December 2012 - Motherlode - The Network of Care

To dial back the age at which we have children for not just some, but most adults, we're going to have to change the way Western societies approach family policy. Should we? Read More...

Published Fri, Dec 14 2012 10:06 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, infertility, _featured, Babies and Infants, Work-Life Balance, New Republic, Elderly, Fertility Drugs, Shulevitz, Judith

How Did Your Children's School Handle the Newtown Shootings?

If your children's school discussed the shootings in Newtown, Conn., are you pleased with the way it was handled, and did it go according to plan? Read More...

Published Mon, Dec 17 2012 11:54 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, School Shootings, Children and Childhood, Newtown, Conn, Shooting (2012), Rogers, Fred

The Holidays After a Tragedy

As we have anguished over how to talk to our children about the Newtown shootings, another, unspoken question lingers: how do we talk to ourselves? Read More...

Published Wed, Dec 19 2012 2:47 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Christmas, Holidays, Grief (Emotion), Newtown, Conn, Shooting (2012)

From Corn Dogs to Bûche de Noël, and Onward

Food was important to my mother, and I grew up eating Ouefs à la Neige and celebrating Christmas with bûche de Noël. So why do I serve my children corn dogs? Read More...

Published Sun, Dec 23 2012 6:30 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Food, Christmas, Holidays, Cooking and Cookbooks, Holidays and Special Occasions

Motherlode's Greatest Hits, 2012 Edition

What do the readers of a blog subtitled "Adventures in Parenting" like to read? Read More...

Published Fri, Dec 28 2012 7:24 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Holidays, Blogs and Blogging (Internet), Fleshler, Dan, Kelly, Erin

Poor Women and Children Faced With Fiscal Threat

Cuts to nondiscretionary public spending, whether bargained for or automatic, will disproportionately affect women and children living in poverty. Read More...

Published Sun, Dec 02 2012 5:30 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Children and Childhood, Women and Girls, Federal Budget (US), Welfare (US), Affordable Housing, United States Economy

Are Dads the Ones Who Buy Lego?

Dads aren't the only ones who prefer building play to make-believe. Read More...

Published Tue, Dec 04 2012 9:46 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, toys, Lego Group, Mega Bloks Incorporated|MB|TORONTO, Clifford, Stephanie, Mega Bloks Incorporated

To Elf or Not to Elf

We've never had, and don't plan to acquire, an "Elf on the Shelf". Read More...

Published Thu, Dec 06 2012 12:00 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Christmas, Children and Childhood, Blogs and Blogging (Internet)

An Adoptive Parent Won't Take the Blame

How do I make sense of something that is both the best thing that has ever happened to me: the adoption of my two beautiful children - and the most troubling: the corrupt system that led to that adoption? Read More...

Published Mon, Dec 10 2012 9:13 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, _featured, Babies and Infants, Corruption (Institutional), Guatemala, Adoptions, Central America, Orphans and Orphanages, Immigration and Emigration

Can You Have Holidays Without God?

Can you embrace the traditions without the faith, or do holidays need some religious significance to mean anything at all? Read More...

Published Fri, Dec 14 2012 6:33 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Christmas, Hanukkah, Feiler, Bruce

Worried Thoughts, Brave Thoughts About Newtown

Brave thought: When all hope was lost for two educators in Newtown, Conn., they created hope for the rest of us and left it behind. Read More...

Published Mon, Dec 17 2012 6:16 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, School Shootings, Newtown (Conn), Newtown, Conn, Shooting (2012)

What's Your Favorite Holiday Christmas Book?

Can you even choose a favorite holiday book? Read More...

Published Wed, Dec 19 2012 7:33 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Christmas, Holidays, Books and Literature, Holidays and Special Occasions, Smell (Olfaction), Kohara, Kazuno, Brett, Jan, Tolkien, J R R, Brown, Margaret Wise, Wells, Rosemary, van Allsburg, Chris, Cousins, Lucy, Sabuda, Robert

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