May 2012 - Motherlode - The Network of Care

The End of Brain, Child Magazine

The next issue of Brain, Child: The Magazine for Thinking Mothers, will be its last. I'm missing it already. Read More...

Published Thu, May 31 2012 6:20 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Tracy Mayor, Brain Child, Brain Child Magazine closes, Stephanie Wilkinson, parenting magazines, Jennifer Niesslen

More Teenagers Use 'Highly Effective Contraception'

Along with a decrease in pregnancies among teenagers, the C.D.C. has found that more teenagers report using "highly effective" methods of birth control. Read More...

Published Thu, May 03 2012 9:39 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Condoms, abstinence, Teenage Pregnancy, iud, teenage sex, birth control

Whose Mother's Day Is It?

Asking my fellow moms: Is Mother's Day about you - or your mother? Read More...

Published Thu, May 10 2012 6:48 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Mother's Day, Mother's Day 2012, #whosemothersday

The Last Mother's Day

After she helped a friend and her family through their last Mother's Day together, Jody Becker wanted to do more. So she did. Read More...

Published Fri, May 11 2012 7:08 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, death, Mother's Day, mother's death, illness, Mother's Day 2012, sickness, terminal diagnosis

After Mother's Day, Still Talking Family

Three major news magazines had cover stories last week focused on family - and not because this Sunday was Mother's Day. Read More...

Published Mon, May 14 2012 9:14 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, judith warner, blogging, Motherlode, Mother's Day 2012, Time Magazine Are You Mom Enough

A Daughter Too Young — and Too Old — to Freeze Eggs

A mother and daughter on why they won't be visiting a fertility clinic together anytime soon. Read More...

Published Tue, May 15 2012 1:17 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, IVF, infertility, Robin Marantz Henig, Samantha Henig, freezing eggs, mothers and daughters

Could You Spend Summer (More) Smartphone Free?

Would you (and your children) enjoy your summer more if you used your smartphone less? Read More...

Published Fri, May 25 2012 11:16 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Technology, cellphones, smartphones, unplugging

Give a Girl a 'Hook,' Get Her Into College

Want your child to have a chance at a competitive college? Give her a hook, and make her stick to it. Read More...

Published Tue, May 29 2012 4:44 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Helicopter parents, amy chua, Tiger Mother, expertise, Belen Aranda-Alvarado, lessons

The Choice to Stay Home: No Pressure

A lawyer, a Marine and an academic who've chosen to stay at home with their children question the assumptions Elisabeth Badinter's book "The Conflict" makes about that choice. Read More...

Published Tue, May 01 2012 5:18 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Motherlode Book Club, the Conflict, Elisabeth Badinter

Does Helicopter Parenting Drive Dads to Cheat?

"Male infidelity is correlated with the conjunction of affluence and hyper-competitive parenting." Really? Read More...

Published Fri, May 04 2012 9:25 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Helicopter parents, divorce, marriage, infidelity, Park Slope

It's Not That I Don't Want Children. Exactly.

It's not that I want a child - or that I don't. It's more that I don't know. How could I lack an answer for such a fundamental choice? Read More...

Published Sun, May 06 2012 7:06 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, blogging, Mother's Day, childless by choice, Listen to Your Mother, Mother's Day 2012, Eve Lederman

Teaching a Deaf Child Her Mother's Tongue

When her daughters were born deaf, a hearing mother faced a choice between spoken language and sign. Read More...

Published Tue, May 08 2012 12:22 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Disabilities, disabled child, speech, deaf, Cochlear Implants

Navigating Relationships With Grandparents in a Divorce

In a perfect divorce, grandparents and grandchildren can easily stay close. But what do you do when things are not so rosy? Read More...

Published Thu, May 17 2012 12:30 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, advice, divorce, Grandparents, parental quandary

Survey Says: Stay-at-Home Mothers Are Not as Happy as Working Mothers

Gallup found that employed mothers of young children reported more happiness and less depression than those who chose to stay home. Why ask? Read More...

Published Sat, May 19 2012 8:40 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, working mothers, working parents, the Conflict, SAHM, mommy wars

Reading and Thinking: Links Worth Talking About

Links to children's lives in India, a debate on school segregation, and a comedian's last word on Time's "Are You Mom Enough" cover. Read More...

Published Tue, May 22 2012 7:46 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, working mothers, first world problems, SAHM, Time Magazine Are You Mom Enough, links, school segregation

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