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Late for School, and Who’s to Blame?

When children are regularly tardy, it's their parents' fault. Then again, maybe it's their own. Read More...

Published Fri, May 24 2013 8:57 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, _featured, Children and Childhood, Education (K-12), Families and Family Life
Remembering a Child’s Grief

When I look at the images after a national tragedy, I see the children's faces — terrified, shocked, changed. I know what that feels like. Read More...

Published Mon, May 27 2013 8:16 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Children and Childhood, Grief (Emotion)
Why I Want to Choose the ‘Disadvantaged’ Local School (and Why I Might Not)

Our neighborhood has a charming, but struggling, neighborhood school — but the neighborhood kids don't go there. Read More...

Published Thu, May 30 2013 11:30 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Children and Childhood, Education (K-12), Charter Schools
Books to Give Your Mother (and Yourself)

Books to give and to get for Mother's Day. Read More...

Published Thu, May 09 2013 7:04 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Mother's Day, Books and Literature
How We Do It: Time Diaries of Family Life

Parents taking on the ordinary challenges of life and work and family hear it all the time: "I don't know how you do it!" In Motherlode's new series, they offer the play by play on a typical day. Read More...

Published Sun, May 12 2013 5:33 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, _featured, Children and Childhood, Work-Life Balance, How I Do It
Cranky Is Contagious (Part Two)

When it comes to moving house and children, mom-stress shared is mom-stress multiplied. Read More...

Published Wed, May 15 2013 11:43 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Children and Childhood, Emotions, Anxiety and Stress
Ending the Secrecy of a Child’s Addiction

In the beginning we kept our son's battle with heroin addiction to ourselves. When we finally spoke up, we found we were not alone. Read More...

Published Sun, May 19 2013 7:19 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, heroin, Mental Health and Disorders, Drug Abuse and Traffic, Alcoholics Anonymous
For an Auschwitz Survivor, His Son’s Education Spelled Freedom

His graduation finally allowed his father to leave Auschwitz behind. Read More...

Published Wed, May 22 2013 5:58 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized
I Wanted ‘Twins’

We didn't exactly choose to create adoptive "twins." But we didn't say no. Read More...

Published Wed, May 01 2013 6:52 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, twins, parenting, Multiple Births, Children and Childhood, Adoptions
Parents on Social Media Know Too Much

Cyberparenting, social media, and the risk of "T.M.I." Read More...

Published Fri, May 03 2013 7:45 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized
A Billionaire on Working Mothers: Babies Kill Women’s Focus

Paul Tudor Jones, a hedge-fund manager, on mothers in his workplace: "As soon as that baby’s lips touched that girl’s bosom, forget it.” Read More...

Published Fri, May 24 2013 4:06 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, gender, parenting, discrimination, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Babies and Infants, Women and Girls
How Kai Ryssdal, Radio Host, Does It

Raising four children is a team effort, one that is helped when one parent is usually home by 5 and the other works part time. Read More...

Published Wed, May 29 2013 6:09 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized
The Joy of Naming the Baby

Why do prospective parents spend so much time choosing names? Read More...

Published Fri, May 31 2013 1:47 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Babies and Infants, Williams, Alex
Autistic and Coming (Reluctantly) of Age

My son is taller than his mother, but he isn't celebrating. Read More...

Published Tue, May 07 2013 11:20 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Autism, parenting, Teenagers and Adolescence
Is ‘Too Skimpy for an 8-Year-Old’ in the Eye of the Beholder?

Can children wear "too sexy" clothing, or is it our perception of what's sexy that needs to change? Read More...

Published Fri, May 10 2013 5:02 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, _featured, Women and Girls, Feiler, Bruce, Fashion and Apparel

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