January 2015 - Motherlode - The Network of Care

Daughter to Disney: I’ll Take the Tiara, You Keep the Prince

Answering questions from the Fairy-Godmothers-in-Training at the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique, a tiny princess reveals that tiaras and hair extensions didn’t change the kid underneath. Read More...

Published Fri, Jan 30 2015 8:11 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Walt Disney Company|DIS|NYSE, Women and Girls, Walt Disney Company, Highlights, Amusement and Theme Parks

Should Unvaccinated Children Stay Home to Protect a Vulnerable Classmate?

For a student unable to be vaccinated in California, the risk of measles exposure isn't as small as his family believes it ought to be. Read More...

Published Thu, Jan 29 2015 1:55 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Measles, Education (K-12), Vaccination and Immunization, Highlights, California, Marin County (Calif)

Do Your Children Know How Much It Costs to Support Your Family?

If you want your children to have any idea what it takes financially to take care of a family, or of themselves, it starts by letting them in on what it takes to support the family they’re a part of now. Read More...

Published Thu, Jan 29 2015 10:48 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Children and Childhood, Books and Literature, Wages and Salaries, Lieber, Ron, Highlights, The Opposite of Spoiled: Raising Kids Who Are Grounded, Generous, and Smart About Money (Book), The Opposite of Spoiled (Book)

Helping a Perfectionist Child Worry Less and Do More

Perfectionism can take a high toll on children who see it as the only route to living up to their own and their parents’ high standards. Read More...

Published Thu, Jan 29 2015 7:42 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Children and Childhood, Education (K-12), Anxiety and Stress, Highlights

How Janice Dean, Meteorologist and Mother, Does It

If you had told me before I had kids that the chance to watch "Parenthood" on the DVR would be the lap of luxury, well.... Read More...

Published Wed, Jan 28 2015 12:26 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Families and Family Life, Weather, Work-Life Balance, How I Do It, Fox News Channel, Kelly, Megyn

Another Standardized Test, This Time of Citizenship

Is requiring high schoolers to take the same citizenship exam as immigrants who want to become United States citizen a good way to test a curriculum, or just another memorization requirement? Read More...

Published Wed, Jan 28 2015 9:30 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Education (K-12), United States Politics and Government, Tests and Examinations, Highlights, Citizenship and Naturalization

Totally Prepared. Still Freaking Out.

One would think that we'd be more ready for her; after all, we had been waiting for this moment for over three years. But "ready" and "get your car seat" are two very different things. Read More...

Published Tue, Jan 27 2015 5:54 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Babies and Infants, Adoptions, Adoption Journal

A Mobile Umbilical Cord, Off the Table, but Still Connected

Those of us who keep our phones nearby all the time — just in case — run the risk of 24/7 distractedness, of never being fully there for our work, ourselves, or our non-offspring companions. Read More...

Published Mon, Jan 26 2015 1:07 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Children and Childhood, Highlights, Text Messaging, Cellular Telephones

Snow Day Approaches

Cookie baking. Board game playing. Snow shoveling. What will you do with your snow day? Read More...

Published Mon, Jan 26 2015 10:16 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Highlights, Snow and Snowstorms

Changing Early Pregnancy Etiquette: Share Good News, and Bad

When we decided not to tell friends and family about my pregnancy until after the first trimester, we never paused to consider how much we might need those people if something did actually go wrong. Read More...

Published Sun, Jan 25 2015 6:24 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Highlights

Childless, With Regret and Advice: Don’t Wait for the Perfect Picture

I didn't want to become my mother, so I actively avoided becoming a mother at all until it was too late. Read More...

Published Fri, Jan 23 2015 9:23 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, infertility, abortion, Babies and Infants, Women's Rights, Highlights

The View from Inside the Stroller

Diego Acosta López wanted to see what it was like when his son, Ignacio — just shy of 2 — visited New York City for the first time. Read More...

Published Fri, Jan 23 2015 8:31 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Highlights

A New Nominee for Worst Tween Sitcom on TV

Instead of a show about the coed and girls' teams our children have grown up with, Nickelodeon offers "Bella and the Bulldogs," an ugly throwback to an era when girls who love sports are always odd girl out. Read More...

Published Thu, Jan 22 2015 11:25 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Television, gender, parenting, Walt Disney Company|DIS|NYSE, Children and Childhood, Women and Girls, Walt Disney Company, Athletics and Sports, Highlights, Nickelodeon, Central Illinois Xpress

Free of Gluten, but Not of Arsenic (or of Guilt)

For gluten-free families, the increasing concerns about arsenic and rice are a source of worry and guilt. But how much should parents blame themselves? Read More...

Published Wed, Jan 21 2015 2:24 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Food, Celiac Disease, Gluten, Highlights, Rice

When Measles Spreads From Disneyland, It’s a Small World After All

A current measles outbreak, now at 48 confirmed cases, began with a visitor to Disneyland, and quickly spread beyond those directly exposed there. Read More...

Published Wed, Jan 21 2015 1:50 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Measles, Vaccination and Immunization, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Highlights, Washington (DC), Epidemics, California, Disneyland (Anaheim, Calif), Utah

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