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Parents Monitoring Teenagers Online, and Mostly, Getting It Right

Parents are relying more on talk than tools to monitor teenagers online. Read More...

Published Thu, Jan 07 2016 9:16 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, social media, Teenagers and Adolescence, Computers and the Internet, Highlights

Snape Is Dead

With the death ofAlan Rickman, who played Severus Snape in the Harry Potter movies, our children will experience the curious grief that accompanies the death of someone you knew without knowing. Read More...

Published Thu, Jan 14 2016 7:57 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Death and Dying, Highlights, Deaths (Obituaries), Rickman, Alan

‘Nice Try!’ Is Not Enough

Too many parents misunderstand and misuse the concept of the "growth mind-set." Read More...

Published Thu, Jan 21 2016 11:23 AM by Motherlode

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

A Day at the Bookstore for All Kids

Taking a preschool class on a field trip into the mostly unknown: a bookstore. Read More...

Published Fri, Jan 29 2016 9:20 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Children and Childhood, Books and Literature, Income Inequality, Highlights

Ask the Experts Your Parenting Questions

Times journalists and experts will answer your questions on family matters. Read More...

Published Fri, Feb 05 2016 7:58 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Highlights

When Baby is Allergic to Kitty

Parenting is about sacrifice. Rachel Aydt learned that when her son's allergy tests gave stark evidence of what she already suspected, that her beloved boy was having asthma attacks because of her beloved cat. Read More...

Published Fri, Mar 19 2010 11:21 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Pets, allergies

Postponing Divorce in a Down Market

There's staying together because of the children, and now there's staying together because of the economy. Read More...

Published Tue, Mar 23 2010 7:47 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, divorce

As Preschool Looms, Potty-Training Season Ramps Up

Parents all over the country are fighting the good fight, ditching the diapers and pushing the potty, all in the name of compliance with that common mandate: no bladder control, no preschool. Read More...

Published Mon, Aug 19 2013 6:34 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, diapers, Children and Childhood, Education (Pre-School), Bathrooms and Toilets

The Parents of the Bully

Emily Bazelon of Slate is in South Hadley, Mass., this week, pondering the case of 15-year-old Phoebe Prince, who committed suicide last January. Read More...

Published Thu, Apr 01 2010 6:00 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Bullying

Breaking Up After a Miscarriage

Loss brings some couples closer, their bonds strengthened by grief. More often though, loss seems to act as a wedge and a divider. Read More...

Published Mon, Apr 05 2010 9:23 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized

Making Youth Football Safer, Tackles and All

As parents, we will do whatever it takes to make the world a better place for our children. For me, that meant learning how to tackle the safe way. Read More...

Published Sun, Sep 08 2013 5:24 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, football, _featured

Compartmentalizing Life and Work

Does working from home really mean spending more time with your kids? Read More...

Published Thu, Apr 15 2010 11:08 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized

Seeing Ourselves Through Our Children's Eyes

It can be eye-opening to see ourselves they way our children do. Read More...

Published Mon, Apr 19 2010 2:30 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Delia Lloyd

Need Birth Control Advice, Fast? Text Planned Parenthood

Planned Parenthood's experts have reached more than 250,000 people by text or chat since it began offering that option. Read More...

Published Mon, Sep 30 2013 11:42 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Condoms, Teenage Pregnancy, Birth Control and Family Planning, Youth, Highlights, Planned Parenthood Federation of America

A Park Slope Mom Raises a Hunter

When I was a mother in Brooklyn, the rule was no gun play. Water guns came in the shape of dolphins. Now, I can't wait for my 14-year-old son to fill our freezer with venison. Read More...

Published Wed, Oct 02 2013 12:16 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Gun Control, Park Slope (Brooklyn, NY), Local Food, Highlights, Deer, Hunting and Trapping, Venison

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