January 2013 - Motherlode - The Network of Care

Protecting Teenagers From High School's 'Big Box'

Is high school an "almost sadistically unhealthy" place to send an adolescent? Read More...

Published Wed, Jan 23 2013 10:08 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Teenagers and Adolescence, Fear (Emotion), Labeling and Labels, Senior, Jennifer

Children Are Not Our Friends (Until They Are)

My qualifications for friendship are high. I don't tell you when to go to bed. You don't tell me when you're done pooping. So my children were not my friends - until now. Read More...

Published Tue, Jan 22 2013 12:35 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Children and Childhood, Friendship

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

Exploring 'The Do Not Enter Diaries'

Interviewing two teenagers who interview other teens. Read More...

Published Tue, Jan 22 2013 6:13 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized

Roe at 40: Judging a Mother's Choice

I am a woman who supports abortion rights. Before having children, I would have said that reflexively. As a mother, I no longer can. Read More...

Published Sun, Jan 20 2013 6:05 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, abortion, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Women and Girls, Emotions, Friendship, Birth Control and Family Planning, Women's Rights

Should You Check for Internet Access Before a Play Date?

Asking a fellow parent about access to guns before a play date might be politically fraught. Asking about Internet access? Just plain weird. But should we? Read More...

Published Fri, Jan 18 2013 1:19 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Computers and the Internet

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

Car-Seat Installation in the Real World: Harder Than It Looks

Toyota presents a video showing how to install a brand-new car seat in a new, clean, brightly lit car. Where is the video that helps those of us who don't live that way to get it right? Read More...

Published Thu, Jan 17 2013 11:22 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Babies and Infants, Children and Childhood, Automobiles, Child Car Seats, Toyota Motor Corporation|TM|NYSE, Toyota Motor Corporation

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

Could Responsibilities Help Prevent Teenage Suicide?

A friend's suicide made me look more closely at what drives, and prevents, suicide in teenagers - like mine. Read More...

Published Wed, Jan 16 2013 11:16 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Teenagers and Adolescence, Suicides and Suicide Attempts, Depression (Mental)

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

'The Heavy:' a Mom, a 7-Year-Old and a Diet

An interview with Dara-Lynn Weiss, author of "The Heavy:" "I did what worked for us, and I stand by it. I'm glad I did it." Read More...

Published Tue, Jan 15 2013 6:07 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Obesity, _featured, Weight, eating disorders, Children and Childhood, Diet and Nutrition

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

A Son Risks His Life on the Highway

If you ever want another confirmation that we have little power to keep our children safe, have your child walk into the house shaking with emotion and blood on his clothes. Read More...

Published Sun, Jan 13 2013 6:05 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Children and Childhood, Automobiles, Traffic Accidents and Safety

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

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