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Reader Comments and Questions: Helping the Stay-at-Home Parent (and More) Get ‘Back in the Game’

Have you returned to work after taking time off to raise or care for a family, or are you working on relaunching your career? Ask your questions and share your stories here. Read More...

Published Mon, Mar 17 2014 5:12 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Highlights

A Sister’s Love, Not Tempered By Expectations

A mother and filmmaker captures her daughter's unreserved love for a brother born with cerebral palsy. Read More...

Published Tue, Mar 11 2014 7:54 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Highlights

Brain, Teen: Brain, Child Magazine Devotes an Issue to Parents of Teenagers

The magazine that brought many parents of my vintage through the toddler years has invited writers, including Ann Hood, to cast the eyes that once focused on potty training and sleepless nights onto sexuality, grit, college tours — and more sleepless...

Published Mon, Apr 21 2014 8:57 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Teenagers and Adolescence, Highlights, Hood, Ann

On Chinese Mothers and American Kids

The best way to parent? Or just the next way? Read More...

Published Tue, Jan 11 2011 8:39 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, chinese mothers

A Screen-Free Week at the Beach?

Can a mother practice as she preaches? Will Grandma break the rules? Read More...

Published Tue, Jul 19 2011 11:34 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, vacation, screenfree

Welcome, Illustrator Allison Steen

The Motherlode blog has a new artist-in-residence. Read More...

Published Thu, Sep 10 2015 8:34 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Highlights

Melissa Harris-Perry’s ‘Uncontroversial Comment’ About Children

If Melissa Harris-Perry can't propose investing in our children without provoking partisan ire, our "every man for himself" family policies are never going to change. Read More...

Published Wed, Apr 10 2013 12:07 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Children and Childhood, Families and Family Life, Harris-Perry, Melissa, MSNBC

The Fight For Paid Maternity Leave

The grassroots group MomsRising has helped to win paid family leave in New Jersey and Washington. Read More...

Published Mon, Feb 01 2010 6:54 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, paternity leave, maternity leave

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

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

Shared Custody: So Even on Paper, So Hard on the First Night

If there was a mothering switch, I hadn’t yet found the dimmer. Read More...

Published Thu, Feb 05 2015 11:56 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Divorce, Separations and Annulments, Highlights

Does Parenting Make You Stupid?

Are you flabbergasted at how often you find yourself talking about your children? Do you see this as a problem, or just a phase? Read More...

Published Tue, Dec 08 2009 12:14 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Stay-at-Home Parents

Making Sense of Death and Autism

A mother's gradual discussion of death with her adult, but childlike, son. Read More...

Published Thu, Nov 04 2010 9:18 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Liane Kupferberg Carter, death and autism, austic adults

Mental Health Days From School

When you aren't completely sure your child is really sick... Read More...

Published Thu, Nov 04 2010 1:00 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, mental health days, Jody Becker

Encouraging a High-School Dropout

There has been a new burst of talk in parenting and education circles lately about the timing of the educational arc in the United States Read More...

Published Wed, Jun 02 2010 7:47 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, education, Ericka Lutz

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Reader Comments and Questions: Helping the Stay-at-Home Parent (and More) Get ‘Back in the Game’

A Sister’s Love, Not Tempered By Expectations

Brain, Teen: Brain, Child Magazine Devotes an Issue to Parents of Teenagers

On Chinese Mothers and American Kids

A Screen-Free Week at the Beach?

Welcome, Illustrator Allison Steen

Melissa Harris-Perry’s ‘Uncontroversial Comment’ About Children

The Fight For Paid Maternity Leave

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

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

Shared Custody: So Even on Paper, So Hard on the First Night

Does Parenting Make You Stupid?

Making Sense of Death and Autism

Mental Health Days From School

Encouraging a High-School Dropout