August 2015 - Motherlode - The Network of Care

The Conversation About Alcohol That Families Aren’t Having: Binge Drinking

You may have talked with your children about drinking. But have you talked about the way teenagers really drink? Read More...

Published Mon, Aug 31 2015 7:26 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Teenagers and Adolescence, Alcohol Abuse, Highlights

Apps to Bring Math and Science Skills Back After Summer’s Slide

Some skills, especially math, can get rusty over the summer. Apps can sweeten necessary review. Read More...

Published Sun, Aug 30 2015 3:23 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, iPad, back-to-school, Education (K-12), Computer and Video Games, Mobile Applications, Highlights, Mathematics, Tablet Computers

This Year: $488 on School Supplies. Next Year Will Be Different.

We need to go buy school supplies, my daughter said. It won't be like last year, she said. Not at all. Read More...

Published Thu, Aug 27 2015 3:02 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Children and Childhood, Education (K-12), Highlights, Orderliness and Clutter, Pens and Pencils

Kids Cooking Pizza Two Ways: On the Grill and in the Oven

Making pizza at home: a 3-year-old can help; two 9-year-olds can nearly do the job themselves. Read More...

Published Wed, Aug 26 2015 12:21 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Children and Childhood, Cooking and Cookbooks, Highlights, Recipes, Pizza, Kids Cook, Grilling (Cooking), Dell'Antonia, Karin J, King Arthur Flour

A Fertility Diary’s Happy Ending: Was It All Worth It?

After 3 years of infertility, 4 miscarriages and 10 doctors, our daughter was born. Friends keep asking, "Would you do it all again?" Read More...

Published Tue, Aug 25 2015 2:45 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, infertility, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Babies and Infants, Highlights, Fertility Diary

How Do You Talk to a 3-Year-Old About a Divorce You Don’t Want?

When one parent is planning to leave a marriage, how can both spouses prepare a preschooler for the change? Read More...

Published Mon, Aug 24 2015 9:14 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, advice

Shelf, iPad, Bed Table: An End-of-Summer Reading List

Any month includes new work by Shirley Jackson and Laura Ingalls Wilder is a good month. Read More...

Published Mon, Aug 24 2015 8:24 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Books and Literature, Wilder, Laura Ingalls, Highlights, We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves (Book), Smith, Pamela, Piazza, Jo, Sykes, Lucy, A Window Opens (Book), Let Me Tell You: New Stories, Essays, and Other Writings (Book), Keyes, Marian, Fowler, Karen Joy, Jackson, Shirley, Egan, Elisabeth (Author), Shipstead, Maggie

After a Father’s Heart Attack, A Well-Meant Lie Backfires on the Playground

My husband had a heart attack in Singapore, and I got on a plane without telling our son. Read More...

Published Sun, Aug 23 2015 7:01 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Death and Dying, Highlights

Is This Family Gender-Biased?

Gender roles can be so ingrained that we don't even realize we're reinforcing them with our own parenting choices. Read More...

Published Thu, Aug 20 2015 2:45 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: gender, parenting, Women and Girls, Men and Boys, Highlights, Harvard University

Kids in the Kitchen: Broiled Fish With Chermoula

Chermoula: a huge success. Salmon for the child who doesn't like it anymore? Less so. Read More...

Published Wed, Aug 19 2015 12:34 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Cooking and Cookbooks, Highlights, Kids Cook, Seafood

Foster Parents, Trying Not to Ask ‘What Will We Do If He Leaves?’

“The kids,” which comes out so naturally now, could very easily go back to “the kid” very soon. Read More...

Published Tue, Aug 18 2015 3:16 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, foster care, Adoptions, Foster Parent Diary

Now That Target Won’t Label Toys By Gender, Some Alternatives

A few fresh suggestions for new labels on toy aisles: Spatial skills. Thinking. Aggression. Sexualization. Read More...

Published Mon, Aug 17 2015 2:45 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: gender, parenting, Research, toys, Women and Girls, Highlights, Target Corporation, Target Corporation|TGT|NYSE, Martin, Carol

If She Can Make It There (Europe) She’ll Make It Anywhere (College). Right?

It may sound as though I was so cool with my daughter's backpacking trip that I dropped her off with a hug and a wave. I wasn't, but maybe I should have been. Read More...

Published Sun, Aug 16 2015 2:36 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Highlights

Mom, I Know You’re Doing that ‘Gift of Failure’ Thing, But Could You Please Just Not?

Jessica Lahey literally wrote the book about letting kids fail. But sometimes her kids want her to step in, not back. Read More...

Published Fri, Aug 14 2015 8:02 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Highlights

Six Things Parents Need for Back to School (That We Can’t Buy)

Make that "6 Things I Need To Send Kids Back to School" that I don't have, and can't possibly buy. Read More...

Published Thu, Aug 13 2015 2:52 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Homework, parenting, Education (K-12), Highlights

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