantha Parent Walravens about her book "Torn: True Stories of Kids, Career and the Conflict of Modern Motherhood," the inaugural book for the Motherlode book club. Read More...

Published Tue, Jun 21 2011 8:45 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Motherlode Book Club
A Mother's Right to Drive

New feelings about carpooling and grocery shopping, as women in Saudi Arabia fight for these rights. Read More...

Published Tue, Jun 21 2011 9:41 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Driving, Saudi Arabia

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Navigating Gender in Pre-K

A "Live Chat" About Shaken Baby Syndrome

Into the Main Stream

Announcing the Fathers Forum

Raising Siblings to be Friends

"Friending" Your Birth Mom

Lessons of Tutoring

Video of "Friending Birth Mom"

When a Teenager Can't Be Trusted

Memories of a Father's Rage

Loving Parents, Unhappy Children

Fathers More Active, and More Absent

More Boys Than Girls in Class?

Talking About Torn

A Mother's Right to Drive