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Pausing for Hanukkah While Everything Else Keeps Going

Celebrating Hanukkah and Christmas has made me aware of how much easier the outside world makes it to protect one tradition over the other. Read More...

Published Tue, Dec 16 2014 2:05 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Christmas, Hanukkah, Highlights

The Vagina (and Penis) Dialogues

There are excellent reasons for using the correct anatomical terms for our reproductive systems with our children, but for many, there remains a linguistic taboo. Read More...

Published Tue, Nov 06 2012 8:39 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Children and Childhood, Sex Crimes, Language and Languages, Penis, Vagina

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

How Did Your Children's School Handle the Newtown Shootings?

If your children's school discussed the shootings in Newtown, Conn., are you pleased with the way it was handled, and did it go according to plan? Read More...

Published Mon, Dec 17 2012 11:54 AM by Motherlode

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

The Holidays After a Tragedy

As we have anguished over how to talk to our children about the Newtown shootings, another, unspoken question lingers: how do we talk to ourselves? Read More...

Published Wed, Dec 19 2012 2:47 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Christmas, Holidays, Grief (Emotion), Newtown, Conn, Shooting (2012)

From Corn Dogs to Bûche de Noël, and Onward

Food was important to my mother, and I grew up eating Ouefs à la Neige and celebrating Christmas with bûche de Noël. So why do I serve my children corn dogs? Read More...

Published Sun, Dec 23 2012 6:30 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Food, Christmas, Holidays, Cooking and Cookbooks, Holidays and Special Occasions

Motherlode's Greatest Hits, 2012 Edition

What do the readers of a blog subtitled "Adventures in Parenting" like to read? Read More...

Published Fri, Dec 28 2012 7:24 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Holidays, Blogs and Blogging (Internet), Fleshler, Dan, Kelly, Erin

Talking to Other Parents About Guns

There are no guns in this house. There, I said it, and now you know - but how do I ask others the question I just answered? Read More...

Published Wed, Jan 02 2013 9:18 AM by Motherlode

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

A Mobile Umbilical Cord, Off the Table, but Still Connected

Those of us who keep our phones nearby all the time — just in case — run the risk of 24/7 distractedness, of never being fully there for our work, ourselves, or our non-offspring companions. Read More...

Published Mon, Jan 26 2015 1:07 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Children and Childhood, Highlights, Text Messaging, Cellular Telephones

Helping a Perfectionist Child Worry Less and Do More

Perfectionism can take a high toll on children who see it as the only route to living up to their own and their parents’ high standards. Read More...

Published Thu, Jan 29 2015 7:42 AM by Motherlode

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

Home Schooling, and Teaching, a Child with Down Syndrome

In school, nothing our son did was seen as typical. At home, I’m able to see him as more than a diagnosis, and he’s able to learn. Read More...

Published Sun, Feb 01 2015 5:09 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Down syndrome, Education (K-12), Highlights

Time to Leave the N.I.C.U. Behind

We’re as ready as we’re ever going to be to have Evy home with us. We want to be the ones who know her best; right now, the nurses know her much better than we do, because they care for her 85 percent of the time. Read More...

Published Tue, Feb 03 2015 8:28 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Babies and Infants, Adoptions, Adoption Journal

Are Poor Parents Poorer at Parenting?

A focus on what low-income parents are doing right. Read More...

Published Tue, Sep 20 2011 9:36 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, education, poverty

Explaining Capital Punishment to Children

From the questioning mouths of babes. Read More...

Published Fri, Sep 23 2011 11:28 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, news, childrens questions

Looking to Find Your ‘Sweet Spot’ at Home and Work?

Want some help making the small shifts that make life slide into a more manageable gear? Read More...

Published Wed, Feb 04 2015 1:17 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Highlights

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