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The Imprisoned Hikers' Moms

What mother...thinks of a hunger strike when gazing into her newborn baby's eyes and whispering, "I would do anything for you?" Read More...

Published Tue, Jul 05 2011 12:38 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, laura fattal, iranian hikers, josh fattal

Glossy Photo Cards, Highlighting Grief

This is not a campaign to end the photo card. But the year our daughter died, it would have been so much kinder to send something else. Read More...

Published Sat, Nov 29 2014 4:59 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Grief (Emotion), Holidays and Special Occasions, Death and Dying, Highlights

This Holiday, Together; the Next, Apart

For someone who ascribes so much value to being present, living in constant countdown mode while waiting for my husband's returns feels ironic at best, overwhelming at worst. Read More...

Published Tue, Dec 02 2014 8:52 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Thanksgiving Day, United States Defense and Military Forces, Deployment Diary

Kids and Coding Light Up the White House Christmas Trees

The trees surrounding the National Christmas Tree at the White House will be illuminated with animated patterns using code generated on Google's Made with Code website. Read More...

Published Wed, Dec 03 2014 10:42 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Christmas, Science and Technology, Computers and the Internet, Highlights, Christmas Trees

The Smart Nursery Offers More Information, Not More Sleep

It's easy for older parents to mock the new generation of wearable devices available to parents of infants—but the prospect of all that information must be tempting, if parents can get the gadgets to work. Read More...

Published Thu, Dec 04 2014 10:32 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Babies and Infants, Highlights, Wearable Computing, Wood, Molly

‘Mama, Let Me Do Your Scarf So You Can Look Muslim’

One morning, my daughter found a scarf in my purse and declared, “Mama, let me do your scarf so you can look Muslim.” She said this in the same way you might say, “Let me do your hair so you can look beautiful.” Read More...

Published Fri, Dec 05 2014 9:33 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Religion and Belief, Highlights, Muslims and Islam, Muslim Veiling

Time to Make the Costumes (or Not)

I usually help make my children's Halloween costumes-but only because Old Navy doesn't have the sense to make things like a "caterpillar-airplane-truck." Read More...

Published Thu, Oct 25 2012 10:05 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Halloween, parenting, Children and Childhood, Costumes

Would You Put a Tracking Device on Your Child?

With the press of a button, you can track a child who's taken a wrong turn on the way home from school or wandered off at Disney World. But do you really want to? Read More...

Published Tue, Oct 23 2012 8:44 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Children and Childhood, Teenagers and Adolescence, Drunken and Reckless Driving, Science and Technology, Global Positioning System, Navigation

Help — My Daughter Wants to Make Movies

Struggling with encouraging creative aspirations in a world that offers a better living to more practical pursuits. Read More...

Published Tue, Oct 30 2012 12:58 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized

For Adults, a Catastrophe. For Children, a Memory.

What most of the children who watched the winds blow and the trees fall will take away from Hurricane Sandy won't be fears, but memories. Read More...

Published Thu, Nov 01 2012 5:00 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, memory, Children and Childhood, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Weather, resilience

The First Day in the Classroom, Post-Sandy

Returning to school in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, my students didn't need my lessons. Not right away. Instead they needed school as a refuge. Read More...

Published Sun, Nov 04 2012 2:00 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Education (K-12), Emotions, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Weather, Power Outages and Blackouts, Teachers and School Employees, Fear (Emotion)

Gay and Married with Children

What does marriage change when you have raised children together for so many years? Read More...

Published Fri, Jul 22 2011 2:21 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, same-sex marriage, same sex parenting

The Child-Averse Sperm Donor

I could lose a finger or two and still count on one hand the number of kids I’ve had more than a passing conversation with in my life. What if I can’t connect with children, even those that share my biological imprint? Read More...

Published Tue, Jan 06 2015 10:04 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Babies and Infants, Artificial Insemination, Highlights, Sperm, Sperm Donor Diary

The Risk of ‘Material Parenting’

Does dangling goods in front of children as a reward for good behavior or yanking them away as a form of punishment contribute to materialism when those kids grow up? Read More...

Published Thu, Jan 08 2015 12:47 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Research, Personal Finances, Highlights, The Opposite of Spoiled

What to Tell About an Absent Father

A mother's request for advice. Read More...

Published Tue, Aug 09 2011 7:34 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Fathers, fatherless children

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