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Texting With Santa

What would Jimmy Stewart have made of this? Read More...

Published Fri, Dec 03 2010 1:00 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, texting, santa

A Baby in a Snowstorm

Heather Rowe became a Mom with her life partner, Britt, for the second time during a historic blizzard that hit their hometown of Takoma Park, Md., the weekend before Christmas. Read More...

Published Fri, Jan 08 2010 3:10 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized

Why Do I Think My Salary Pays for Child Care?

Both working parents are equally in need of child care. So why do I suddenly think of my salary as paying that bill? Read More...

Published Tue, Apr 16 2013 6:00 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Child Care, parenting, _featured, Women and Girls, Work-Life Balance

Little boys like mine need to move their bodies, to explore and wrestle and chase each other around. They need to shake the ants out of their pants, and city life just doesn't allow for it. Read More...

Published Sun, Apr 21 2013 6:24 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, _featured, Children and Childhood, Education (K-12), Men and Boys, Essays

Adopting a Child From Haiti

Dr. Jane Aronson's message to those who want to adopt from Haiti is don't. At least not right now. Read More...

Published Mon, Jan 25 2010 8:05 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Adoption, haiti

When Mommies Are Bullies

The anonymity of the Internet has a way of bringing out the harsh, judgmental streak in strangers who would never belittle another parent in person. Read More...

Published Wed, Jan 27 2010 2:00 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Bullying, Internet

Becoming a Stage Mother

Linda Shiue explores her little girls' introduction to music and her own uncertainty about where encouragement ends and enmeshment begins. Read More...

Published Fri, Jan 29 2010 12:41 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Linda Shiue

A New Mom Is Downsized, but Not Down and Out

As a pregnant school manager, I never imagined that seven weeks after giving birth, I would be working at a specialty foods store, slinging food for people whose lives no longer resembled mine. Read More...

Published Thu, Apr 25 2013 11:55 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, _featured, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Working Hours, Health Insurance and Managed Care, Essays, Layoffs and Job Reductions

How Do Parents Pay for College

I got an e-mail from a reader asking how the average, hard-working, middle-class parent can possibly make high tuition payments with only an 18-year head start. Read More...

Published Fri, Feb 05 2010 8:16 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, College, tuition, Jean Chatzky

Considering a Second Foster Child

It's easy to say what you will and won't consider as a foster parent—until you get a phone call. Read More...

Published Tue, Jun 09 2015 8:44 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, foster care, Foster Parent Diary

More Play or More Academics for Kindergarten?

Kindergarteners in more affluent districts are returning to play, while academics still rules in lower-income areas. Read More...

Published Wed, Jun 10 2015 12:32 PM by Motherlode

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

Shelf, Ipad, Bed Table: Reading, May 2015

One novel, two semi-memoirs and a whole lot of reading in bits and pages. Read More...

Published Fri, Jun 12 2015 1:10 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Books and Literature, Highlights, Fei, Deanna, Korda, Michael, Norris, Mary (1952- ), Levs, Josh

‘But Aren’t You Already Married?’ The Supreme Court, Same-Sex Marriage, and Kids

My wife and I are ready to toast marriage equality. But our children don't need to know their family was ever unequal. Read More...

Published Thu, Jun 18 2015 4:45 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Same-Sex Marriage, Civil Unions and Domestic Partnerships, Highlights, Homosexuality and Bisexuality, Weddings and Engagements, Supreme Court (US)

How Rebecca Parker, Editor, Does It

A day in the life of a full-time working editor with three young daughters and a husband at home. Read More...

Published Tue, Jun 04 2013 9:51 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Families and Family Life, Work-Life Balance, How I Do It

Capturing the Voices of Mothers in Prison

We laid out children’s books on the tables around the perimeter of the room. A guard led the women in. Our team leader asked everyone for introductions, volunteers and inmates alike, all of us mothers. The second inmate choked back tears; it was her first...

Published Mon, Jul 06 2015 12:55 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Children and Childhood, Education (K-12), Women and Girls, Books and Literature, Highlights, Texas, Gatesville (Tex)

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