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Parenting Run Amok Awards

Commemorating products, decisions and events that gave helicopter parents a bad name in 2010. Read More...

Published Mon, Dec 20 2010 8:29 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Helicopter parents

Girl Scout Leaders to Parents: Stop Selling Cookies

Those parents selling Girl Scout cookies with no Girl Scout in sight aren't doing their daughters, or the Girl Scouts, any favors. Read More...

Published Wed, Mar 21 2012 2:21 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized

How Much Is Public School Costing Your Family?

Are you the parent of a New York City public school student? Our friends at SchoolBook want to know how much you are spending on school-related expenses - and for what. Read More...

Published Thu, Mar 22 2012 3:19 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, SchoolBook

I Regret Eating My Placenta

I was a cheerful and healthy new mother. So why did I gobble placenta ground with what the processor mysteriously referred to as "cleansing herbs"? Read More...

Published Sun, Mar 25 2012 6:13 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Pregnancy, postpartum depression, placenta, placenta eating, placentophagia

Learning to ***-Feed From an Avatar

Tanya, a lactation avatar, is designed to be available 24/7 to help new mothers with ***-feeding. Read More...

Published Tue, Mar 27 2012 1:21 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Research, Breastfeeding, lactation consultants

$200-a-Month Beauty Products for Babies?

How much is a "natural" baby care product really worth? Read More...

Published Thu, Mar 29 2012 8:07 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, products, baths, first world problems, baby, shampoos

Quandary Considered: Disciplining a Stranger's Child

Assuming bad enough behavior to merit some form of correction and no parent in sight, most readers said they would intervene. Read More...

Published Fri, Mar 30 2012 9:51 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Discipline, Uncategorized, Playgrounds, parental quandary, other people's children, other people's kids

Why Are Women Spending More Time in Labor?

Today, women spend about two hours longer in labor than their 1960s peers did. Is medical intervention the reason - and is longer labor necessarily bad? Read More...

Published Mon, Apr 02 2012 9:45 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Pregnancy, Research, childbirth, epidural, natural childbirth, labor

Advanced Maternal Age Mother Seeks a Big Fat Positive Pregnancy Test

When I have questions about I.V.F., pregnancy and miscarriage, the fertility boards are always there with 25 conflicting answers, and the opportunity to immerse myself in hundreds of stories. Read More...

Published Tue, Nov 19 2013 2:23 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, infertility, in vitro fertilization, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Miscarriages, Highlights

A Stillbirth’s Living Silver Linings

I didn't set out to tell my four children about their stillborn sister during our 10-minute ride to school. Read More...

Published Thu, Nov 21 2013 1:00 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Children and Childhood, Stillbirth, Highlights, Agriculture and Farming

Makeup, and Feminist Guilt, at 13

A 13-year-old wants to wear make-up. Her mother wants her to understand that wearing make-up is both a personal and a political choice. Read More...

Published Sun, Apr 29 2012 5:18 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, teenagers, feminism, Teens, daughters, make-up

The Dilemma of the Pregnant Addict

Protecting infants from opiate exposure scarcely needs argument. It's how to protect a child from exposure when the source is the child's mother that's proved more difficult to resolve. Read More...

Published Tue, May 01 2012 12:34 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Pregnancy, alcohol during pregnancy, bad mothers, opiates

Defining, and Raising, a ‘Healthy Eater’

Is it more important to require that your children eat healthy foods all of the time, or to teach them how to make their own healthier choices some of the time? Read More...

Published Mon, Nov 25 2013 6:07 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, eating disorders, Children and Childhood, Cooking and Cookbooks, Diet and Nutrition, Highlights

How to Start a Year-Round Family Gratitude Ritual

Expressing gratitude need not be a once-a-year Thanksgiving ritual, and there are many ways to do it that children may enjoy. Read More...

Published Thu, Nov 28 2013 3:01 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Children and Childhood, Thanksgiving Day, The Opposite of Spoiled, Mogel, Wendy

Do 6-Month-Olds Really Need Music Class?

Parent-baby music classes may make babies more social, but if they don't make parents happy, what are they really worth? Read More...

Published Wed, May 16 2012 2:26 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Research, babies, Music, suzuki, baby classes, music together

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