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The ‘Save the Princess’ Message Hurts Boys, Too
Do all princes just sort of wander around, hoping for a dragon to slay and a damsel in distress to kiss? What if they are not the rescuing type? What if they are scared of the dragon? Read More...
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Mon, Oct 13 2014 8:08 AM
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Motherlode
Filed under:
parenting
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fairy tales
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Women and Girls
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Men and Boys
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Highlights
My Toddler, Bartleby
The “terrible twos” are merely the beginning of a futile attempt to tame the Bartleby in each of us. Read More...
Published
Sun, Oct 12 2014 5:41 AM
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Motherlode
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parenting
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Children and Childhood
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Highlights
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Melville, Herman
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Bartleby (Movie)
Celebrate It. Rant About It. Either Way, Dinner Must Be Served.
Someone has to figure out some way for the family to eat. Here's what our dinners will look like next week. Read More...
Published
Fri, Oct 10 2014 3:25 PM
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Motherlode
Filed under:
parenting
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Cooking and Cookbooks
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Highlights
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Dinnerlode
Unwrapping the Comfort of Sameness with Spanish Immersion Elementary School
As a missionary's kid, I grew up in speaking a languages not my own and playing with children not like me. To find the same experience for my daughter, I had to make her the outsider. Read More...
Published
Fri, Oct 10 2014 10:29 AM
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Motherlode
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parenting
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Children and Childhood
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Education (K-12)
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Highlights
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Spanish Language
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Missionaries
Ta-dah! We Built You a Hut
Every year, while others are mapping out their jack-o'-lantern carvings or dusting off boxes of Christmas decorations in the attic, we are building a hut for Sukkot. Read More...
Published
Fri, Oct 10 2014 7:50 AM
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Motherlode
Filed under:
parenting
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Jews and Judaism
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Highlights
How Do I Know What’s Bullying and What’s Normal Conflict?
When my daughter first started school, she raced off to school happily each morning. Until, suddenly, she didn't. Read More...
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Fri, Oct 10 2014 5:06 AM
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Motherlode
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parenting
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bullies
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Highlights
The College Essay Consultant’s Son Has No Shoes
It’s much easier to brush off your mother than a stranger who is paid to give advice about your college application essays. Read More...
Published
Thu, Oct 09 2014 11:44 AM
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Motherlode
Filed under:
parenting
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Colleges and Universities
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Admissions Standards
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Highlights
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SAT (College Admission Test)
Found Money: Return, Rejoice or Share?
One morning last month, I turned the corner with my 8-year-old daughter and there, on the sidewalk, lay a teaching moment waiting to happen in the form of a crumpled $20 bill. Read More...
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Thu, Oct 09 2014 7:47 AM
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Motherlode
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parenting
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Philanthropy
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Highlights
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The Opposite of Spoiled
What’s Really for Breakfast?
If I were faced with a photographer coming to my house to take pictures of breakfast, I'd be very tempted to do it up right. Read More...
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Thu, Oct 09 2014 5:01 AM
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Motherlode
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parenting
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Cooking and Cookbooks
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Highlights
Heading the PTA, and Challenging the School Board in Colorado
Being President of Jefferson County PTA in the midst of the controversy over the U.S. History curriculum has been a wild, exhilarating, if taxing and nerve-wracking, ride. Read More...
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Wed, Oct 08 2014 2:03 PM
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Motherlode
Filed under:
parenting
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Education (K-12)
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Highlights
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Parent-Teacher Associations
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Freedom of Speech and Expression
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Colorado
An Over-the Counter At-Home Conception Aid
Women exploring conception aids have a new over-the-counter option. Read More...
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Wed, Oct 08 2014 12:44 PM
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Motherlode
Filed under:
parenting
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infertility
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Pregnancy and Childbirth
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Artificial Insemination
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Highlights
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Sperm
As Lobbyists and Politicians Shout It Out Over School Lunch, Can Parents Be Heard?
Big Food lobbying dollars and heated partisan politics threaten the first major nutritional overhaul of school meals in decades. Can parents be heard above the din? Read More...
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Wed, Oct 08 2014 6:46 AM
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Motherlode
Filed under:
parenting
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Food
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Education (K-12)
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Lunch and Breakfast Programs
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Highlights
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School Nutrition Assn
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Lobbying and Lobbyists
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Confessore, Nicholas
With Black Students, Some Schools Are More Ready to Punish Than Help
My son's school seemed to see him as a bad child, not a child with needs the school could help to address. Read More...
Published
Tue, Oct 07 2014 1:41 PM
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Motherlode
Filed under:
parenting
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foster care
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Education (K-12)
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Race and Ethnicity
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School Discipline (Students)
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Blacks
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Highlights
The Surprising Value of Journaling an Ordinary Day
If you keep a journal, it's not the record of the momentous events that will bring you the most pleasure later. It's the little things. Read More...
Published
Tue, Oct 07 2014 11:26 AM
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Motherlode
Filed under:
parenting
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Highlights
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Diaries
‘Where Are You Delivering?’ Omaha.
We are traveling – by car, as a family – 1,200 miles so that I can give birth in Omaha, which is where I am from. The waiting lists to be a part of midwifery practices on the East Coast and the overbooked schedules of its clinicians wore me down. Read...
Published
Tue, Oct 07 2014 8:18 AM
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Motherlode
Filed under:
parenting
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hospitals
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Pregnancy and Childbirth
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Children and Childhood
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Bahney, Anna
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Omaha (Neb)
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Destination: Delivery
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Midwestern States (US)
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Nebraska
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