August 2012 - Motherlode - The Network of Care

Grounded? Thank Mom and Dad

Why didn't anyone tell me that grounding my child would be this hard? Read More...

Published Wed, Aug 08 2012 2:22 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Discipline, Uncategorized, punishment, grounding, raising successful children, the nurture complex

'Carpe Aestatem': Seize Summer's Last Days

Less than two weeks of summer left in most parts. What will you pack into those last days? Read More...

Published Wed, Aug 15 2012 2:09 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, summer, summer vacation, back-to-school, carpe diem

Shooting Reported on First Day of School in Maryland

Reports that one student has been shot, and another arrested, on the first day of classes at Perry Hall High School in Maryland. Read More...

Published Mon, Aug 27 2012 11:51 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, toy guns, School Shootings, gun violence

Sending a Child With Autism to Sleep-Away Camp

I may see my son as struggling socially, but he doesn't, and he went to summer camp anxiety-free. Read More...

Published Fri, Aug 24 2012 7:34 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Autism, summer camp, summer, Joel Yanofsky, camp

Criticizing the Ritalin Generation

A writer is of the opinion that we're teaching a generation of children to reach for a pill instead of learning to cope. Read More...

Published Mon, Aug 20 2012 7:47 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, medication, adhd, adderall, ritalin, ADD

Pregnant, Depressed and Surprised

Is prenatal depression common knowledge, or does the myth of the perpetually glowing, happy expectant mother still prevail? Read More...

Published Tue, Aug 07 2012 10:33 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Pregnancy, depression

Reaching Out to Include the Special Needs Child

Is there a gulf between other parents' intent to include a special needs child and the moments when they actually do so? Read More...

Published Thu, Aug 02 2012 11:02 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Special-needs, parental quandary, birthday

The Slightly Surprising Sex Lives of Teenagers

Fewer teenagers than one might have expected report having oral sex before intercourse. Read More...

Published Thu, Aug 16 2012 10:10 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, teenagers, teenage sex

When Divorced Parents Get Along, Is It Confusing for Kids?

M. and her husband have a "good divorce" but after the monthly dinners they have together with their 4-year-old, their daughter seems sad and confused. Read More...

Published Fri, Aug 10 2012 3:00 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, divorce, dinner after divorce, quandary

Please Don't Eat the Cheese Curls

What foods do your children bring into the house that you just can't resist? Read More...

Published Wed, Aug 22 2012 11:51 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Food, diet, snacking

When Visitation Lasts All Summer

My children spend summers in Britain with their father, and the price of a childless summer is dear for me. Read More...

Published Sun, Aug 26 2012 3:00 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Travel, divorce, summer

Will Men Really Worry About Their Biological Clocks?

Will men remain cavalier about research showing that older men are more likely to father children with autism than their younger counterparts, or will the conversation change? Read More...

Published Fri, Aug 24 2012 7:23 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Autism, Fathers, _featured, causes of autism, older fathers autism

Full-Time Work Means Better Health for Mothers

The real importance of research showing that full-time work means better health for all mothers can too easily get lost in one segment of society defending such a choice. Read More...

Published Thu, Aug 23 2012 6:37 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Life/Work Balance, _featured, working mothers, the Conflict, mommy wars, Anne-Marie Slaughter, Why Women Can't Have It All, having more

The Family Breakfast

To get every member of my family sitting down in one place and looking at each other every day, I compromised on dinner and created the 'Family Breakfast'. Read More...

Published Tue, Aug 07 2012 2:57 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, family dinner, meals, breakfast, Dinner: A love story, dinner

Before Adoption, 79 Lost Days

My birth mother never saw me after giving birth. I never gave the two and a half months before I was placed for adoption much thought, until I had my son. Read More...

Published Fri, Aug 17 2012 10:52 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Adoption, babies, _featured, infants, adoptee, adult adoptees

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