June 2014 - Motherlode - The Network of Care

Thirteen in Years, But 10 or 15 in Thoughts and Action

Some 13-year-olds are deep into teen culture, others little changed from the kids they were at a younger age. Subjective age varies, and that variation can raise a red flag for some young teens. Read More...

Published Wed, Jun 18 2014 10:58 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Teenagers and Adolescence, Psychology and Psychologists, Highlights, Brilliant

Vegetarian Meals Are a Success, But the Real Win Is Learning to Plan Ahead

The meat-loving Ruder family loved the lasagna, the Big Bowl with Greens, and the beans. The family's primary cooked loved planning ahead for leftovers. Read More...

Published Wed, Jun 18 2014 10:21 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Food, Cooking and Cookbooks, Diet and Nutrition, Highlights, Vegetables, Recipes, Martha's Greener Table

Ask Martha Rose Shulman

Have a question for Martha? With the Ruder family traveling next week, she'll be taking questions from readers instead. Ask Martha here, and look for answers to the most common or interesting dilemmas next Wednesday, June 25. Read More...

Published Wed, Jun 18 2014 8:52 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Martha's Greener Table

‘You’ve Done Everything You Can’

In the past, I’d never understood people who said they were done, who gave up on their dream of having their own genetic children. But as I thought of the future, I could not imagine going on. Read More...

Published Tue, Jun 17 2014 9:26 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, in vitro fertilization, Babies and Infants, Highlights, Fertility Diary

At the Cutting Edge of Gay Family Law

In the past, second-parent adoptions have been standard in the gay community. But a court recently ruled that such adoptions were neither “necessary nor available” for gay married couples since a "presumption of parenthood" exists. Read More...

Published Tue, Jun 17 2014 7:05 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Families and Family Life, Same-Sex Marriage, Civil Unions and Domestic Partnerships, Adoptions, Artificial Insemination, Highlights, Sperm, Homosexuality and Bisexuality, Sperm Donor Diary, Lopez Torres, Margarita

Climbing Out of the Darkness of Maternal Mental Illness

A community and an event for women experiencing maternal mental illness, those who have passed through it, and their family and friends. Read More...

Published Mon, Jun 16 2014 5:39 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Mental Health and Disorders, Women and Girls, Highlights

Whose Dress Code Is It, and Why?

The best school dress codes aren't about students and sexuality, but about placing school on the list of places where there are standards, and where the freedom to do whatever we want, whenever we want shouldn't and doesn't apply. Read More...

Published Mon, Jun 16 2014 11:06 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Children and Childhood, Education (K-12), Women and Girls, Fashion and Apparel, Highlights

The World’s Best Father Gets a Close Shave

Daughter Alice Bee has some special pampering planned for the World's Best Father. Read More...

Published Sun, Jun 15 2014 4:57 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Father's Day, Highlights, Comedy and Humor

A Lost Father, and a Daughter Who’s Not Ready to Let Him Go

The Friday before Father's Day last year, my dad, an Alzheimer's patient, wandered off from my mother at the grocery store. I'd been saying goodbye to him for almost a decade, but I wasn't ready to lose him. Read More...

Published Fri, Jun 13 2014 6:56 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Father's Day, Elderly, Highlights, Alzheimer's Disease

Kids and Parents: Happy to Move Up, Sad to Say Goodbye

I think of summer as a happy time of year—which is why I'm annually blindsided by the small sorrows of graduations and change. Read More...

Published Thu, Jun 12 2014 12:03 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Education (K-12), Summer (Season), Highlights

Parental Collusion on Spending and Rules: Harder Than It Sounds

Here’s the tricky part about trying to form a cabal to stomp the seeds of perceived materialism: It’s awfully hard to be the first person who speaks up. Read More...

Published Thu, Jun 12 2014 6:48 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, birthdays, Personal Finances, Highlights, The Opposite of Spoiled, Consumer Behavior

Lasagna with Red Chard Satisfies a Meat-Loving Family

As they enter their second week of adding two vegetarian meals weekly, a meat-loving family finds a lasagna they love, and prepares to try a Big Bowl with black beans, greens, avocado and salsa fresca. Read More...

Published Wed, Jun 11 2014 9:43 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, vegetarianism, Cooking and Cookbooks, Diet and Nutrition, Highlights, Recipes, Martha's Greener Table, Beans

Who’s Your Mommy? We Don’t Know — Yet

Although Kelly is carrying their daughter, we won't know until she arrives who the biological mother is. For now, it's father's baby; mother's maybe. Read More...

Published Tue, Jun 10 2014 6:23 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, infertility, Highlights, Sperm, Genetics and Heredity, Homosexuality and Bisexuality, Sperm Donor Diary

Raw Food Families Provoke Powerful Reactions. Why?

Families who feed their children a raw diet consisting solely of fresh fruits, vegetables, seeds, nuts, and sprouted grains feel judged for their choices. Read More...

Published Mon, Jun 09 2014 11:25 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Food, Cooking and Cookbooks, Diet and Nutrition, Highlights

A Plea to the Daughters of Title IX: Why Don’t More Women Coach?

When I was a child playing soccer, there weren't that many women who'd grown up playing the game. Now there are, but they're still not represented on the sidelines, and that's not the way this is supposed to work. Read More...

Published Sun, Jun 08 2014 5:22 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Soccer, Women and Girls, Title IX (Gender Discrimination Legislation), Highlights, Chastain, Brandi

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