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Coke's Attempted Anti-Obesity Stance

Mark Bittman on why Coke's anti-obesity efforts can't make it part of the solution. Read More...

Published Wed, Jan 23 2013 11:07 AM by Motherlode

Does Your Child Like Your Baby Sitter Best?

When parents feel like the baby sitter ranks higher than they do on a child's list of "my favorite people." Read More...

Published Fri, Jan 25 2013 12:22 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, _featured

Shelf, iPad, Bed Table: Reading, January 2015

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

Published Tue, Feb 10 2015 12:35 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Books and Literature, Rubin, Gretchen, Gawande, Atul, Lieber, Ron, Highlights, Shafer, David, Hornby, Nick, Pinker, Steven, Carey, Peter, Kondo, Marie

Teaching Students How to Talk Less, and Think More

Parents often worry that a teacher calls on some students more than others, or that quieter children are overlooked in the classroom. Read More...

Published Thu, Feb 12 2015 7:14 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Education (K-12), Teachers and School Employees, Highlights, Lemov, Doug

Adopted as a Child, Now a Mother, Finally ‘Lucky’

Countless times, well-meaning friends, relatives, and acquaintances told me I was “lucky” to have been adopted, “lucky” even to live in America. Read More...

Published Sun, Feb 15 2015 5:53 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Babies and Infants, Adoptions, Child Abandonment, Highlights

Has Down Syndrome Hurt Us?

One mother reflects on what has, and has not, been lost. Read More...

Published Mon, Oct 03 2011 10:10 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Down syndrome

To Broadway, With Autism

Even a performance of "The Lion King," where everyone is supportive, can be stressful. Read More...

Published Wed, Oct 05 2011 9:54 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Autism

What You Don't Know About Episiotomies Can Hurt You

The midwife put a cut in the top of a piece of paper and pulled. The paper ripped cleanly in half. "That's what happens to a woman's perineum when you do an episiotomy," she explained. Read More...

Published Sun, Jan 27 2013 5:15 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, _featured, Doctors, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Vagina, Midwives

New Research on Antidepressants and Pregnancy Finds No Link to Asthma

New research suggest that taking S.S.R.I.s while pregnant does not increase the risk of asthma in the resulting babies, but the decision to take medication or not remains difficult. Read More...

Published Mon, Mar 09 2015 7:35 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Research, asthma, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Mental Health and Disorders, Depression (Mental), Antidepressants

Deployment Is Confusing for Children, Which Makes Children Hard on Parents

He wouldn’t go to bed. He just wouldn’t go to bed. Finally, I asked him why. His answer caught me by surprise. “I miss my daddy!” Read More...

Published Tue, Mar 10 2015 12:58 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Babies and Infants, Highlights, Deployment Diary, Dorinda Silver Williams, Zero to Three

Got College Admissions Frenzy? Read ‘Where You Go Is Not Who You’ll Be’

Who our children are when they go to college matters a whole lot more than the name on the sweatshirt. Read More...

Published Fri, Mar 13 2015 6:57 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Highlights

After I.V.F.: Pregnant, but Still Stuck in the Past

Every time I tell someone I’m pregnant, I think, “What if I have to tell them I'm not?” Read More...

Published Tue, Mar 17 2015 1:08 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, infertility, in vitro fertilization, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Babies and Infants, Fertility Diary

The Toll of Stress on Parents — and Kids

Gen X parents, according to a new report, are financially, emotionally and logistically challenged like no others in recent memory - which isn't good for the kids. Read More...

Published Wed, Oct 19 2011 8:44 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Stress, Life/Work Balance, judith warner, recession, Money, Paul Kershaw, Gen X

Can Powerful Women Change the Workplace?

It's nice that more women in positions of power feel safe talking about family commitments at work. What about those in less powerful jobs? Read More...

Published Fri, Oct 21 2011 8:45 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Workplace, flexible workplace policies, Life/Work Balance, Politics, Families and Work Institute

Childbirth as Performance Art

Should birth be an art exhibition? Who will go to see it? Will anyone take their kids? Read More...

Published Mon, Oct 24 2011 1:13 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, feminism, childbirth, home birth, art

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