September 2014 - Motherlode - The Network of Care

‘Just a Stepmother’ Sending a Son to College Without Tears

Being happy as my stepson leaves us for college isn’t a sign of a lack of connection or love. It's a sign of pride. Read More...

Published Sun, Sep 14 2014 5:36 AM by Motherlode

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

A Surrogate and a Mother: Partners in Pregnancy Share Their Story

After cancer, Angela Salerni couldn’t bear a child — but she had frozen embryos. She needed a surrogate: Roshael Rose. It was a perfect match, but it still wasn’t easy. Read More...

Published Wed, Sep 17 2014 6:45 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Babies and Infants, Surrogate Motherhood, Highlights

From Lymphoma Mom to Just Mom, and Holding

During chemotherapy, my cancer shifted from being a sad thing to being a sad and annoying thing. No one wanted anything to change, but almost everything did. Read More...

Published Sun, Sep 21 2014 5:30 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Cancer, Highlights, Adaptive Parenting

How to See More of Your Best Friends? Move Away

When the demands of parenthood, career, and general midlife busy-ness made it tough to see friends as much as we wanted to, we moved away, and saw them more. Read More...

Published Tue, Sep 23 2014 8:48 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Moving and Moving Industry, Friendship, Highlights, New In Town, Nashville (Tenn)

U.S. Awards Grants to Explore and Evaluate Paid Leave in 3 States and D.C.

The Department of Labor is putting money behind its push to expand paid family leave in the United States. The issue could be a factor in coming elections — if enough voters ask about it. Read More...

Published Thu, Sep 25 2014 12:15 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Labor and Jobs, Work-Life Balance, Paid Time Off, Family Leaves, Highlights, Labor Department (US)

Weekly Quandary: Talking Racism and Sexism With Children

Parental silence on gender roles and racial differences won't lead to race-blind and gender-neutral children. That doesn't make racism and sexism any easier to talk about. How does your family do it? Read More...

Published Mon, Sep 29 2014 12:08 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: gender, parenting, advice, discrimination, Women and Girls, Race and Ethnicity, Highlights

Teaching Children Empathy

Empathy isn't just taking another perspective. Con men can do that. In order to be empathetic, children need to know how to value, respect and understand another person’s points of view, even when they don’t agree. Read More...

Published Thu, Sep 04 2014 7:34 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, empathy, Children and Childhood, Parent-Teacher Conference, Social Conditions and Trends

Weekly Quandary: Changes to a High School Schedule

If your student is unhappy, do you encourage the child to advocate for a different schedule, regardless of the official word on allowable changes? Read More...

Published Mon, Sep 08 2014 7:52 AM by Motherlode

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

Those ‘Mysterious Deadly Virus’ Headlines? Don’t Panic. Do Watch That Cold, and Wash Your Hands.

Strains of enterovirus circulate every year. This year, the number of children affected is high, but the symptoms themselves (fever and coughing) are consistent with the way this virus has behaved in the past. Read More...

Published Wed, Sep 10 2014 7:04 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Hygiene and Cleanliness, Highlights, Cleveland Clinic, Enterovirus 71, Colds

The End of a Week of Cooking, and a Weekend Plan

After a week of cooking, Friday is a night off before weekend meals and planning for next week. Read More...

Published Fri, Sep 12 2014 9:13 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Cooking and Cookbooks, Highlights, Recipes, Dinner: The Boot Camp, Rosenstrach, Jennifer Lee

To Aid Children’s Cancer Care, Mothers Go Bald

To raise funds and awareness for pediatric cancer research, mothers shave their heads in solidarity with their cancer-affected children. Read More...

Published Tue, Sep 16 2014 2:03 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Cancer, Highlights, Smith, Ali

Raising Teenagers: Protect When You Must, Permit When You Can

There’s not much we can do to rush neurological maturation along in our teens, but we can help kids practice their burgeoning skills of self-control as they emerge. Read More...

Published Thu, Sep 18 2014 11:02 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, brain, Teenagers and Adolescence, Parent-Teacher Conference, Steinberg, Laurence

Weekly Quandary: Whose Last Name?

Tennessee law forbids combining a mother and father’s surnames into a single name for baby — or giving an infant a mother’s last name without both parents’ “mutual assent.” Read More...

Published Mon, Sep 22 2014 11:32 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, advice, Babies and Infants, Names, Personal, Nashville (Tenn)

Thanks to Video Monitors, Parents are the New Big Brother

Parents who start using video baby monitors to observe infant sleep often continue using them long past a child's babyhood, and children are sometimes aware that they're being watched. Read More...

Published Wed, Sep 24 2014 11:08 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Sleep, Babies and Infants, Cameras, Highlights, Video Recordings, Downloads and Streaming, Twenge, Jean W

‘Home Alone’ at 7, Safe and Learning to Stay That Way

My 7-year-old son asked to stay home while I ran errands in our neighborhood. I agreed, and our experiment was a success — except to those who insisted on seeing encouragement of independence as a "tragedy waiting to happen." Read More...

Published Sun, Sep 28 2014 6:05 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Highlights

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