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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

Kids in the Kitchen: Outdoor Fish Fry

Frying fish outdoors means less splatter and mess, and it’s a job older children can enjoy. Read More...

Published Wed, Aug 12 2015 5:16 AM by Motherlode

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

Struggling to Stay Connected When a Spouse Deploys

How did we go from long talks, fingers intertwined, to miles apart and discussing appliances? Read More...

Published Tue, Aug 11 2015 7:55 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Marriages, Highlights, United States Defense and Military Forces, Defense and Military Forces, Gottman, John

Embarrassed by Coupons, but Learning How to Save to Splurge

My youngest child used to stand near other adults on line when the complaints began, as if he was with another, less-troublesome shopper. Read More...

Published Mon, Aug 10 2015 2:47 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Shopping and Retail, Highlights, Coupons

‘I Love to Watch You Play’; but Not Every Game

When did watching every game become an unspoken part of the modern parental contract? Read More...

Published Sun, Aug 09 2015 2:45 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Athletics and Sports, Highlights

A Missed Opportunity: G.O.P. Debate Avoids Family Policy Issues

Do any of the Republican candidates support policies that support working families? We don't know, because they weren't asked. Read More...

Published Fri, Aug 07 2015 8:16 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Highlights

The Book That Became the “Little House” Books

Laura Ingalls Wilder's original autobiography, "Pioneer Girl," annotated with every detail of her many journeys, both into the West and into print. Read More...

Published Fri, Aug 07 2015 2:45 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Children and Childhood, Books and Literature, Writing and Writers, Wilder, Laura Ingalls, Highlights, Smith, Pamela, Little House on the Prairie (TV Program)

Teenagers Leading Happy, Connected Lives Online

A Pew Foundation report finds that teenagers use online connections to strengthen old friendships and build new ones. Read More...

Published Thu, Aug 06 2015 7:34 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Research, social media, Teenagers and Adolescence, Friendship, Computer and Video Games, Computers and the Internet, Highlights

Kids in the Kitchen: No-Knead Bread for All Ages

Crusty. Easy. Kid-Friendly. Give your child 24 hours, and he'll give you bread fit for any meal. Read More...

Published Wed, Aug 05 2015 8:09 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Cooking and Cookbooks, Bread, Highlights, Kids Cook, Lahey, Jim

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Is This Family Gender-Biased?

Kids in the Kitchen: Broiled Fish With Chermoula

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

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

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

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

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

Kids in the Kitchen: Outdoor Fish Fry

Struggling to Stay Connected When a Spouse Deploys

Embarrassed by Coupons, but Learning How to Save to Splurge

‘I Love to Watch You Play’; but Not Every Game

A Missed Opportunity: G.O.P. Debate Avoids Family Policy Issues

The Book That Became the “Little House” Books

Teenagers Leading Happy, Connected Lives Online

Kids in the Kitchen: No-Knead Bread for All Ages