November 2012 - Motherlode - The Network of Care

Neediest Cases: The Youngest Donors

The 101st campaign of The New York Times Neediest Cases Fund has begun. If your family is doing something creative to raise money for the fund, we want to hear from you. Read More...

Published Thu, Nov 15 2012 11:16 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Philanthropy, New York Times Neediest Cases Fund

Giving a Child Permission to Be Miserable

It's hard for a parent to be with a child who's suffering-but it's hard on kids when their parents push them to look on the bright side. Read More...

Published Thu, Nov 15 2012 6:41 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, hospitals, _featured, Children and Childhood, Emotions, Grief (Emotion)

The Benefit, in Dollars, of Raising a Child

Is there any economically measurable way to offset the estimated cost of raising a child? Read More...

Published Wed, Nov 14 2012 12:21 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized

What's Your Desert Island Picture Book?

If you could select one picture book to hand to every child at birth, or one book to take to a desert island, what would you pick? Read More...

Published Tue, Nov 13 2012 8:01 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, _featured, Children and Childhood, Books and Literature, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Sendak, Maurice, Kipling, Rudyard, Scarry, Richard

When Sex Is a Family Business

When my son designed staplers, I proudly regaled the clerk at Office Depot. Now he designs vibrators, and it's a little harder for my pride to find words. Read More...

Published Sun, Nov 11 2012 6:00 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Sex, parenting, Families and Family Life, Family Business

An Overwhelmed Mother's Departure Memo

A bleak report, in the form of a law firm associate's departure memo, on the state of the upper middle class work-parent juggle. Read More...

Published Fri, Nov 09 2012 12:50 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Child Care, parenting, Women and Girls, Families and Family Life, Work-Life Balance, Law and Legislation, Clifford Chance

I Hate Being Called a Good Dad

Labeling someone a "good dad" suggests that most dads are, by our very nature as fathers, somehow less than "good." That we don't care. Read More...

Published Fri, Nov 09 2012 8:56 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Children and Childhood, Men and Boys

New Hampshire's All-Mother Congressional Delegation (and Governor)

New Hampshire's all-mother congressional delegation and governor is a first, but still just a footnote - and that in itself is a sign of how much things have changed. Read More...

Published Thu, Nov 08 2012 7:08 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Women and Girls, Families and Family Life, Careers and Professions, United States Politics and Government, Ayotte, Kelly A, Senate, Work-Life Balance, Shea-Porter, Carol, Shaheen, Jeanne, House of Representatives

Bottle or *** Shouldn't Define What's Best

Behind the "*** is best" push has always been an uncomfortable truth: that breastfeeding is more supported by lip service, promotion and hospital nudges than by giving women the time and opportunity to do it. Read More...

Published Wed, Nov 07 2012 1:54 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Breastfeeding, _featured, Babies and Infants, Women and Girls

When *** Isn't Best

Not being able to ***-feed has been an unexpected blessing for my marriage and career. Read More...

Published Wed, Nov 07 2012 6:49 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Breastfeeding, Babies and Infants, Women and Girls, Nursing and Nurses

The Vagina (and Penis) Dialogues

There are excellent reasons for using the correct anatomical terms for our reproductive systems with our children, but for many, there remains a linguistic taboo. Read More...

Published Tue, Nov 06 2012 8:39 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Children and Childhood, Sex Crimes, Language and Languages, Penis, Vagina

What Classic Picture Book Fills You With Dread?

I love classic picture books-except the ones that upset me so much that I can't read them. Read More...

Published Mon, Nov 05 2012 11:20 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Children and Childhood, Books and Literature, Emotions, Rubin, Gretchen

The First Day in the Classroom, Post-Sandy

Returning to school in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, my students didn't need my lessons. Not right away. Instead they needed school as a refuge. Read More...

Published Sun, Nov 04 2012 2:00 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Education (K-12), Emotions, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Weather, Power Outages and Blackouts, Teachers and School Employees, Fear (Emotion)

When Parents Disagree About Politics, Will Children Learn to See Both Sides?

I would prefer to tell my children that mine is the only way moral, caring, intelligent, thoughtful people could possibly see the world. But my husband stands smack in the way of that conclusion. Read More...

Published Fri, Nov 02 2012 7:34 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Children and Childhood, Presidential Election of 2012, Families and Family Life, United States Politics and Government, Ethics (Personal), Marriages, Harwood, John

'Wake Up Your Children. Open All the Windows.' The Dangers of Carbon Monoxide

That's what keeps going through my mind, even days later: how the baby would have gone first. If the firefighters had arrived later, maybe the rest of us would have been fine, but Luka would have died in his sleep. Read More...

Published Fri, Nov 02 2012 11:08 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Daylight Saving Time, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Carbon Monoxide, Hazardous and Toxic Substances

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