February 2013 - Motherlode - The Network of Care

Parenting Training That Works

"If you engage people before things go awry, they can avoid problems that we might have predicted for them, or they might have predicted for themselves." Read More...

Published Wed, Feb 20 2013 11:15 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized

‘Go Mighty’ or You Might Not Go at All

The "Go Mighty" group blog offers two messages I need to hear, often: Figure out what you want to do, and go after it — then stop to savor it when you get it. Read More...

Published Thu, Feb 21 2013 11:43 AM by Motherlode

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

Yahoo’s Blow to Work-Family Balance

By pulling flextime off the table, the Yahoo chief executive Marissa Mayer defies any expectation that new motherhood might make her sensitive to the needs of working families. Read More...

Published Mon, Feb 25 2013 11:45 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Mayer, Marissa, Working Hours, Yahoo! Inc|YHOO|NASDAQ, Yahoo! Inc

Don’t Blame Mothers for Birth Defects

To some parents, the phrase "10 percent or more of birth defects result from medications taken during pregnancy" sounds like an indictment. Read More...

Published Wed, Feb 27 2013 7:27 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized

Will You Watch 'Raising Adam Lanza' on 'Frontline'?

What can we gain from watching the "Frontline" episode "Raising Adam Lanza," and is it worth the emotional cost? Read More...

Published Tue, Feb 19 2013 12:35 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Television, parenting, School Shootings, Newtown, Conn, Shooting (2012), Lanza, Adam, Public Broadcasting Service, Kahn, Jennifer

Westboro Baptist Daughters Leave Their Church

Two members of a nationally reviled church group in Kansas defy their parents. Read More...

Published Thu, Feb 07 2013 1:00 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Children and Childhood, Westboro Baptist Church

Breaking the Silence of Stillbirth

Telling strangers about my stillborn daughter leaves me feeling like I've punched them. They cry. They try to shuffle away from me. I end up apologizing. Read More...

Published Sun, Feb 10 2013 5:10 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, _featured, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Babies and Infants, Stillbirth, Funerals and Memorials, Deaths (Fatalities)

Not Just a 'Feminine Mystique': What Hasn't Changed Enough for Women and Family?

Forty years ago, 10 years after she wrote "The Feminine Mystique," Betty Friedan said "housework and child-rearing will have to be more equally shared by husband, wife and society." How outraged are you that we're still not there...

Published Wed, Feb 13 2013 8:34 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized

Recognizing Signs of Abusive Dating Among Teenagers

Domestic abuse among teenagers is not readily understood within an adult framework. And confusing possessiveness with love is among the most common teenage mistakes leading to dating violence. Read More...

Published Fri, Feb 15 2013 8:54 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, domestic violence, Teenagers and Adolescence, Dating and Courtship

Advice to Help a Stepparent Start Strong

A reader, about to gain a spouse and a stepdaughter, asks: how does a stepparent get off on the right foot, and stay there? Read More...

Published Fri, Feb 01 2013 6:25 AM by Motherlode

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

Scarlet Fever Probably Didn't Blind Mary Ingalls

Mary Ingalls's blindness at age 14 was likely caused by viral meningoencephalitis. Why did the book name scarlet fever as the culprit, and why does it matter? Read More...

Published Sun, Feb 03 2013 9:01 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, _featured, American Academy of Pediatrics, Children and Childhood, Books and Literature, Blindness, Wilder, Laura Ingalls, Little Women (Book)

Cranky Is Contagious. (So Is Everything Else.)

Teaching children that their emotions are contagious-so whatever they bring to a conversation is likely what they'll get back. Read More...

Published Wed, Feb 06 2013 8:59 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Twitter, Children and Childhood, Emotions, Social Networking (Internet)

American Kids Consuming Fewer Calories

New research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that American children consumed fewer calories in 2010 than they had 10 years earlier, a hopeful trend in the battle against obesity. Read More...

Published Thu, Feb 21 2013 12:12 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Obesity, Weight, Children and Childhood, Diet and Nutrition, Calories

A Birth Mother With the Right Regrets

The birth-mother script tells us not to regret giving up our children, but my adoptee friends tell me that the regrets I do feel are what they want to hear. Read More...

Published Sun, Feb 24 2013 5:48 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, _featured, Children and Childhood, Adoptions

When Parents Kill Parents in the Name of Literature

We weren’t very far into "Little House on the Prairie" when it hit me: Ma was kind of a bummer. Read More...

Published Tue, Feb 26 2013 1:12 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Children and Childhood, Books and Literature, Writing and Writers, Wilder, Laura Ingalls, Dahl, Roald, Lewis, C S

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Parenting Training That Works

‘Go Mighty’ or You Might Not Go at All

Yahoo’s Blow to Work-Family Balance

Don’t Blame Mothers for Birth Defects

Will You Watch 'Raising Adam Lanza' on 'Frontline'?

Westboro Baptist Daughters Leave Their Church

Breaking the Silence of Stillbirth

Not Just a 'Feminine Mystique': What Hasn't Changed Enough for Women and Family?

Recognizing Signs of Abusive Dating Among Teenagers

Advice to Help a Stepparent Start Strong

Scarlet Fever Probably Didn't Blind Mary Ingalls

Cranky Is Contagious. (So Is Everything Else.)

American Kids Consuming Fewer Calories

A Birth Mother With the Right Regrets

When Parents Kill Parents in the Name of Literature