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With Grown Children, What Am I Besides 'Mom'?

With one child in college and one graduating, the author finds herself in need of a new label. Read More...

Published Sun, Jun 24 2012 3:00 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Stay-at-Home Parents, working mothers, the Conflict, Elisabeth Badinter, mommy wars
Home Alone? Don't Tell the Neighbors

Are we worried about children at home unsupervised, or about what the neighbors will think if they find out? Read More...

Published Thu, Jun 28 2012 2:49 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Helicopter parents, free-range kids, parental quandary, home alone, free-range children
Father's Day, With Autism: Rethinking the Cool Dad

When you're the father of a child with special needs, you have to rethink what kind of father you're going to be. First to go is the notion of being cool. Read More...

Published Thu, Jun 14 2012 10:27 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Autism, Fathers, Special-needs, Father's Day, Father's Day 2012
To the Rude Parent at the Recital

My child deserved the same ocean of faces and thunderous applause that yours got, but he didn't get it - because most parents left after their kids performed. Read More...

Published Tue, Jun 05 2012 7:34 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, etiquette, mannes, rude parents, performances, récitals, setting example for kids, Risa McDonnell
How Can Facebook Safely Add Under-13s?

If Facebook opens up to children under 13, how can it do the job right? Read More...

Published Tue, Jun 05 2012 9:11 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Facebook, online monitoring, internet safety, cyber-bullying, Facebook Inc|FB|NASDAQ
A Child, a Gadget, a Guest and a Question of Etiquette

What do you do when a child would rather play games on a gadget than play with a visiting friend? Read More...

Published Fri, Jun 08 2012 10:07 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, screen time, etiquette, parental quandary, iPod, video games, Nintendo, gadgets, iTouch
VIDEO: What's It Like to Write a Book With Jodi Picoult?

What's it like to write a young adult novel with your mother, when your mother is Jodi Picoult? Read More...

Published Mon, Jun 11 2012 6:04 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Jodi Picoult, Books, Motherlode Book Club, young adult fiction, Reading, Samantha Van Leer, summer reading, Between the Lines
What Will You and Your Children Read This Summer?

What's your family's summer reading plan - and if you've got those dreaded summer reading time charts, how do you cope? Read More...

Published Wed, Jun 06 2012 7:22 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Jodi Picoult, Motherlode Book Club, summer vacation, Carl Hiaasen, summer reading, summer slide, summer learning
Pregnancy Rates Rise for Women Over 40

What changes in a country where a growing number of women are becoming mothers as others in their cohort become grandmothers? Read More...

Published Wed, Jun 20 2012 3:13 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, IVF, marriage, marriage trends, single mothers, freezing eggs, pregnancies
Remembering a Dad, and the Little Things

Barry didn't need to hear eulogies from his kids. He knew everything about them, including how much he was loved. Read More...

Published Fri, Jun 15 2012 3:41 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Fathers, death, father's death, Father's Day, Father's Day 2012
The Gift of Being Gay and a Dad

When I came out, I believed I was giving up the one thing I had always wanted since I was a kid: being a dad. Read More...

Published Sun, Jun 17 2012 3:21 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Fathers, surrogacy, Father's Day, gay parenting, Father's Day 2012
Let Them Climb Trees (and Fall)

Why do I give my children permission to climb the neighbor's towering trees? Read More...

Published Thu, Jun 28 2012 11:24 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Helicopter parents, free-range kids, independence, Kay Wyma, entitlement
How Do You Shoo the Neighborhood Kids Out of the Yard?

How do you tell the friendly neighborhood kids that sometimes, a backyard gathering is just for family? Read More...

Published Fri, Jun 01 2012 8:56 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, free-range kids, manners, etiquette, parental quandary, backyard
When Teasing Is Loving, and When It's Not

What are the lines that distinguish teasing that draws us closer, and teasing that pushes us apart? Read More...

Published Wed, Jun 06 2012 2:12 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Siblings, families, teasing
Hollywood to Black Mothers: Stay Home

What to expect at the movie theatre? More proof that black mothers are not welcome at the real mothers table. Read More...

Published Mon, Jun 18 2012 6:02 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Movies, I Dont Know How She Does It, what to expect, black mothers, media portrayal of mothers

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