September 2014 - Motherlode - The Network of Care

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

Nine Things to Hate About Packing School Lunches (and How to Fix Them)

I choose to pack lunches for my children — but I also choose to make it easier to do. Read More...

Published Wed, Sep 03 2014 3:43 PM by Motherlode

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

Game Plan for a Week of Family Dinners

Sunday dinner is burrito bowls, but Sunday is also shopping and preparation day for making things easier the rest of the week. Read More...

Published Sun, Sep 07 2014 5:41 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Cooking and Cookbooks, Highlights, Vegetables, Dinner: The Boot Camp

A Simple ‘Dump-It’ Meal for a Busy Tuesday

A dinner designed for a parent with more on his or her mind than “I wonder if rice wine vinegar or tarragon vinegar would be better here.” Read More...

Published Tue, Sep 09 2014 12:05 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Cooking and Cookbooks, Highlights, Dinner: The Boot Camp

When the Problem is Priorities, Don’t Blame Cooking

Family dinner isn't, and shouldn't be, something to get through. It's not a way station on the way to some goal. It is the goal, no matter what's on the table — and it ought to be within everyone's reach. Read More...

Published Thu, Sep 11 2014 9:27 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Families and Family Life, Working Hours, Cooking and Cookbooks, Highlights

Quandary Update: Yes to the Dog, Not Yet to the Baby

"Without some of the comments, I'm not sure we'd have Buddy now, and he's brought us so much happiness." Read More...

Published Mon, Sep 15 2014 8:19 AM by Motherlode

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

When the Honeymoon Is Over: Settling Into Real Life After a Move

After a few months of treating life in our new town like one big vacation, the reality of everyday life is catching up with us, and everyone — especially the kids — is a little testy. Read More...

Published Tue, Sep 16 2014 7:51 AM by Motherlode

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

Independence Referendum Is a Win for Scotland’s Children

With voter turnout expected to be around 80 percent and polls predicting a thin margin, a glaring message of the referendum has been that every vote counts. For children, that lesson is a victory in itself. Read More...

Published Wed, Sep 17 2014 9:36 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Children and Childhood, Great Britain, Highlights, Scotland, Referendums, European Union, Voting and Voters

Spanking Isn’t Culture. It’s a Cycle of Abuse.

Adrian Peterson shouldn’t sell himself short. He is where he is today in spite of his father, not because of him, and what he learned from him now threatens his career and his family. Read More...

Published Mon, Sep 22 2014 7:50 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Children and Childhood, School Discipline (Students), Anger (Emotion), Highlights, Child Abuse and Neglect, Peterson, Adrian

Civil Disorder, Out of the Curriculum and Into the Streets

Denver students protesting a proposed anti-protest curriculum-review committee appear to have learned lessons about the value of questioning authority, and irony. Read More...

Published Wed, Sep 24 2014 3:58 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Highlights, Denver (Colo), Demonstrations, Protests and Riots

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

‘Pretesting’ and Other New Ideas to Help Kids Learn

New research in learning offers new techniques for students: Play teacher. Take a break. Walk around. Get some sleep. Read More...

Published Thu, Sep 04 2014 3:41 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: education, Homework, parenting, brain, back-to-school, Highlights, Carey, Benedict

A Fast, Simple Dinner for a Monday Night

A detailed plan for getting dinner on the table tonight. Read More...

Published Mon, Sep 08 2014 9:13 AM by Motherlode

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

A Slower-Paced, but Still Easy, Wednesday Meal

Last night's Sausage with Spinach and Bean Mash was easy and "therapeutic." Tonight, pouring sauce on chicken. Read More...

Published Wed, Sep 10 2014 9:28 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Cooking and Cookbooks, Dinner: The Boot Camp

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