July 2014 - Motherlode - The Network of Care

The Kids Who Don’t Beat Autism

Applied behavioral analysis therapy holds the possibility of “beating” autism. Some families will achieve an optimal outcome; they say, some children will become indistinguishable. Our son did not, but there’s a lot besides autism that distinguishes him...

Published Thu, Jul 31 2014 1:43 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Autism, parenting, Highlights, Adaptive Parenting

And the Moral of the Story Is: Keep It Positive

Do morality tales change children's behavior? Research suggests that emphasizing the positive effects of honesty may, while tales of dire consequences fall on deaf ears. Read More...

Published Thu, Jul 31 2014 8:27 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Children and Childhood, Highlights, Brilliant, Aesop (620-564 BC)

Teaching a Child to Wrangle, Not Reject, Rage

Children can’t understand how anger works, or manage it later in life, unless we encourage them to wrestle it with safe people. Read More...

Published Wed, Jul 30 2014 10:11 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, foster care, Children and Childhood, Anger (Emotion), Highlights

Appreciating the Worms in the Vomit

If you have to take two cats and a bag full of wormy pet vomit to the veterinarian, you couldn't find anyone who would enjoy it more than my young companions. Read More...

Published Wed, Jul 30 2014 8:50 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Pets, Highlights

The Cuckoo Bird and the Baby

The cuckoo bird lays its eggs in another bird's nest, then flies off, never to return. Is a sperm donor like the cuckoo bird? Read More...

Published Tue, Jul 29 2014 6:39 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Babies and Infants, Artificial Insemination, Sperm, Sperm Donor Diary

Emotional and Practical Advice for Sending a Child to College

Parents, what advice do you have for someone sending a child to college for the first time? Read More...

Published Mon, Jul 28 2014 11:04 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, advice, Colleges and Universities

Sticks and Stones, and a Diagnosis in Words That Can’t Hurt Us

A diagnosis, of autism or anything else, won't make me mourn my daughter, who is different, not dying. Read More...

Published Sun, Jul 27 2014 5:51 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Autism, parenting, Children and Childhood, Highlights

Letting a Child Make the Small Sacrifice

It's always my instinct to sacrifice for my kids. To step back; to say, you take it, you go, it's ok, I don't mind. My daughter's gift of a horseback ride reminded me that being the giver isn't always the right thing to do. Read More...

Published Fri, Jul 25 2014 9:38 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Highlights

Your Teenager on Vacation — and on Social Media

Some parents want their teenagers to put their phones down on vacation and connect with their families. But their teenagers might have a different, and valid, sense of what it means to be connected. Read More...

Published Thu, Jul 24 2014 1:43 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, social media, Teenagers and Adolescence, Highlights

5 Ways To Help Your Kid Not Stink At Math

The "new math" curriculum is great — and nearly guaranteed to drive children and their parents understandably insane, because teachers don't know how to teach it yet. Here's what to do to help your child while they learn. Read More....

Published Wed, Jul 23 2014 11:51 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Homework, parenting, Children and Childhood, Education (K-12), Teachers and School Employees, Highlights, Mathematics

A Dietitian Who Won’t Oversell Nutrition to Her Kids

I learned long ago that nutrition information alone doesn't motivate people to eat healthy, and I know telling my children that "broccoli will make them big and strong" could backfire. Read More...

Published Wed, Jul 23 2014 10:16 AM by Motherlode

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

Putting the ‘Known’ in Known Sperm Donor

The adult daughter of two mothers and a known sperm donor is candid: Much of it was great, but it is complicated. Read More...

Published Tue, Jul 22 2014 6:45 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Artificial Insemination, Highlights, Sperm, Homosexuality and Bisexuality

Research Suggests Students Adjusting to New School Lunches

School administrators agree that students complained about new lunch standards when they were first implemented in the fall of 2012—but tell researchers that by spring, the complaints had largely subsided. Read More...

Published Mon, Jul 21 2014 11:54 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Highlights

Weekly Quandary: Having a Baby, and Getting a Dog

Should a couple planning on soon having a baby get a dog? Read More...

Published Mon, Jul 21 2014 11:09 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Dogs, Highlights

Immaculate Incarceration: A Baby in Solitary Confinement

According to my mother's prison records, she served around 17 weeks in "The Hole"—solitary confinement. Only for her it wasn’t so solitary. She had me. Read More...

Published Sun, Jul 20 2014 5:53 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Babies and Infants, Highlights, Solitary Confinement

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