September 2013 - Motherlode - The Network of Care

What if a Teacher Doesn’t Like a Parent?

Dear Mrs. Lahey: Do you treat our kids differently if you like their parents? Alternately, are you nicer to the parents if you like the kids? Read More...

Published Thu, Sep 12 2013 9:49 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Education (K-12), Teachers and School Employees, Highlights, Parent-Teacher Conference

10 Ways to Ease Your Child’s Preschool Separation Anxiety (and Yours)

Advice from school officials to help children, and parents, keep preschool separation in perspective and smooth the first weeks at a new school. Read More...

Published Wed, Sep 11 2013 1:43 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Children and Childhood, Highlights

Are Adoptive Parents Who Give Up on Children Uncaring or Unprepared?

How does an adoptive parent dump a child? Even if the child is not responding to love or seems filled with hate, how do you hand him or her off to a stranger? Read More...

Published Wed, Sep 11 2013 12:39 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Children and Childhood, Adoptions, Orphans and Orphanages, Highlights, Child Abuse and Neglect

Dear Parent: The Lunch You Packed Was Nutritionally Inadequate.

The new school food rules: Should your packed lunch fail to meet the school's standards, a note will be sent home — a "friendly reminder" to do better tomorrow. Read More...

Published Tue, Sep 10 2013 2:38 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Children and Childhood, Education (K-12), Lunch Boxes and Bags, Highlights

Fertility Diary: Pincushion

We took a two-bedroom apartment hoping to fill it with a crib and diapers and toys for a baby — not with the needles and pills and vitamins I need for in vitro fertilization. Read More...

Published Tue, Sep 10 2013 6:54 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, infertility, in vitro fertilization, Fertility, Pregnancy and Childbirth

Time to Get the Flu Shots

At the first available opportunity, the members of my family will be rolling up our sleeves. Read More...

Published Mon, Sep 09 2013 12:29 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Children and Childhood, Vaccination and Immunization, Influenza

Letting a Child Walk Alone

My daughter was ready to walk to school alone, but I wasn't ready to let her go. Read More...

Published Mon, Sep 09 2013 9:49 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized

Making Youth Football Safer, Tackles and All

As parents, we will do whatever it takes to make the world a better place for our children. For me, that meant learning how to tackle the safe way. Read More...

Published Sun, Sep 08 2013 5:24 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, football, _featured

E-Cigarette Marketers Have an Eye on Teens

With sports sponsorships, celebrity pitchmen and flavors like cola and cherry crush, e-cigarette marketers look to be aiming their product squarely at teens — and new numbers suggest that it's working. Read More...

Published Fri, Sep 06 2013 11:39 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Teenagers and Adolescence, Advertising and Marketing, Youth, Smoking and Tobacco

New Parent, Old Parent: What to Do When Your Child Won’t Go to School

Seeking advice from parents whose children just wouldn't go to school — until they did. The Times's Motherlode blog and Booming team up to tackle such issues. Read More...

Published Fri, Sep 06 2013 9:36 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Children and Childhood, Education (K-12), Winerip, Michael, New Parent

Poor, Black and Hispanic Women Are More Often Counseled on Emergency Contraception

Are doctors more likely to brief a woman on the use of emergency contraceptives if the woman's demographics make the doctor think she is likely to need a "Plan B"? Read More...

Published Thu, Sep 05 2013 5:27 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Birth Control and Family Planning, Plan B (Contraceptive), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Back to School Resolution: I Won’t Overschedule My Family This Fall

This school year, I will consider a free afternoon a booked afternoon, and I will not rush to fill it. Read More...

Published Wed, Sep 04 2013 1:25 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Families and Family Life

Parenting as a Spiritual Practice

There is a not-very-implicit assumption in Jewish law that someone else is in charge of the emotional little humans who evidently impede living a life of spiritual service. But holding a sleeping child feels more like worship than reading psalms. Read...

Published Wed, Sep 04 2013 5:53 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Rosh Hashana, Children and Childhood, Religion and Belief, Jews and Judaism, Ruddick, Sara

Fertility Diary: Finding a Doctor Who ‘Gets’ Me

I know having a baby is all that should matter, but when you are opening yourself up — literally and emotionally — to an ob/gyn weekly, shouldn’t you be able to have a connection? Read More...

Published Tue, Sep 03 2013 7:26 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, infertility, in vitro fertilization, Doctors, Babies and Infants, Miscarriages

Dressing for Kindergarten Success

It wasn't just my son who loved his shirt. Any kid who saw it pointed and yelled, “Angry Birds!” I could see why he wanted to wear it; I just couldn’t allow it. Read More...

Published Mon, Sep 02 2013 5:08 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Children and Childhood, Computer and Video Games, Education (Pre-School), Fashion and Apparel, T-Shirts (Apparel), Angry Birds (Video Game)

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