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A Military Wife During Deployment Is Asked, ‘Is It Worth It?’

A 5-year-old's wail at a family party: “I don’t want YOUR daddy. Not Finley’s daddy, or Addie’s daddy, I want MY daddy.” Read More...

Published Tue, Jan 19 2016 8:18 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Children and Childhood, Families and Family Life, Highlights, United States Defense and Military Forces, Deployment Diary, Defense and Military Forces

Welcome to Summer! But First, Just a Few Forms

Your camp forms are late, your prescription forms overdue, and your school forms aren't in triplicate. Read More...

Published Wed, Jun 03 2015 7:36 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Summer (Season), Comedy and Humor, This Is a Very Serious Topic

Love Spectacle? In ‘Primates of Park Avenue,’ Wife Bonuses Are the Least of It

Why "Primates of Park Avenue" is a book for your beach bag, "wife bonuses" and all. Read More...

Published Wed, Jun 03 2015 11:07 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Books and Literature, Highlights, Jealousy and Envy, Martin, Wednesday

Falling in Love With a Foster Child

For the first time, I feel that whether we have BlueJay for a month or a year or a lifetime, it doesn’t matter. At least we have this. Read More...

Published Tue, Jun 02 2015 5:07 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Love (Emotion), Foster Parent Diary

Late for School, and Who’s to Blame?

When children are regularly tardy, it's their parents' fault. Then again, maybe it's their own. Read More...

Published Fri, May 24 2013 8:57 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, _featured, Children and Childhood, Education (K-12), Families and Family Life

Why Affluent Parents Clam Up About Their Incomes

A recent survey suggests that the parents with the most money are the least likely to talk about it with their kids. Read More...

Published Wed, Jun 24 2015 5:15 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Income, Highlights, The Opposite of Spoiled

The Child Becomes the Parent

Seeing your child, momentarily, as an adult. Read More...

Published Mon, Mar 28 2011 2:20 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, broken ankle, parenting an adult

Are Leashes for Children?

Every month Judith Goldberg writes the "Judy on Duty" advice column for the print version of Parents magazine. Read More...

Published Thu, Mar 24 2011 10:49 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, child leashes

Summer Camp: The Debate

Should you send your children away to summer camp? Reasonable parents can disagree, and Bruce Feiler and I do. Read More...

Published Tue, Jul 08 2014 11:51 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Summer (Season), Camps and Camping, Highlights

A Perfect Baby

Seeing your child as others can never see them. Read More...

Published Tue, May 03 2011 1:09 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Disabilities

The Case Against Savings Accounts (But Not Savings)

Is a savings account a teaching tool, or a "black hole that swallows birthday checks"? Read More...

Published Thu, Apr 03 2014 11:30 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Children and Childhood, Highlights, The Opposite of Spoiled, Savings, Owen, David, Banking and Financial Institutions

Parents Seeking Danger

Should parents do jobs that risk their safety? Read More...

Published Fri, Feb 18 2011 9:13 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Nick Kristof, Bahrain, Lara Logan

Facebook vs. Nursing Moms, Round 2

The social media website deletes, reinstates, deletes, and reinstates a site for breastfeeding advice. Read More...

Published Thu, Jan 06 2011 9:23 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Facebook, Breastfeeding

Debating Home Birth

A loud, long argument over maternal mortality Read More...

Published Tue, Jan 04 2011 8:31 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, home birth, Ay Tuteur, Ina May Gaskin

With Black Students, Some Schools Are More Ready to Punish Than Help

My son's school seemed to see him as a bad child, not a child with needs the school could help to address. Read More...

Published Tue, Oct 07 2014 1:41 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, foster care, Education (K-12), Race and Ethnicity, School Discipline (Students), Blacks, Highlights

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