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Setting Mealtime Rules

What is the meal policy at your house? Read More...

Published Fri, Feb 26 2010 1:18 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Food

Parents Who Need Child Care Most Can’t Afford to Pay for It

Our children need to start saving now to pay for our grandchildren's child care. Read More...

Published Tue, Oct 06 2015 9:21 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Child Care, parenting, Day Care Centers, Minimum Wage, Highlights

Not Noticing That You're Pregnant

How can you go through an entire pregnancy without realizing you are pregnant? Read More...

Published Wed, Mar 10 2010 8:48 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Pregnancy

It’s Not a ‘Problem.’ It’s Called Being a Child.

We live in a time when some anxious parents believe that the path to adult success must be unmarred by conflict, distress or boredom. Read More...

Published Sun, Aug 25 2013 5:43 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Children and Childhood, Education (K-12)

Handling Sexual Harassment in Schools

What would you tell a daughter who said she was being sexually harassed by her classmates? Read More...

Published Tue, Nov 08 2011 8:26 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, teenagers, Bullying, KJ Dell'Antonia, middle school, sexuality, high school, sexual harassment

Getting the Booster Seat Right

A look at the latest study of booster seats for children. Read More...

Published Fri, Oct 14 2011 7:51 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, safety, children, carseats

Watching an Autistic Child Regress

Reflections on parental loss and the isolation that can come with having a special-needs child. Read More...

Published Tue, Oct 18 2011 6:02 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Autism, Special-needs, Amy Leal

Shelf, iPad, Bed Table: Reading, February 2015

What I bought, what I read, what I thought I'd read and what I put down and never picked back up this February. Read More...

Published Wed, Mar 04 2015 1:53 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Writing and Writers, 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

Amazon Introduces New Children’s Programs

You can watch and rate new pilots for preschoolers on Amazon. Read More...

Published Mon, Apr 22 2013 7:01 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Television, parenting, Children and Childhood, Henson, Jim, Co, Amazon.com Inc

11, and Reviewing His Parents’ Credit Card Bills

He’s going to need to support himself, so he should know how much it costs to live in the world. Read More...

Published Thu, Apr 09 2015 12:10 PM by Motherlode

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

Becoming a Stage Mother

Linda Shiue explores her little girls' introduction to music and her own uncertainty about where encouragement ends and enmeshment begins. Read More...

Published Fri, Jan 29 2010 12:41 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Linda Shiue

Leaving the Picture Books on the Shelves

Sorting the children's books for a move, and rediscovering old favorites. Read More...

Published Thu, Apr 25 2013 6:38 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Children and Childhood, Books and Literature, Organization, Garner, Dwight

Appreciating the Worms in the Vomit

If you have to take two cats and a bag full of wormy pet vomit to the veterinarian, you couldn't find anyone who would enjoy it more than my young companions. Read More...

Published Wed, Jul 30 2014 8:50 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Pets, Highlights

And the Moral of the Story Is: Keep It Positive

Do morality tales change children's behavior? Research suggests that emphasizing the positive effects of honesty may, while tales of dire consequences fall on deaf ears. Read More...

Published Thu, Jul 31 2014 8:27 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Children and Childhood, Highlights, Brilliant, Aesop (620-564 BC)

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