April 2014 - Motherlode - The Network of Care

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)

Feeding Teenagers: The Days of Control Are Gone

I went from getting toddlers to sit still for a 15-minute dinner to texting teenagers to make sure they joined us at the table, and from encouraging them to try new foods to taming their newfound food freedom. Read More...

Published Wed, Apr 02 2014 7:10 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Food, Teenagers and Adolescence, Diet and Nutrition, Highlights

‘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

The Sixth Stage of Grief: Buying a Puppy

My adorable son has grown tall, lean and hairy. This explains, in part, the decision to add something unambiguously cute to our life. But Phoebe distracts us from more than just that. Read More...

Published Fri, Apr 11 2014 1:45 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Autism, parenting, Grief (Emotion), Dogs, Highlights

Recipes for Kids: Bananas, Cold and Custardy

Whip up plain frozen bananas and end up with a creamy, dreamy dessert. Read More...

Published Wed, Apr 16 2014 7:16 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Highlights, ChopChop (Magazine), Cookware, Bananas

Learning to Set a Goal for the Long Run

In a conversation they have had countless times since his reading disability was diagnosed in elementary school, a mother and her teenage son search for ways to set goals and "do something that really distinguishes me.” Read More...

Published Fri, Apr 18 2014 12:05 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Education (K-12), Men and Boys, Youth, Highlights, Running

Striving for School-Mom Perfection

As a child, I wished my mother could spend more time involved with my school and activities, but that's not who she was. I hoped to do better, but I wasn't sure what that would look like. Read More...

Published Tue, Apr 22 2014 9:45 AM by Motherlode

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

Working-Class Fathers Shouldn’t Be So Easily Dismissed

Single motherhood may be a rational economic choice for working-class women, but it's a choice based on limited options with consequences for the mothers, fathers and children. Read More...

Published Wed, Apr 23 2014 4:33 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Women and Girls, Rosin, Hanna, Marriages, Income Inequality, Highlights, Cahn, Naomi

Looking for Stories of Non-College-Bound Kids

We’re looking for stories from parents of children who aren’t interested in college (or the “children” themselves). Read More...

Published Thu, Apr 24 2014 8:37 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Highlights

Facing the Skepticism in Adoption, in Qatar and in the U.S.

In Qatar, skepticism of adoption is such that, after an adopted girl died, her parents were accused of being intent on selling her organs. In the United States, doubts are less grisly but still apparent. Read More...

Published Wed, Apr 02 2014 6:50 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Race and Ethnicity, Adoptions, Highlights, Qatar, Huang, Matthew, Huang, Grace

One Word That Should Never Follow ‘I Love You’

Let’s be honest, when you add this word, the purpose of the statement is to communicate everything except “I love you.” Read More...

Published Fri, Apr 04 2014 10:38 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Marriages, Love (Emotion), Highlights, Dating and Relationships

Measuring Motherhood, One Preschool Application at a Time

I felt proud of the way I'd navigated through the Manhattan preschool maze we'd chosen — until my friend Jamie one-upped me, as I thought she had a hundred times before. Read More...

Published Tue, Apr 08 2014 8:19 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Education (Pre-School), Highlights, Manhattan (NYC)

Knives, Not Guns, at a School Near Pittsburgh

Who would minimize a knife attack in which a single young person was able to injure 20 others with the thought "it could have been a lot worse?" Anyone who has come to expect the verb in the headline to be "shoots," not "stabs...

Published Wed, Apr 09 2014 12:13 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: School Shootings, Education (K-12), Newtown, Conn, Shooting (2012), Highlights, Pittsburgh (Pa), Assaults

If Ivy League Is the Endgame, I’m Not Sure I Want to Play

"Exmissions" is the opposite of "admissions," and the other parents working to get their offspring into preschool in Manhattan all seemed to have the kind of clear long-term plans that make a school's "top tier hit rate"...

Published Tue, Apr 01 2014 8:21 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Children and Childhood, Education (Pre-School), Ivy League, Manhattan (NYC), Preschool Admissions Diary

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