January 2013 - Motherlode - The Network of Care

Talking to Other Parents About Guns

There are no guns in this house. There, I said it, and now you know - but how do I ask others the question I just answered? Read More...

Published Wed, Jan 02 2013 9:18 AM by Motherlode

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

In Vaccines We Trust

When a friend's child came down with chicken pox a six-hour flight from home, we counted on our immunity, and let the family stay with us. Read More...

Published Sun, Jan 06 2013 6:30 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, _featured, Children and Childhood, Vaccination and Immunization, Friendship, Chicken Pox

Planning Summer (Already!) Amid Winter's Chill

Plan summer now to mitigate both stress and expense. Read More...

Published Wed, Jan 09 2013 10:23 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Child Care, parenting, Children and Childhood, Work-Life Balance, Seasons and Months, Summer (Season), Camps and Camping, Finances

In Defense of Child Bribery

Why wouldn't you bribe a child to do something that no one really wants to do in the first place? Read More...

Published Fri, Jan 11 2013 1:30 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, _featured, Children and Childhood, Feiler, Bruce, Hygiene and Cleanliness, Motivation and Incentive Programs

8 Things That Don't Belong In the Kitchen (Yet Somehow Do)

If the kitchen is "family central," what unexpected tools have become essential to family life? Read More...

Published Tue, Jan 15 2013 2:30 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Families and Family Life, Cooking and Cookbooks, Kitchens, Moskin, Julia

When Old Friends Meet the New Baby

Life with baby: The pros and cons of being the new parent trailblazers in your circle of friends. Read More...

Published Fri, Jan 18 2013 9:58 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, _featured

Everybody Dies

We should talk more, and more matter-of-factly, with children about death. Read More...

Published Tue, Jan 22 2013 7:39 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Children and Childhood, Emotions, Elderly, Death and Dying

Apps and Tools for New Parents

One new mother's favorite digital helpers. Read More...

Published Thu, Jan 24 2013 9:52 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized

Foster Parenting Creates a Future, Without Erasing the Past

Adoption is not a rescue and a happy ending. My children are safer and loved now, but their losses cannot be undone. Read More...

Published Sun, Jan 27 2013 6:41 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, foster care, _featured, Children and Childhood, Adoptions, Love (Emotion)

When a Divorce Makes a Better Dad

Six months into our divorce, the kids' mom moved back to Boston and I followed. In that tiny apartment, I unlearned everything I'd learned about how not to be a dad. Read More...

Published Wed, Jan 30 2013 12:48 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Divorce, Separations and Annulments, Families and Family Life

A Parent's Business Travel: How Long Is Too Long?

A new graduate-school graduate with a new job and a young child is worried about the long business trips (three to six weeks) that are the norm in the field. How do parents handle the travel? Read More...

Published Fri, Jan 04 2013 7:42 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, business travel, Women and Girls, Families and Family Life

A 'Hack' for a Cluttered Car

A solution for the only desirable kid clutter in the car. Read More...

Published Tue, Jan 08 2013 9:01 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Children and Childhood, Storage, Automobiles, Automobile Safety Features and Defects

Turn Off That TV and Go Outside and Play

Yet more research encouraging us to get our children, and ourselves, outside. Read More...

Published Thu, Jan 10 2013 1:16 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Research, Playgrounds, Parks and Other Recreation Areas

Emetophobia, Vomiting Children and Me

If you are a child in my family feeling your very rottenest, your tender mother (me) is likely to bolt out of the room with her fingers in her ears. Read More...

Published Mon, Jan 14 2013 11:31 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, _featured, Children and Childhood, Hygiene and Cleanliness, Norovirus, Phobias, Influenza

Solving Bus Strike's Impact on Special Needs Students Isn't Simple

New York City's bus strike reveals how years of inertia, shortsighted policies, and competing interests can magnify an already tough problem. Read More...

Published Thu, Jan 17 2013 9:23 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Children and Childhood, Education (K-12), Strikes, Buses, Special Education

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