September 2014 - Motherlode - The Network of Care

The Wage Gap Starts With Less Knowledge, and Lower Expectations

The girls of America seem to know less about money than boys, earn less and have lower expectations for their earnings going forward. And their parents may be partly to blame. Read More...

Published Thu, Sep 25 2014 9:10 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Personal Finances, Women and Girls, Wages and Salaries, Highlights

From Russia, Just Barely: Adopted at 16, Days Before the Ban

From a visa arriving hours before a government shutdown to staying one mile away from the protests in Red Square against American families adopting Russian children, there were plenty of chances for this adoption to fall apart. Read More...

Published Mon, Sep 29 2014 7:53 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Families and Family Life, Adoptions, Putin, Vladimir V, Russia, Highlights, St Petersburg (Russia)

‘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

The Mechanics of Homework

Right now, homework is feeling like an instrument of torture designed to destroy my relationship with my children. But we go through this every September. It will get better. Read More...

Published Fri, Sep 12 2014 6:52 PM by Motherlode

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

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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