January 2014 - Motherlode - The Network of Care

Requiem for a Minivan

Our 2003 minivan saw us through 10 years of family life. It was our concession — our submission — to life as parents. Recently we realized we didn't need it anymore. Read More...

Published Fri, Jan 24 2014 10:02 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Families and Family Life, Grief (Emotion), Automobiles, Child Car Seats, Highlights

Addicted to I.V.F., or Addicted to Hope?

Who gets to decide when another round of IVF is too much? Read More...

Published Mon, Jan 27 2014 5:46 PM by Motherlode

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

More Vegetables, Please (but Hold the Red Peppers)

In the third installment of the Picky Eater Project, parents of 4-year-old twins work to expand the boys' food choices. Read More...

Published Wed, Jan 29 2014 10:23 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Cooking and Cookbooks, Highlights, The Picky Eater Project, Vegetables

How to Approach a Difficult Conversation

What is the best way to handle a parent-teacher conference with an ineffective teacher? Read More...

Published Thu, Jan 30 2014 12:12 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Education (K-12), Highlights, Parent-Teacher Conference

After Leukemia, New Year’s Lipstick-Marked Beginnings

This Jan. 1 marks the third year of my daughter's remission from leukemia. Many who thought they would survive her, like my father, have preceded her into death, but together, we are survivors. Read More...

Published Wed, Jan 01 2014 6:06 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Down syndrome, New Year, Highlights, Leukemia

My Year of Mom Rage

Is our collective, Internet-driven rage about everything from Miley Cyrus to gun control any more effective than my daughter's temper tantrums over my insistence that she wear pants? Read More...

Published Sun, Jan 05 2014 5:55 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Women and Girls, Computers and the Internet, Anger (Emotion), Highlights, Cyrus, Miley

The Most Unique Allowance Idea of 2013

A Seattle parent wants his son to think more like an entrepreneur and is paying him accordingly. Read More...

Published Thu, Jan 09 2014 6:23 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, The Opposite of Spoiled, Seattle (Wash), Allowance, Entrepreneurship, Johnson, Jake

(Not) Writing ‘Click Bait’ Headlines for Fun and Profit

Writers, producers and editors have been known to write or do things in the name of clicks that we later regret. Read More...

Published Tue, Jan 14 2014 5:27 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Highlights

The Mostly Mindful Parent

I don't see the mindful parenting movement as creating more goals for parents. I see it as putting a name to a goal most of us already have. Read More...

Published Thu, Jan 16 2014 1:12 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Families and Family Life, Highlights, Meditation

‘Another Terrible Day for Pakistan’ as Polio Workers Shot

With the murder of three more vaccine workers in Pakistan comes another set back for the global effort to eliminate polio. Read More...

Published Wed, Jan 22 2014 7:01 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Vaccination and Immunization, Highlights, Poliomyelitis

The Younger the Child, the More ‘Educational’ the Screen. Maybe.

The older a child is, the less of her screen time her parents are likely to consider educational, a study finds. Read More...

Published Thu, Jan 23 2014 9:01 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Television, parenting, Children and Childhood, Families and Family Life, Computer and Video Games, Mobile Applications, Highlights

When Divorce Magnifies Adoption’s Losses

My adopted child of divorced and remarried parents doesn't feel like she fits in anywhere. Read More...

Published Sun, Jan 12 2014 5:05 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Children and Childhood, Divorce, Separations and Annulments, Adoptions, Highlights

Freezing Eggs, and Hoarding My Fertility

For a year, I froze eggs in a frenzy, bloated in fat pants and cranky from hormones; $50,000 later, I had stashed away 70 eggs. Read More...

Published Sun, Jan 26 2014 5:37 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: infertility, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Women and Girls, Fertility Drugs, Highlights

Keep the Joy, Take Back the Fun

Jennifer Senior's "All Joy and No Fun" answers why being a parent doesn't tend to offer much immediate pleasure. How can I get the fun back? Read More...

Published Tue, Jan 28 2014 12:50 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Children and Childhood, Labor and Jobs, Senior, Jennifer, Highlights

Why Are We Talking About Wendy Davis’s Choices?

As of 2009, more than half of all children born to women under 30 in the United States were born to unmarried women. So why is Wendy Davis, a Texas gubernatorial candidate, being singled out for criticism? Read More...

Published Wed, Jan 29 2014 2:47 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Highlights, Davis, Wendy, Republican Party, Democratic Party, Texas, Elections, State Legislature

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