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Food Stamps in Elmo's World

The average American throws away 33 pounds of food a month. So why does Sesame Street needs to offer guidance for parents talking children who know that there isn't always enough food to feed their family? Read More...

Published Thu, Jul 26 2012 4:00 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Food, hunger, sesame street

For an Adoptee Parent, Breastfeeding as Revelation

I was the fourth generation in my birth family to be given away, and for me, breastfeeding is less "natural" than new. Read More...

Published Wed, Jul 25 2012 4:00 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Adoption, Breastfeeding, _featured, the Conflict, adult adoptees, are you mom enough

Letting a Daughter with Development Disorders Grow Up

I never worried about how I would learn to let go of my special-needs daughters, because I never expected to have the chance. Read More...

Published Tue, Jul 24 2012 4:00 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, teenagers, Autism, Asperger's Syndrome, leting go

My Post-Colic Stress Disorder

For the first four and a half months of his life, our son screamed nearly for hours a day. He's happier now, but I can't seem to shake our colicky past. Read More...

Published Mon, Jul 23 2012 4:00 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, babies, colic, crying, Gary Moskowitz, post colic stress disorder

Naming a Son for a Brother Who Died Young

For years, I knew exactly what I would name my first son: Kevin, in memory of my brother, who died in a car accident at age 23. Read More...

Published Sun, Jul 22 2012 4:00 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Names, babies, death, baby names, _featured, naming, Linda K. Wertheimer

Aurora and a Mother's Memories of Columbine

I was pregnant in 1999 and, without thinking, I can reel off the day I discovered I was having a boy. It was April 20, the day of the Columbine shooting. Read More...

Published Fri, Jul 20 2012 12:27 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, christina green, guns, Aurora, columbine, shooting

How 'Professional' Does a Day Care Center Need to Be?

Are the problems with a day care provider petty annoyances, or indicative of a big picture issue? Read More...

Published Fri, Jul 20 2012 9:37 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Child Care, day care, paretnal quandary

Rolling the Dice of a Genetic Legacy

IVF allows parents to screen embryos for the brittle bone disease my oldest child and I share, but we chose to take our chances instead. Read More...

Published Fri, Jul 20 2012 7:05 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, IVF, babies, genetic screening, Disabilities, Ellen Painter Dollar, brittle bone

Don't Dismiss the Conversation About Marissa Mayer's Pregnancy

If we don't talk about the difficulties for someone with Ms. Mayer's advantages to work through pregnancy and childbirth, when will we start looking at the difficulties for everyone else? Read More...

Published Thu, Jul 19 2012 4:46 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Pregnancy, working mothers, working parents, the Conflict, Anne-Marie Slaughter, Why Women Can't Have It All, Yahoo C.E.O. pregnant, Marissa Mayer, Marissa Mayer pregnant, Yahoo CEO pregnant

Don't Fear the Suburbs

It's famously who and what we live near, rather than the size of our house or our yard, that makes us happy. Read More...

Published Thu, Jul 19 2012 7:31 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Schools, moving, Happiness, Suburbs, neighborhoods

What People Magazine Could Do for Huma Abedin (but Not Anthony Weiner)

Maybe the aspirations underlying the couple's sudden desire to share their clean laundry with the public are hers, not his. Read More...

Published Wed, Jul 18 2012 2:20 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Twitter, sexting, infidelity, Politics, Anthony Weiner, Huma Abedin

A Boy Learns to Milk (and Becomes a Man?)

My culture provides few traditions for a boy's coming of age. So my husband and I came up with our own ritual: our man-child must learn to feed himself. Read More...

Published Wed, Jul 18 2012 6:55 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, teenagers, Food, Jessica Lahey, coming of age

Marissa Mayer's Other Big New Job

Balancing a new baby and a high-profile job may be more challenging than the new Yahoo chief executive's blithe dismissal of the question suggests. But kudos to her and the company for wanting to make it work. Read More...

Published Tue, Jul 17 2012 11:00 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, working mothers, Anne-Marie Slaughter, Why Women Can't Have It All, having more, Yahoo C.E.O. pregnant, Marissa Mayer, Marissa Mayer pregnant

Is It 'I Do' or 'I Plan' That Divides Us?

Can we promote parental preparedness without going back to the days of condemning the single parent? Read More...

Published Mon, Jul 16 2012 11:53 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, single parents, marriage trends, unmarried mothers

Must-Reads: Feminism, Travel, Milk Wars and More

A round-up of must-reads from the Times. Read More...

Published Mon, Jul 16 2012 8:21 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized

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