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A $1,200 Dress for Your Little One?

Fashion designers have added high-end clothes for the smallest among us. Read More...

Published Thu, Apr 26 2012 7:48 AM by Motherlode

When is a Bad Mother a Criminal?

In Alabama, women who use drugs while pregnant can face years in prison. Wise policy or the "pregnancy police" run wild? Read More...

Published Fri, Apr 27 2012 9:16 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized

My Half-Jewish Child Wants Christmas. I Don’t, Anymore.

For my entire Jewish childhood, I desperately wanted to celebrate Christmas. Now that I don't, my half-Jewish children have begun the cycle of begging for a tree. Read More...

Published Wed, Dec 18 2013 10:57 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Christmas, _featured, Children and Childhood, Jews and Judaism, Highlights

Negotiating Pettiness and Heartache in the Modern, Blended, Non-Brady Family

Divorce, with shared custody, can feel like the wrong end of the Solomonic wisdom: you get half the child, I get half the child. But really, we ask our children to cut themselves in half. Read More...

Published Sun, Dec 22 2013 5:51 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Divorce, Separations and Annulments, Families and Family Life, Highlights

The Birth Parents Move In

I didn't think I could lie in my warm apartment, my daughter sleeping next to me, knowing that her birth parents were struggling to keep warm and dry. Read More...

Published Thu, Dec 26 2013 7:55 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Christmas, Adoptions, Homeless Persons, Highlights

Charities That Inspire Kids: Angel’s Cradle

An adoptive family's support for the Organization to Support Albania’s Abandoned Babies goes far beyond financial, and is repaid in ways expected and less so. Read More...

Published Sun, Dec 29 2013 5:08 AM by Motherlode

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

Charities That Inspire Kids: Cora Dance

A pay-what-you-can dance studio is a haven from storm troubles and middle school. Read More...

Published Tue, Dec 31 2013 10:15 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Philanthropy, Highlights

Resolved: The Best Moment of 2014? This One

Children are often champions at savoring the ordinary. Parents spend too much time looking ahead or looking behind. Read More...

Published Fri, Jan 03 2014 7:02 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Work-Life Balance, New Year, Highlights

Millennials Want Children, But They’re Not Planning on Them

Far fewer millennials than Generation Xers say they plan to have children. Why? Read More...

Published Wed, Jan 08 2014 11:16 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Children and Childhood, Women and Girls, Working Hours, Work-Life Balance, United States Economy, Paid Time Off, Family Leaves, Highlights, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

Raising "Wild Things"

Practical advice from Dr. Anthony Rao, a child psychologist in Boston, and his co-author Michelle Seaton, on how to discipline the "wild things" in your own home. Read More...

Published Wed, Oct 14 2009 1:11 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: time outs, Discipline, Uncategorized, punishment, Where the Wild Things Are

Scrambling to Find a Flu Shot

When supplies become scarce, parents search harder. Read More...

Published Fri, Oct 09 2009 11:44 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, flu vaccine

Getting Ready for Baby No. 2

What advice do you have about going from one child to two? Read More...

Published Wed, Oct 07 2009 9:47 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Toddlers, Pregnancy

Flexible Work in a Recession

Is the idea of flexible work a contradiction in a down economy? Read More...

Published Fri, Oct 02 2009 10:02 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Flexibility, Workplace, flexible workplace policies

When Your Child Just Wants Mommy

In a guest post, Neanderdad (a.k.a. Garrett Rice) explores how Dad's feelings can be bruised when a daughter announces she wants Mommy instead. Read More...

Published Fri, Oct 16 2009 12:12 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, guest post, bedtime, guest blog, Neanderdad

An Egg Donor's Tale

In response to recent talk about a donor's feelings about surrogacy, one donor responds. Read More...

Published Mon, Jan 10 2011 1:20 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, infertility, egg donation

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