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Happy Meal Lawsuit Dismissed

The Happy Meals lawsuit, always more about rhetoric than about the law, has been dismissed. Read More...

Published Thu, Apr 05 2012 3:54 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized
When a Book Lover's Son Won't Read

She dreamed of raising a reader. So far, her son isn't measuring up - and he knows it. Read More...

Published Fri, Apr 06 2012 12:14 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, sons, children's books, Books, Reading
Goodnight, Moon. Goodnight, Math Problem.

Want to increase mathematical literacy in your children? Try "Bedtime Math." Read More...

Published Tue, Apr 10 2012 1:45 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, bedtime, math, children's books, math and girls
Did Ann Romney "Work"?

At-home parenting is "work," but the real issue isn't linguistic. It's whether we're willing to make it possible for all parents, of any income level, to too it well. Read More...

Published Thu, Apr 12 2012 8:07 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized
Has Motherhood Replaced Sexism?

Elisabeth Badinter's "The Conflict" argues that the ideal of modern motherhood oppresses and undermines women as thoroughly as sexism ever did. Read More...

Published Fri, Apr 13 2012 1:14 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, feminism, Motherlode Book Club, working parents, the Conflict, Elisabeth Badinter
Vermont Weighs Ending Vaccine Exemption

Vermont lawmakers debate ending its philosophical exemption to school and day care vaccination requirements. Read More...

Published Mon, Apr 23 2012 12:25 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, vaccination, philosophical exemption, vaccine, Vermont
Childhood Obesity Leads to Unnecessary Surgeries

A pediatric surgeon sees the parents of obese children opting for the quick symptom fix of gallbladder surgery over the slow, difficult route of lifestyle change. Read More...

Published Wed, Apr 25 2012 7:26 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, diet, surgery, pediatrician, childhood obesity, gallbladder surgery, Dr. Kate, Catherine Musemeche
(Don't) Take Your Children to Work Day

It's Take Your Sons and Daughters to Work Day. But are we taking the wrong children to see the wrong jobs? Read More...

Published Thu, Apr 26 2012 11:54 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Child Care, poverty, working parents, take your daughters and sons to work day, jobs, career
As Parents, Are Fathers the Second Sex?

He feels like an equal parent at home - so why do doctors and day care workers insist on talking to his wife? Read More...

Published Fri, Apr 27 2012 1:03 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Fathers, Dads, Stay-at-Home Dads, working mothers, working parents
Why Are Women Spending More Time in Labor?

Today, women spend about two hours longer in labor than their 1960s peers did. Is medical intervention the reason - and is longer labor necessarily bad? Read More...

Published Mon, Apr 02 2012 9:45 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Pregnancy, Research, childbirth, epidural, natural childbirth, labor
Sleep Apnea, or A.D.H.D.?

Doctors may be misdiagnosing A.D.H.D. when sleep - or the lack thereof - is the real problem. Read More...

Published Tue, Apr 17 2012 7:49 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Sleep, adhd, sleep disordered breathing
The Joy of the Pillow Fort

Every kid loves a pillow fort - but some parents may be itching to build for themselves. Read More...

Published Thu, Apr 19 2012 8:10 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, rainy day, activities, indoor play, Pillow forts
Parental Quandary: Do Siblings Need to Fight Physically?

An only child asks if it's inevitable that siblings battle, punch and hit. Read More...

Published Fri, Apr 20 2012 10:16 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Siblings, fighting, sibling rivalry, hitting, brothers, sibling disagreements, sisters, quarreling
The Danger of Not Talking to Your Children About Race

Another study shows that even when we don't talk directly to children about race, they draw their own conclusions. Read More...

Published Wed, Apr 04 2012 8:15 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Race, racism, Trayvon Martin, talking about race, bias
Quandary Considered: Telling My Daughter About My Abusive Mother

When a young mother has cut her own mother out of her life, how will she explain the absence to her child? Read More...

Published Thu, Apr 05 2012 4:21 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, in-laws, parental quandary, grandparents. abuse

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