November 2014 - Motherlode - The Network of Care

Talking About Racism With White Kids

Having an “uncomfortable” talk with your white children about privilege, bias and racism? Good. Read More...

Published Tue, Nov 25 2014 4:24 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Children and Childhood, Race and Ethnicity, Blacks, Highlights, Police Brutality, Misconduct and Shootings

While Some Parents Volunteer Too Much, Others Feel Excluded

Language barriers and perceived race and class barriers can mean that when it comes to volunteering, some parents stay home—and feel unable to help their children achieve. Read More...

Published Wed, Nov 05 2014 12:36 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Education (K-12), Race and Ethnicity, Highlights, Parent-Teacher Associations, Graduation Rates

When Library Time Means Screen Time

I was hoping my 4-year-old would see the library as I once did, as a hushed building full of endless promise. Instead, it's become an arcade. Read More...

Published Fri, Nov 07 2014 9:24 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Computer and Video Games, Computers and the Internet, Highlights, Brooklyn (NYC), Libraries and Librarians, Brooklyn Public Library

Our ‘Mommy’ Problem and Mine

As a new mother, newly laid off, it quickly become painfully clear that the life I’d imagined for myself once upon a time—as a professional, wife, and mother—had been a modern-day fairy tale. Read More...

Published Mon, Nov 10 2014 8:29 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Women and Girls, Highlights, Havrilesky, Heather

This Veterans Day, Read (and Listen to) Family Stories

Military experience was once common. Many of us grew up surrounded by parents and family who had served. Now, military life seems removed from the everyday for many of us. Here, for Veteran's Day, stories of military family. Read More...

Published Tue, Nov 11 2014 10:13 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Highlights, Veterans Day (US), Defense and Military Forces, Veterans, Reserves (Military)

Adoptees Like Me ‘Flip the Script’ on the Pro-Adoption Narrative

I don’t know how to solve the broader problems with adoption, or even my own. But I’m relieved that more adoptees are finding a way to talk about all of our adoption experiences and the reality that not all adoptions end in rainbows and bubbly baby smiles...

Published Thu, Nov 13 2014 11:19 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Children and Childhood, Adoptions, Depression (Mental), Highlights

A Family’s Truth About Marijuana Depends on the Family

Reporting on five families with wildly divergent ideas about what to teach their kids about marijuana, from no tolerance to offering to roll the joints and make nachos. Read More...

Published Mon, Nov 03 2014 10:12 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Marijuana, Drug Abuse and Traffic, Highlights

‘Not Rescuing’ Our Kids Shouldn’t Mean Letting Them Flounder

I understand why so many of the smartest women I know are proudly carrying the no-rescue flag. Hovering and rescuing isn't a good way to raise kids. But do we really need to leave them to flounder alone? Read More...

Published Tue, Nov 04 2014 11:59 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Highlights

Glossy Photo Cards, Highlighting Grief

This is not a campaign to end the photo card. But the year our daughter died, it would have been so much kinder to send something else. Read More...

Published Sat, Nov 29 2014 4:59 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Grief (Emotion), Holidays and Special Occasions, Death and Dying, Highlights

Dear Dr. Psych Mom: I’m Almost a Parent Myself, and My Parents Are Smothering Me

I am 30 years old, married and pregnant with our first child. My parents’ overprotectiveness worries me a lot, especially now that I’m going to be a mom. Read More...

Published Fri, Nov 14 2014 10:41 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Highlights

Even the Democratic Caucus Can Fail to Accommodate Pregnancy

Primarily Democrats and President Obama continue to push for the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, but a Democratic representative who is pregnant cannot get an exception on voting rules. Read More...

Published Mon, Nov 17 2014 1:48 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: discrimination, Pregnancy and Childbirth, House of Representatives, Highlights, Democratic Party, Duckworth, L Tammy

Pregnant With a Boy? Even in 2014, Some Call That ‘Lucky’

I was pregnant: I didn’t want to engage people in a discussion on gender. I wanted to take a nap. Still, I was alarmed to hear repeatedly that it was somehow preferable to have a boy instead of a girl. Read More...

Published Wed, Nov 19 2014 9:16 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: gender, parenting, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Women and Girls, Highlights

Why This Troop Leader Quit the Girl Scouts

As a former Girl Scout Troop Leader, I have a theory about why membership is dropping. It's not the badges. It's not the cookies. It's the endless, endless forms. Read More...

Published Fri, Nov 21 2014 8:49 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Girl Scouts, Highlights

Traveling Solo With Children, and Playing the Deployment Card

With my husband deployed, my days of team man-on-man defense are over. I'm playing zone with two toddlers, and traveling, as we will this week, is the hardest game of all. Read More...

Published Tue, Nov 25 2014 8:38 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Babies and Infants, Thanksgiving Day, Highlights, United States Defense and Military Forces, Deployment Diary

Raising Invisible Kids: Not Everyone Needs to Be Famous

So many young people think: Why would I want to work backstage when I can vie to be the front person? But "backstage" work (literally or metaphorically) can lead to a more fulfilling and even more successful life. Read More...

Published Wed, Nov 05 2014 7:48 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Highlights, Reality Television

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