April 2015 - Motherlode - The Network of Care

What to Do When a Child Loses Your Trust

What do you do when you trust your child, and she blows it? Read More...

Published Thu, Apr 30 2015 10:00 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Children and Childhood, Parties (Social), Teenagers and Adolescence, Alcoholic Beverages, Highlights

Pengiuns with Parent Problems #2: Welcome

The second in a series of penguins with problems you might recognize. Read More...

Published Thu, Apr 30 2015 9:37 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Books and Literature, Comic Books and Strips, Highlights

Does Race Matter If Books, Like ‘Anne of Green Gables,’ Touch Your Heart?

I hope my daughter can appreciate both "Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry" and "Anne of Green Gables." Read More...

Published Thu, Apr 30 2015 5:58 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Books and Literature, Race and Ethnicity, Blacks, Highlights, Anne of Green Gables (Book), Woodson, Jacqueline, Johnson, Angela, Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters (Movie), Hesse, Karen, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Movie)

For a Child With Learning Differences, Making Home a Safe Harbor

When a child's learning style frustrates her family, everyone needs to learn something different. Read More...

Published Wed, Apr 29 2015 6:28 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Dyslexia, Highlights, Parent-Teacher Conference, Learning Disabilities

To Talk Baltimore With Kids, Focus on the Positive

The family conversations that come out of Baltimore are challenging, but necessary. Read More...

Published Tue, Apr 28 2015 11:59 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Highlights, Demonstrations, Protests and Riots, Baltimore (Md)

‘Don’t Say, ‘I Promise.” A Foster Child Joins a Family.

He is both the child whom we’ve been waiting for and the child for whom we could never fully prepare. Read More...

Published Tue, Apr 28 2015 4:42 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, foster care, Children and Childhood, Families and Family Life, Adoptions, Foster Parent Diary

Want to Talk With Your Children About Bruce Jenner? Consider Letting Them Talk to You.

Our children may be less surprised or disturbed by Bruce Jenner than we are. Read More...

Published Mon, Apr 27 2015 10:54 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: gender, parenting, Highlights, Transgender and Transsexuals, Keeping Up With the Kardashians (TV Program), Jenner, Bruce

Getting In to College Doesn’t Mean Students Are Ready to Go

Sending a student to college who isn't ready to go is expensive in more ways than one. Read More...

Published Mon, Apr 27 2015 5:25 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Teenagers and Adolescence, Colleges and Universities, Parenting After Senior Year

How Patrina Felts, Foster Parent, Adoptive Parent and ‘Pageant Mom’ Does It

A motorcycle-loving mother takes 3 boys, aged 8,10 and 14, to their 3-year-old sister's beauty pageant. Read More...

Published Sat, Apr 25 2015 7:54 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, foster care, Children and Childhood, Families and Family Life, Adoptions, How I Do It, Smith, Ali, Beauty Contests

Unconditional Love: The Easiest, and the Hardest Part

Unconditional love isn't in what we feel or say, it's in what we do, and what our children hear. Read More...

Published Fri, Apr 24 2015 1:39 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Highlights

Schedule Wonder

I'm highly dependent on our wall calendar. So when I saw my 10-year-old erasing it, I panicked. Read More...

Published Fri, Apr 24 2015 7:45 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Highlights, Calendars

How Kelly Darr, Lyft Driver and Special Needs Parent, Does It

Kelly Darr is a Lyft driver and the single mother of 2 teenagers, one with autism and diabetes. Read More...

Published Thu, Apr 23 2015 8:25 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Autism, parenting, How I Do It, Car Services and Livery Cabs

Penguins With Parent Problems No. 1: The Coffee Shop

The first in a short series of randomly appearing penguins with problems you might recognize. Read More...

Published Thu, Apr 23 2015 7:44 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Highlights, Penguins with Parent Problems

Greeks vs. Independents: My Daughter’s Battle, Not Mine

When I went to college, frat boys were the natural enemy of the Independent woman. Things have changed. Read More...

Published Thu, Apr 23 2015 5:18 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Fraternities and Sororities, Women and Girls, Colleges and Universities, Highlights, Parenting After Senior Year

High School Students, Doing Their Teacher’s Taxes

Students learn financial literacy—and labor economics—by filling out a teacher's federal income tax return. Read More...

Published Wed, Apr 22 2015 8:45 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Education (K-12), Personal Finances, Highlights, The Opposite of Spoiled, Income Tax

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