September 2014 - Motherlode - The Network of Care

‘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

Weekly Quandary: Should You Push a Child to Play a Sport?

Have you pushed a child into a sport or onto a team, and was it a success? Or are there other ways of making friends and staying active? Read More...

Published Wed, Sep 03 2014 9:25 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, advice

‘Every Night It’s As If We’ve Never Had to Make Dinner Before.’

Two working parents. Two busy kids. One family that arrives home every evening, starved. Jenny Rosenstrach takes a recipe for chaos and coaches all of us in the planning and preparation needed to turn it into a pleasant nightly meal. Read More...

Published Fri, Sep 05 2014 10:55 AM by Motherlode

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

Making New Friends: In Praise of Name Tags

One of the most exhausting things about being new to a situation is having to learn everyone’s name. That’s why I love name tags. Read More...

Published Tue, Sep 09 2014 8:40 AM by Motherlode

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

Thursday Dinner, Faster Than Delivery

Salad Pizza: If you've got a ball of whole-wheat pizza dough, you can get dinner on the table faster than you could get it delivered. Read More...

Published Thu, Sep 11 2014 8:25 AM by Motherlode

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

‘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

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)

A Stolen Video of My Daughter Went Viral. Here’s What I Learned.

I wanted the video of my 4-year-old talking about equality to be shared. But when it was stolen and shared by strangers, the experience changed how I think about posting images of my children online. Read More...

Published Fri, Sep 26 2014 9:43 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, social media, Privacy, Computers and the Internet, Highlights, Video Recordings, Downloads and Streaming, Copyrights and Copyright Violations, YouTube.com

The Power of Place: One Last Thought on Moving

Is our new city changing us? Or would we be changing anyway, simply by virtue of growing up, getting older, and evolving in our lives? Read More...

Published Tue, Sep 30 2014 9:54 AM by Motherlode

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

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