February 2014 - Motherlode - The Network of Care

Getting Up in the Night Is Your Wife’s Job

When I complained to my mother about how little sleep I was getting when my oldest son was an infant, she asked me why I'd get up in the night — that, she said, was my wife's job. Six years later, I'm still getting up in the night, but now...

Published Fri, Feb 28 2014 7:41 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: gender, parenting, Sleep, Marriages, Highlights

Waiting for Disney’s First ***, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Teenager

Whenever a teen crush plot line is enacted on any of the many teen sitcom programs designed for maximum pre-teen appeal, the path to true love may take many agonizing twists and turns, but the "love" will be straight every time. Read More.....

Published Thu, Feb 27 2014 10:08 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Television, parenting, homosexuality, Teenagers and Adolescence, Walt Disney Company, Highlights

A Lesson on the Common Core

The state standards have been in the works since 2009 and are now in place at public schools all over the country. But many parents remain confused about what that means. Read More...

Published Thu, Feb 27 2014 7:17 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: education, parenting, Education (K-12), Teachers and School Employees, Tests and Examinations, Highlights, Parent-Teacher Conference, No Child Left Behind Act

Older Fathers: Assessing the Risks

In the most comprehensive study to date of paternal age and offspring mental health, researchers found that “children born to middle-aged men are more likely than those born to younger fathers to develop any of a range of mental difficulties.” But as...

Published Wed, Feb 26 2014 2:51 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Mental Health and Disorders, Men and Boys, Highlights, JAMA Psychiatry (Journal), Age, Chronological

The Picky Eater Plan: 12 Ideas to Take Back the Dinner Table

If a child's eating habits are causing trouble at your dinner table, try these ideas to help you return the family meal focus to conversation and togetherness rather than battles over whether young Sally will eat "just one bite." Read More...

Published Wed, Feb 26 2014 11:23 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Food, Children and Childhood, Cooking and Cookbooks, Highlights, Ludwig, David, Sampson, Sally, The Picky Eater Project, Vegetables

Need to Fund School Programs? Just Sell Your Kids’ Clothes

A website that allows parents to fund a school's "extra" educational programs by selling their children's' "gently used" clothing highlights just how askew our system has become. Read More...

Published Wed, Feb 26 2014 10:31 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Education (K-12), Highlights, Parent-Teacher Associations, Libraries and Librarians

Reformed Beet-Hater Frank Bruni: Didn’t Like it as a Kid? Try It Now.

Are there really foods that we don’t like, or just foods that we haven’t liked yet? Read More...

Published Wed, Feb 26 2014 7:35 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Highlights

The Official, if Possibly Unnecessary, End of Acetaminophen Use During Pregnancy

A study says children whose mothers used acetaminophen during pregnancy were at higher risk of receiving a hospital diagnosis of hyperkinetic disorders, but caution is needed in considering its results. Read More...

Published Tue, Feb 25 2014 2:22 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Research, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Babies and Infants, Pediatrics (Journal), Highlights

Considering a New G.M.O.: Baby

An F.D.A. panel will convene to consider a fertility procedure that genetically modifies a fertilized or unfertilized human egg. Read More...

Published Tue, Feb 25 2014 12:18 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Research, infertility, Highlights, Genetics and Heredity, Mitochondria, Reproduction (Biological), Genetic Engineering

The Preschool Parent Interview: An Elevator Pitch for My 2-Year-Old

Maybe the contrived (some might say insane) atmosphere of the parent-preschool interview was actually helping me to see my daughter as an individual — a useful exercise in "detachment" parenting. Read More...

Published Tue, Feb 25 2014 6:31 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Children and Childhood, Admissions Standards, Education (Pre-School), Highlights, Preschool Admissions Diary

More Preschool Could Lead to More A.D.H.D. Diagnoses

Pressure to show success in state- and federally funded preschools may lead to a similar rise in diagnoses in even younger children. Read More...

Published Mon, Feb 24 2014 11:34 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, Children and Childhood, Education (Pre-School), Highlights

The Price of a Child I Wouldn’t Let Go

Eleven years ago, when we learned about our then-unborn son's critical heart defects, we chose to fight for him. I've never regretted that choice, but it's a choice that came at a price measured in time, blood and treasure. Read More...

Published Sun, Feb 23 2014 5:40 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, abortion, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Personal Finances, Health Insurance and Managed Care, Highlights

Miscarriage, Superstition and the Jewish Baby Shower

After my first pregnancy ended in miscarriage, I spent my second following every superstition in hopes of avoiding a repeat of my misfortune. Read More...

Published Fri, Feb 21 2014 8:01 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Pregnancy and Childbirth, Parties (Social), Jews and Judaism, Highlights

Jonathan Martin and the Soft, White, Private School Question

Jonathan Martin blames "soft" schools and "white private school conditioning" for part of his trouble in dealing with N.F.L. bullying. Those are loaded terms to parents and educators. Read More...

Published Thu, Feb 20 2014 11:11 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, bullies, Education (K-12), Blacks, The Opposite of Spoiled, Private and Sectarian Schools, Miami Dolphins, Martin, Jonathan (1989- )

Zachary’s First Shiva

At 9, my son may be young to hear about suicide, or maybe he should see the kind of grief that suicide brings with it. It’s a theoretical argument, because we didn’t feel we had any real choice but to tell him. Read More...

Published Thu, Feb 20 2014 7:34 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Suicides and Suicide Attempts, Highlights, Deaths (Obituaries)

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