April 2015 - Motherlode - The Network of Care

White Parents, Becoming a Little Less White

Parents in non-white families know: our identities are changed by the identities of those we love. Read More...

Published Wed, Apr 15 2015 8:41 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, discrimination, Race and Ethnicity, Highlights, Minorities

Forgiving $38,750 in Child Support, for My Kids’ Sake

"Child support" also means being there for your kids. Dads labeled "dead beat" can't do that. Read More...

Published Sun, Apr 19 2015 6:38 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Divorce, Separations and Annulments, Child Custody and Support, Highlights

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

If an Expert in Preschool Can’t Find a Good One, Can Anyone?

Here I was, an “expert” in childcare, and yet I knowingly left my own baby in a mediocre program. Read More...

Published Wed, Apr 01 2015 10:12 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Child Care, parenting, Children and Childhood, Education (Pre-School), Highlights

The Problem With Math Problems: We’re Solving Them Wrong

Taking math from memorization to problem solving, and getting stuck along the way. Read More...

Published Thu, Apr 02 2015 12:55 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Highlights, Parent-Teacher Conference

Shelf, iPad, Bed Table: Reading, March 2015

A getaway weekend means a rare chance to read novels. Read More...

Published Tue, Apr 07 2015 12:54 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Books and Literature, Highlights, Hornby, Nick, Fei, Deanna, Shields, David, Dempsey, Rachel, Albert, Elisa, Crawford, Susan, Bruni, Frank, Suskind, Ron

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

‘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

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

Our Push for “Passion,” and Why It Harms Kids

Passion has become life’s magic pixie dust, but the fake passions kids, adopt drive out real opportunities. Read More...

Published Wed, Apr 08 2015 4:55 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Education (K-12), Colleges and Universities, Admissions Standards, Highlights

As a Daughter Becomes a Teenager, a Mother Becomes a Vampire Novelist

Why would anyone write nine full-length vampire novels that only one person will ever read? Read More...

Published Fri, Apr 10 2015 4:29 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Books and Literature, Writing and Writers, Highlights, Vampires

Taking the Torch From Sarah Brady: Why Doctors Need to Ask About Guns in the Home

Doctors need to ask families about gun ownership, because those guns pose a big threat to children. Read More...

Published Tue, Apr 14 2015 5:11 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, American Academy of Pediatrics, Children and Childhood, Law and Legislation, Gun Control, Deaths (Fatalities), Highlights, National Rifle Assn, Texas Medical Assn, Brady, Sarah (1942-2015)

Encouraging Teenagers to Read, by Choosing Books From the Non-Y.A. Shelves

Offering literary bait to encourage a teen who has set books aside to start reading again. Read More...

Published Thu, Apr 16 2015 6:26 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Teenagers and Adolescence, Books and Literature, Highlights, Parent-Teacher Conference, Reading and Writing Skills (Education)

Information-Hungry Millennial Parents, Making It Hard on Themselves

Information has become the new barometer of what makes a “good mother.” Read More...

Published Tue, Apr 21 2015 5:26 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Research, Breastfeeding, Babies and Infants, Highlights

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

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