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Parental Collusion on Spending and Rules: Harder Than It Sounds

Here’s the tricky part about trying to form a cabal to stomp the seeds of perceived materialism: It’s awfully hard to be the first person who speaks up. Read More...

Published Thu, Jun 06 2014 6:48 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, birthdays, Personal Finances, Highlights, The Opposite of Spoiled, Consumer Behavior

Who Best to Plan a Surprise Party for a Teenager? Not Mom.

I wanted to know the right people to invite to my daughter's 16th birthday party; the right cake to bake; the right music to play. But I didn't. I did know enough to know who would. Read More...

Published Wed, May 05 2014 6:44 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, birthdays, Parties (Social), Teenagers and Adolescence, Highlights

EchoAge and Other Better Ways to Do Birthday Presents

EchoAge enables children to get one sizeable cash gift to use for a special birthday present while giving an equivalent amount of money to charity. The catch? You have to let your children ask their friends' parents for money. Read More...

Published Thu, Mar 03 2014 8:53 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, gifts, birthdays, Parties (Social), Philanthropy, Highlights, The Opposite of Spoiled

No Gifts, Please. Just Praise My Good Intentions

If a child chooses donations for a charity instead of gifts for her birthday, does seeking praise for her generosity negate her good intentions? Read More...

Published Fri, Dec 12 2013 6:06 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, gifts, birthdays, Facebook Inc|FB|NASDAQ, Children and Childhood, Philanthropy, Highlights, Women's Philanthropy Institute, Animal Abuse, Rights and Welfare, Facebook Inc

The Allergen-Free Cake That Wasn’t

Classroom birthday celebrations that revolve around food exclude children with allergies, and they feel it. Read More...

Published Mon, Oct 10 2013 12:04 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Food, allergies, birthdays, bullies, Children and Childhood, Highlights

Why I Hate Pinterest

Maybe my lack of craftiness is at the root of my loathing. No matter how hard I tried, my cookies came out looking as if my 4-year-old had decorated them. Read More...

Published Mon, Jul 07 2013 8:48 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, birthdays, Parties (Social), Pinterest

21, Autistic and Having a Party

A 21st birthday party for a son, and a mother who finds that whether she's "finished" or not, he's the adult he is right now. Read More...

Published Fri, Oct 10 2012 1:00 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Autism, parenting, birthdays, Parties (Social)

Including the Child with Special Needs In the Birthday Party

"Do you," asked C., "invite the child with special needs to your child's birthday party? Do you let your child decide?" Read More...

Published Fri, Jul 07 2012 12:00 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Special-needs, birthdays, parental quandary

The Peril of Online Invitations: Who's Invited?

Thank you so much for the online invitation - but which of my children did you mean to invite? With kids close in age, and online invitations addressed to parents only, who knows? Read More...

Published Thu, Mar 03 2012 8:37 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, birthdays, parties, invitations

Goody Bags Leave a Bad Taste in Some Parents' Mouths

When birthday party gift bags go over-the-top, do the children notice? Read More...

Published Thu, Mar 03 2012 10:30 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, gifts, birthdays, parties

Happy December Birthday

Getting lost in the tinsel and the trees. Read More...

Published Thu, Dec 12 2010 9:48 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, birthdays, Betsy Shaw

Party Rules for Birthdays

Evonne Lack was left wondering what to do when her 5-year-old daughter didn't get invited to a classmate's birthday party. Read More...

Published Wed, May 05 2010 6:25 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, birthdays, Evonne Lack

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