October 2012 - Motherlode - The Network of Care

Weekly Reader: Desegregation for the Disabled, Marriage, Background TV and Cat Videos

Most important news of the week: watching cat videos at work is good for you. Read More...

Published Tue, Oct 02 2012 8:40 AM by Motherlode

A Crucial Child-Rearing Lesson From an Understanding Cow

Ferdinand the Bull's mother knew to let Ferdinand be Ferdinand. It's not always as easy to to let our children be who they are. Read More...

Published Mon, Oct 15 2012 12:20 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, _featured, Books and Literature, Psychology and Psychologists

How to Write a College Application Essay

Before you help your child with a college application essay, read Michael Winerip on how he helps his friends' children with theirs (and then don't help too much). Read More...

Published Tue, Oct 16 2012 7:02 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Colleges and Universities, Winerip, Michael, Admissions Standards

Home-Schooling, Comic Con Style (Part 1)

Roaming Comic Con in search of educational titles, and finding a surprising bounty of history, science and lit. Read More...

Published Tue, Oct 16 2012 2:33 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, home schooling, parenting, Education (K-12), Books and Literature, Graphic Novels

Can Halloween Be Postponed, or Does It 'Come Anyway'?

If you're so inclined, tonight might be the night to cobble together a truly homemade Halloween. Read More...

Published Wed, Oct 31 2012 8:33 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized

'Do You Want to Be Careful, or Do You Want to Be Friends?'

Lessons in friendship, lessons in sympathetic-but-firm parenting - which is your favorite Frances book, and what did Frances teach you? Read More...

Published Mon, Oct 29 2012 11:05 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Children and Childhood, Books and Literature, Friendship, Hoban, Russell

Halloween Forecast: Cloudy With a Chance of Diabetes

On Halloween at our house, the magic doesn't end at bedtime. After my children have had their fill of fun-sized candies, they will attempt to go to sleep. Only then, under cover of darkness, will the sugar sprite spring into action. Read More...

Published Fri, Oct 26 2012 7:57 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Halloween, parenting, diabetes, sugar, _featured, Children and Childhood

Punish the Louse, Not the Child

Pediatricians and researchers agree that there's no reason to exclude children from school for lice or nits. Bet your school does it anyway. Read More...

Published Thu, Oct 04 2012 7:20 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Children and Childhood, Lice, Education (K-12)

Autism and the Lessons of New York City

In a city famous for its anonymous crowds, a boy with severe autism learns about people. Read More...

Published Fri, Oct 05 2012 10:00 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Autism, parenting, Children and Childhood, Beckett, Katie, New York City

Help — My Daughter Wants to Make Movies

Struggling with encouraging creative aspirations in a world that offers a better living to more practical pursuits. Read More...

Published Tue, Oct 30 2012 12:58 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized

How Do You Help Children Adjust to a Move?

One year after a move, T.'s children still haven't adjusted to their new home. How can he help? Read More...

Published Fri, Oct 26 2012 11:56 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, _featured, Children and Childhood, Moving and Moving Industry

Why Some Students Believe They Have to Cheat (and How to Teach Them Not to)

Short-term, bottom-line C.E.O. parents looking at the semester's G.P.A. are missing a chance to put the emphasis on real success. Read More...

Published Wed, Oct 03 2012 10:30 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Cheating, Grading of Students, Children and Childhood

An Unspoken Risk of Vaginal Birth

When what you remember most about the day your child was born is not her or his cute nose, but the way your body was ripped apart, it can be hard to admit. Read More...

Published Wed, Oct 24 2012 11:04 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, _featured, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Women and Girls, Incontinence, New England Journal of Medicine, Caesarean Section

What Color Is Your Princess?

I didn't care that my 3-year-old son wanted to be a princess for Halloween. I just didn't want him to want to be a white princess. Read More...

Published Sun, Oct 28 2012 6:00 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Halloween, parenting, _featured, Children and Childhood, Race and Ethnicity

How Can a Stay-at-Home Mom Get Back to Work?

I think Yahoo's Marisa Mayer was fortunate to understand what I did not grasp 10 years ago - that if she chose to step away from her career to have a child, she might never get it back. Read More...

Published Fri, Oct 12 2012 12:51 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Children and Childhood, Labor and Jobs, Women and Girls, Mayer, Marissa, Careers and Professions

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