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Many parents have grown so accustomed to the need to cobble together an after-school plan that we overlook the challenge those hours present to families who are already over-stretched. Read More...

Published Thu, Oct 16 2014 11:24 AM by Motherlode

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

When Does a Boy in a Dress Become Something More?

There's some moment, for parents, when they realize that the boy in a dress isn't just playing dress-up, but exploring something that might be more complicated. Read More...

Published Fri, Aug 10 2012 2:03 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, gender, gender identity

The Heartache of the Migrant Nanny

My gratitude as an ex-pat to my live-in nanny pushed me to recognize the agonizing realities of life for many domestic workers abroad. Read More...

Published Mon, Aug 13 2012 11:13 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Sitters, nannies, maids, domestic workers

The Baby Next Door

When your neighbors' newborn becomes a presence through thin apartment walls... Read More...

Published Wed, Apr 20 2011 2:00 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, newborns, neighbors, childfree

Telling the Kids: ‘We’re Moving.’

Telling my children we were moving from Atlanta to Nashville was easier than I thought it would be. Getting over worrying about how the move would affect them was not. Read More...

Published Tue, Aug 05 2014 6:18 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Children and Childhood, Books and Literature, Moving and Moving Industry, Highlights, New In Town

A Parent's Business Travel: How Long Is Too Long?

A new graduate-school graduate with a new job and a young child is worried about the long business trips (three to six weeks) that are the norm in the field. How do parents handle the travel? Read More...

Published Fri, Jan 04 2013 7:42 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, business travel, Women and Girls, Families and Family Life

Merry Christmas from the Minifigs and Motherlode

A stop-motion Christmas wish from the Lego minifigs of Motherlode. Read More...

Published Mon, Dec 24 2012 9:30 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Christmas, Holidays

How Not to Talk With Children About the Sandy Hook Shooting

Sometimes the question isn't just how to talk to your child about tragedy, but how be certain that you're talking with your children for their sake, and not for yours. Read More...

Published Sat, Dec 15 2012 3:17 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, School Shootings, Children and Childhood, Newtown (Conn), Newtown, Conn, Shooting (2012)

Examining the Hazards of Older Parenthood

To dial back the age at which we have children for not just some, but most adults, we're going to have to change the way Western societies approach family policy. Should we? Read More...

Published Fri, Dec 14 2012 10:06 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, infertility, _featured, Babies and Infants, Work-Life Balance, New Republic, Elderly, Fertility Drugs, Shulevitz, Judith

With Three Adults, Two Jobs and One Baby, a Family Is Barely Getting By

The house is paid for. The car is paid for. Everything else, we're barely covering. I can't find a job for the life of me—and if I do, who will look after the baby? Read More...

Published Wed, Dec 17 2014 8:10 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Labor and Jobs, How I Do It, Minimum Wage, Highlights, New Orleans (La), Mississippi

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

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

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