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What’s Your Teenager Doing This Summer? In Defense of ‘Nothing.’

Isn’t this summer the perfect time for your teen to kick around doing nothing? If not now, when? Read More...

Published Sun, Jun 07 2015 5:37 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Teenagers and Adolescence, Colleges and Universities, Admissions Standards, Summer (Season), 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

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

Home-Cooked Challenge: What’s for Breakfast?

In the absence of Pop-Tarts and cereal, what makes a good weekday breakfast for a busy family? Read More...

Published Thu, Jun 20 2013 8:51 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Cooking and Cookbooks, Bread, Local Food

I Believe in Family Dinner. We Just Don’t Achieve It Very Often.

I've surrendered to the demands of sports and activities. Now, instead of aspiring to a single, evening meal, I feed my kids like hobbits. Read More...

Published Thu, Jun 20 2013 1:01 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Families and Family Life

Home-Cooked Challenge: Lessons of a Week Without Junk Food

I didn't have time this past week to replace all the junk food with home made versions—and it turns out I didn't need to. Read More...

Published Sun, Jun 23 2013 5:14 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Food, _featured, Families and Family Life, Cooking and Cookbooks, Snack Foods, Moss, Michael, Chickpeas, Home-Cooked Challenge

Pregnant, Pill-Free and Panicked

The stable feeling my medications gave me allowed me to consider getting pregnant. Then I decided to stop taking them. Read More...

Published Mon, Jun 24 2013 7:22 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized

Can Baby-Making Really Wait?

Maybe the real statistics regarding the odds of becoming pregnant after 35 are more optimistic than we realized—but if you're among those who don't conceive easily, that's cold comfort. Read More...

Published Tue, Jun 25 2013 9:16 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, infertility, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Women and Girls, Fertility Drugs

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

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

Ending Bullying by 'Fixing' the Victims?

Are anti-bullying curricula focusing too much on aggressors and not enough on victims? Read More...

Published Fri, Nov 04 2011 8:50 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Schools, Bullying, Peggy Orenstein, elementary school, Atlantic magazine

Does Championing Marriage Exclude Single Parents?

There's more to the story of what makes raising children more difficult as a single parent than just the lack of a partner. Read More...

Published Tue, Jan 29 2013 3:37 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Families and Family Life, Marriages, Same-Sex Marriage, Civil Unions and Domestic Partnerships, Institute for American Values, Blankenhorn, David

Child With Symptoms? App Lets You Text Doctors, With No Guarantees

A variety of apps and online services put you in touch with medical providers, but users should be aware of who they're talking to (or texting with). Read More...

Published Mon, Jan 12 2015 1:28 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Doctors, Medicine and Health, Highlights

My Dad: Strict. My Daughter’s ‘Papa’? Not So Much.

My mom tells me that my dad has always been great with children. But that’s not what I remember. Read More...

Published Fri, Feb 27 2015 9:34 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Grandparents, Highlights

Grandmother, Surrogate Mother

An update from a mother whose own mother carried her daughter's baby, and gave birth to her own grandchild. Read More...

Published Mon, Feb 23 2015 9:43 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Surrogate Motherhood, Highlights

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