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When It Takes a Dentist’s Chair to Disconnect

If I could lie in a dentist's chair for several hours, why not a lounge chair? Read More...

Published Wed, Dec 31 2014 6:09 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Work-Life Balance, Highlights

In Vaccines We Trust

When a friend's child came down with chicken pox a six-hour flight from home, we counted on our immunity, and let the family stay with us. Read More...

Published Sun, Jan 06 2013 6:30 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, _featured, Children and Childhood, Vaccination and Immunization, Friendship, Chicken Pox

Planning Summer (Already!) Amid Winter's Chill

Plan summer now to mitigate both stress and expense. Read More...

Published Wed, Jan 09 2013 10:23 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Child Care, parenting, Children and Childhood, Work-Life Balance, Seasons and Months, Summer (Season), Camps and Camping, Finances

In Defense of Child Bribery

Why wouldn't you bribe a child to do something that no one really wants to do in the first place? Read More...

Published Fri, Jan 11 2013 1:30 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, _featured, Children and Childhood, Feiler, Bruce, Hygiene and Cleanliness, Motivation and Incentive Programs

8 Things That Don't Belong In the Kitchen (Yet Somehow Do)

If the kitchen is "family central," what unexpected tools have become essential to family life? Read More...

Published Tue, Jan 15 2013 2:30 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Families and Family Life, Cooking and Cookbooks, Kitchens, Moskin, Julia

When Old Friends Meet the New Baby

Life with baby: The pros and cons of being the new parent trailblazers in your circle of friends. Read More...

Published Fri, Jan 18 2013 9:58 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, _featured

Everybody Dies

We should talk more, and more matter-of-factly, with children about death. Read More...

Published Tue, Jan 22 2013 7:39 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Children and Childhood, Emotions, Elderly, Death and Dying

Apps and Tools for New Parents

One new mother's favorite digital helpers. Read More...

Published Thu, Jan 24 2013 9:52 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized

Childhood Heroes: Once Self-Made, Now to the Manor Born

Once, the very act of surviving hardship shaped a hero. Now, the powerful, from "Frozen's" Elsa to "The Incredibles," are to the manor born. That's a striking cultural shift. Read More...

Published Sun, Feb 08 2015 5:08 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Books and Literature, Cartoons and Cartoonists, Highlights

The Military Marriage Trapeze Act

Stopping at a highway rest stop, my 4-year-old spotted a group of uniformed Marines paying for snacks. "Mommy!” she exclaimed, “look at ALL those daddies!” We're never really alone. Read More...

Published Tue, Feb 10 2015 3:22 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, United States Defense and Military Forces, Deployment Diary, Acrobats and Acrobatics, Trapeze School New York, United States Marine Corps

Let Children Change

When parents keep expecting our kids to repeat old mistakes, we're saying "you can't change," or maybe "you can't change while I'm still here." Bad plan. Read More...

Published Thu, Feb 12 2015 9:01 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Highlights

What Children Think of the Internet (and Why It Matters)

Question I haven't yet asked my 5-year-old: is the Internet a more reliable source of information than I am? Read More...

Published Mon, Feb 16 2015 8:22 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Research, Computers and the Internet, Education (Pre-School), Highlights

How She Does It in Britain

One ex-pat's view of the new film from the place where the book began. Read More...

Published Mon, Oct 03 2011 10:57 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, life work balance

Ratcheting Back on Autism Therapy

Deciding when "everything" is just too much. Read More...

Published Wed, Oct 05 2011 10:45 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Autism, therapy

Davos Needs Parents of Both Sexes

The world economic summit would be a different conference if half the attendees were women, and all attendees had a different view of what creates and supports an economically viable family life. Read More...

Published Mon, Jan 28 2013 10:38 AM by Motherlode