August 2014 - Motherlode - The Network of Care

Casting Call: Rethink Family Dinner With Jenny Rosenstrach

During the week of Sept. 8, we’ll be coaching a real family through real family dinners in real time – seven new meals in seven days – and we hope that you’ll cook along with us. Read More...

Published Wed, Aug 20 2014 3:31 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Food, Cooking and Cookbooks, Blogs and Blogging (Internet), Highlights, Dinner: The Boot Camp

What to Expect When You Shouldn’t Expect Lunch: A Dad’s Guide to Delivery Day

Fathers are vital components of delivery day — except not vital enough that anyone cares if they get hungry or need something. Read More...

Published Fri, Aug 01 2014 6:10 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, hospitals, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Highlights

Simple Student Routines for Back-to-School Success

Establishing routines like a weekly regroup (with trash can and storage at hand), evening organization and nondigital bedtimes set the stage for a successful year. Read More...

Published Thu, Aug 21 2014 10:22 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Sleep, Education (K-12), Highlights, Parent-Teacher Conference

Hookup Line. Carpool. Same Rituals, New School.

Some things are the same no matter where you are: the car pool line (called "hookup" in our new town). The health forms. The classrooms, the desks, the cubbies. It's not Mars, it's just school. They know how to do school. Read More....

Published Tue, Aug 26 2014 8:29 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Children and Childhood, Education (K-12), Highlights, New In Town, Nashville (Tenn)

Don’t Just Pay for Chores. Pay for Performance.

A motivational scale for the chores problem: nothing if it's all reminding and whining; more if you do an adequate job; and a substantial bonus for performance. Read More...

Published Thu, Aug 28 2014 7:10 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Chores, parenting, Highlights, The Opposite of Spoiled, Allowance

Simple Solutions for Back-to-School Student Organization (Sorry, No Trapper Keeper)

Once, the Trapper Keeper promised to solve your organizational woes while simultaneously elevating you to cool-kid status. Today's organizational systems should be even simpler (no gadgets required). Read More...

Published Thu, Aug 07 2014 6:02 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Education (K-12), Parent-Teacher Conference, Orderliness and Clutter, Office Supplies and Equipment

Helping Children Find Friends in a New Town (That Aren’t Your Friends, Too)

My children say they've made plenty of friends in our new town. Trouble is, they're all my co-workers. And as awesome as their grown-up friends are, children need kid friends, too. Read More...

Published Tue, Aug 12 2014 7:53 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Moving and Moving Industry, Friendship, Highlights, New In Town

Rent a Toy, Learn a Lesson

What would children learn if we made them give away some of their favorite toys after a month? Maybe that ownership and appreciation aren't linked. Read More...

Published Thu, Aug 14 2014 7:11 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, toys, Lieber, Ron, Highlights, The Opposite of Spoiled

After a Miscarriage, Seeking Permission to Grieve

I bought the milk in the refrigerator while I was still pregnant. When I sent that text, the baby was already dead, and I didn’t know it yet. Read More...

Published Sun, Aug 17 2014 5:01 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Babies and Infants, Grief (Emotion), Miscarriages, Highlights

How Dekiema Pogue, Military Spouse and Administrative Assistant, Does It

A flexible schedule and an equally flexible employer help make this military spouse's sometimes solo parenting easier. Read More...

Published Wed, Aug 20 2014 12:43 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Work-Life Balance, How I Do It, Highlights, United States Defense and Military Forces

Telling the Kids: ‘We’re Moving.’

Telling my children we were moving from Atlanta to Nashville was easier than I thought it would be. Getting over worrying about how the move would affect them was not. Read More...

Published Tue, Aug 05 2014 6:18 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Children and Childhood, Books and Literature, Moving and Moving Industry, Highlights, New In Town

In a Stepfamily, Whose Fairness Wins Out?

In my new husband's family, what was "fair" in family life was governed by seniority. I preferred to rely on egalitarian turn taking. "Fair" turns out to be subject to interpretation. Read More...

Published Sun, Aug 24 2014 5:29 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Divorce, Separations and Annulments, Families and Family Life, Highlights

How Nicole Zeitzer Johnson, Communications Director and Special Needs Parent, Does It

I have a 7-year-old and a 2-year-old whose seizures mean someone’s eyes have to be on her at every moment. Fortunately I also have a husband, a nanny and an extremely flexible job. Read More...

Published Wed, Aug 27 2014 12:20 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Child Care, parenting, How I Do It, Seizures (Medical)

Need Kids to Follow Instructions? Don’t Ask. Tell.

“Do you want to put on your shoes now?” “Should we have macaroni and cheese for dinner?” “How about you go brush your teeth?” These are not really questions. Read More...

Published Fri, Aug 08 2014 6:28 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Children and Childhood, Highlights

Baby Pictures at the O.B.’s Office? No More.

Because of privacy and legal concerns, there will be no more "baby walls" of patient and family photos in doctors offices. Read More...

Published Tue, Aug 12 2014 10:02 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Privacy, Babies and Infants, Highlights

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