December 2012 - Motherlode - The Network of Care

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

Santa Needs Comics!

A comic strip suggests that the best way to cheer up Santa would be to send him comics. Read More...

Published Thu, Dec 13 2012 6:03 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Christmas, Holidays, Santa Claus, Children and Childhood, Comic Books and Strips, Holidays and Special Occasions, Sturm, James, Cartoons and Cartoonists

How Not to Talk With Children About the Sandy Hook Shooting

Sometimes the question isn't just how to talk to your child about tragedy, but how be certain that you're talking with your children for their sake, and not for yours. Read More...

Published Sat, Dec 15 2012 3:17 PM by Motherlode

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

Our Sons Are Not Future Killers

When it comes to ideas about the label my 11-year-old son carries, I'll take misconceptions about quirkiness and genius over an inaccurate association with mass murder any day. Read More...

Published Tue, Dec 18 2012 9:19 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Autism, parenting, Asperger's Syndrome, Mental Health and Disorders, Newtown (Conn), Newtown, Conn, Shooting (2012), Lanza, Adam

'Why Does Everyone Have a Grandma and Grandpa Except Me?'

There is no road map for comforting a child who is grieving someone she has never met. Read More...

Published Thu, Dec 20 2012 2:34 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Grandparents, Christmas, Families and Family Life, Emotions, Grief (Emotion)

Thanks, Mom, for Not Telling the World I Pulled a Knife on You

If my mother had blogged about the moment in my adolescence when I threatened her with a knife, my life today might be entirely different. Read More...

Published Thu, Dec 27 2012 8:15 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Privacy, Children and Childhood, Teenagers and Adolescence, Computers and the Internet, Blogs and Blogging (Internet), Newtown, Conn, Shooting (2012), Lanza, Adam, Huffington Post, Gawker.com

12 New Year's Resolutions for Happier Families

Keep a "to-don't" list. Give warm greetings and farewells. Create more art together. Bribe more creatively. Read More...

Published Mon, Dec 31 2012 6:47 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Holidays, Families and Family Life, Levine, Madeline, Rubin, Gretchen, Feiler, Bruce, New Year, Bronson, Po, Merryman, Ashley, Writing and Writers

Kate Middleton's Morning Sickness: How Bad Can It Get?

Overwhelming, debilitating nausea when in some antiquated sense, pregnancy is perhaps your main purpose as a public figure? Even non-royal-watchers can sympathize with that. Read More...

Published Mon, Dec 03 2012 1:53 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, morning sickness, Gawande, Atul, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge

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