April 2014 - Motherlode - The Network of Care

Stop Worrying About Your Child Getting Into College. Worry About What Happens Next.

Amidst all the hand-wringing about elite college admission rates, many parents and students are missing the point. It doesn't matter where you go to school if you can't graduate. Read More...

Published Wed, Apr 30 2014 9:34 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Dropouts, Labor and Jobs, Colleges and Universities, Admissions Standards, Highlights, Parenting After Senior Year, Scholarships and Fellowships, Graduation Rates, Community Colleges

Pay the Babysitter Over $1,900 This Year? You Owe It to Her to Put Her On the Books

Think paying taxes on the babysitter is a "one-percenter" problem? Think again, because if we parents don't pay taxes on our babysitters, it isn't just our problem. Read More...

Published Fri, Apr 11 2014 12:37 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Child Care, parenting, Wages and Salaries, Highlights, Tax Credits, Deductions and Exemptions

The Decision: One Child, One School

Parents are notoriously anxious yet clueless with their first child. With the preschool decision, I felt additional pressure because after a recent ectopic pregnancy, it looks as if Zee will be our only child. Read More...

Published Tue, Apr 15 2014 7:00 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Children and Childhood, Education (K-12), Families and Family Life, Anxiety and Stress, Education (Pre-School), Manhattan (NYC), Preschool Admissions Diary

My Daughter, Profoundly Disabled, Needs a School for Children Like Her

The consensus that children with disabilities are best educated in an inclusive classroom is in danger of hardening into dogma that risks re-stigmatizing children with severe or profound disabilities. Read More...

Published Thu, Apr 17 2014 12:25 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Disabilities, Children and Childhood, Education (K-12), Special Education, Highlights, OpEd Project, United States, DePaul University

In Defense of Chocolate Milk

When schools took chocolate milk off the menu, children drank less milk and purchased fewer school lunches, a study found. Read More...

Published Mon, Apr 21 2014 4:06 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Children and Childhood, Diet and Nutrition, Highlights

Recipes for Kids: Tsatsiki

Tsatsiki is a Greek dip that's often served as a snack or appetizer. Also great on burgers or tomato sandwiches. Read More...

Published Wed, Apr 23 2014 10:42 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Cooking and Cookbooks, ChopChop (Magazine), ChopChop Cooking

Recipes for Kids: Black Bean and Corn Quesadillas

It’s a Mexican grilled cheese sandwich, with tortillas instead of bread. Read More...

Published Wed, Apr 02 2014 9:44 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Cooking and Cookbooks, ChopChop Cooking

I Refuse to Be Busy

Most of the time, being "busy" is a choice, and it's a choice I refuse to make. Read More...

Published Thu, Apr 03 2014 10:08 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Work-Life Balance, Athletics and Sports, Highlights, Hobbies

Jesus Lives, but Should He Live in My Front Yard?

As a young adult Christian whose political views are left of center, working in higher education where intellect is the only religion, I'm constantly negotiating how much of myself to share. My daughter has no such doubts. Read More...

Published Sat, Apr 05 2014 7:47 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Religion and Belief, Secular Humanism, Highlights, Jesus Christ, Evangelical Movement

Parents Should Coach Academics as Seriously as They Do Sports

Train little Seymour for the 2028 Olympics, and people might laugh. But prepare Sofia for the 2028 International Math Olympiad, and they'd think you were crazy. Read More...

Published Wed, Apr 09 2014 7:08 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Homework, Children and Childhood, Education (K-12), Highlights, Asian-Americans, Khan, Salman, Chinese-Americans, Ripley, Amanda, Huang, Quanyu

Students Reading E-Books Are Losing Out, Study Suggests

Researchers find that students’ reading comprehension was lower when they read books on electronic devices. Read More...

Published Thu, Apr 10 2014 4:46 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Children and Childhood, Education (K-12), Books and Literature, iTunes, Writing and Writers, Highlights, Apple Inc, Apple Inc|AAPL|NASDAQ, Reading and Writing Skills (Education), Paul, Annie Murphy, E-Books and Readers, Philadelphia (Pa)

The Dumb Jock Stereotype Can Be a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

Thinking about the stereotypes about “dumb jocks” and academics may cause student-athletes to underperform on tests. Read More...

Published Thu, Apr 24 2014 1:46 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Education (K-12), Athletics and Sports, Paul, Annie Murphy, Brilliant

‘If You Think Preschool’s Bad, Just Wait Until Kindergarten’

As my neighbors keep reminding me, preschool is just the first of the crazy New York CIty school admissions processes. Next up, kindergarten. Why do I put up with it? Read More...

Published Tue, Apr 29 2014 8:48 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Admissions Standards, Education (Pre-School), Highlights

Federal Funding for Maternal and Infant Visits Extended — Briefly

The Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting Programs enjoy bipartisan support. Locally run programs successfully reduce infant mortality and increase longer term family success. So Congress has extended the funding for the federal-state partnership...

Published Tue, Apr 01 2014 10:35 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Highlights, Federal Aid (US), Infant Mortality

I Have No Idea How Many Calories Are in My Grandmother’s Gefilte Fish

For my daughters, food isn't a troublesome source of calories demanding its weight in exercise. It's holidays, it's funny stories, it's seasons. It's my grandmother's gefilte fish, and all of us cooking it together. Read More....

Published Sun, Apr 13 2014 7:00 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Weight, Cooking and Cookbooks, Passover, Highlights

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