February 2014 - Motherlode - The Network of Care

Inviting a Picky Eater Into the Kitchen Pays Off

After four weeks of working with two experts to improve the eating habits of their twin 4-year-old boys, a couple's new dinnertime routine was being met with little resistance. Read More...

Published Wed, Feb 05 2014 10:57 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Cooking and Cookbooks, Diet and Nutrition, Highlights, Ludwig, David, ChopChop (Magazine), Sampson, Sally, The Picky Eater Project, Recipes

Helmets: Because Their Thick Skulls Aren’t Thick Enough

If you make your kids wear helmets while sledding and ice skating, they'll look like Olympic athletes; they'll be less likely to suffer a serious head injury, and maybe my children will stop complaining about having to wear theirs. Read More....

Published Fri, Feb 07 2014 9:22 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, helmets, Highlights, Sports Injuries, Ice Skating, Sleds

The 13-Page Preschool Application

My working-class mother never schmoozed admissions staffs or wrote essays about my precociousness in turning books the right way up. I never thought I would. But if my daughter is going to go to preschool in Manhattan, I'll have to learn. Read More...

Published Tue, Feb 11 2014 12:37 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Education (Pre-School), Manhattan (NYC), Private and Sectarian Schools, Preschool Admissions Diary

Scholastic Gives Kids a Video-Game Power-Up

Scholastic News published an article telling children that video games are good for your brain. Should it have given equal time to the more parent-friendly messages on that topic? Read More...

Published Thu, Feb 13 2014 10:39 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, brain, Computer and Video Games, Highlights, Games, Scholastic Corporation

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

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 Best Time to Talk to Your Children About the Next National Tragedy? Now.

If you don't choose how and when to have a tough conversation with your child, life is certain to choose for you. Read More...

Published Tue, Feb 04 2014 11:38 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, _featured, Children and Childhood, Newtown, Conn, Shooting (2012), Highlights, War Crimes, Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity, September 11 (2001), Boston Marathon Bombings (2013), Holocaust and the Nazi Era

Terran Lyons, McDonald’s Crew Trainer, on Raising 2 on the Minimum Wage

I work the night shift. It's a good job, except they pay us so little. It would be easier except right now, it takes me about two hours on buses to drop my kids off and get to work. Read More...

Published Fri, Feb 14 2014 5:43 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Children and Childhood, Labor and Jobs, Wages and Salaries, How I Do It, Minimum Wage

Can an Insecure Parent Raise a Secure Child?

In classroom after classroom on our school tour, I saw the same thing: no desks. Can a collaborative, gentle education really turn out a child as determined to succeed as I was? Read More...

Published Tue, Feb 18 2014 7:16 AM by Motherlode

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

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)

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

Letting the Kids in on the Charitable Giving Conversation

One family's experiment in letting their daughter help decide how to divide the money it gives away each year. Read More...

Published Thu, Feb 06 2014 4:49 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Philanthropy, The Opposite of Spoiled, Heifer International

When Marijuana Looks Like Candy, Not Drugs

Marijuana as candy doesn't just change how people use it. It changes how parents need to talk about it, and how we need to ask that new laws be designed to balance legal use with protecting those who shouldn't use it at all. Read More...

Published Tue, Feb 11 2014 7:54 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Marijuana, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Highlights

Students Who Lose Recess Are the Ones Who Need It Most

Taking away recess as a punishment for behavior problems or academic lapses won't help, and might hurt. Read More...

Published Thu, Feb 13 2014 6:34 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, _featured, Children and Childhood, Teachers and School Employees, Physical Education and Training, School Discipline (Students), Highlights, Parent-Teacher Conference

The Pregnancy Is Gone, but the Promotions Keep Coming

A month before what would have been my due date, the promotional box of Enfamil baby formula arrived. "You're almost there!" it read. We weren't. Read More...

Published Sun, Feb 02 2014 5:25 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, infertility, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Grief (Emotion), Highlights

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