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Preventing ‘Toxic Stress’ and Its Risks

"Toxic stress" increases the risks of cancer, diabetes and heart, lung and liver disease, along with risks for smoking, drug abuse, suicide, teen pregnancy, sexually transmitted disease, domestic violence and depression, while simultaneously...

Published Wed, Oct 30 2013 12:12 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Highlights

Who, or What, Is in the Best Interest of This Foster Child?

BlueJay has already spent more than half of his life bouncing from place to place. It's time to help him land for good. Read More...

Published Tue, Jan 05 2016 7:07 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, foster care, Adoptions, Foster Parent Diary

Update on an Addicted Child

Two previous guest bloggers give updates on their children's recovery process. Read More...

Published Wed, May 05 2010 2:17 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, drugs, Janice Lynn Schuster, addiction, Katie Granju

What You Don't Know About Episiotomies Can Hurt You

The midwife put a cut in the top of a piece of paper and pulled. The paper ripped cleanly in half. "That's what happens to a woman's perineum when you do an episiotomy," she explained. Read More...

Published Sun, Jan 27 2013 5:15 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, _featured, Doctors, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Vagina, Midwives

Does Flying With Kids Have to Be So Bad?

After a decade of flying with small children, I've learned that what makes the biggest difference isn't the airline or the other passengers: it's me. Read More...

Published Sun, Nov 06 2011 9:54 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Travel, KJ Dell'Antonia, airplane travel, travel with kids

The Other Autistic Muppet

“But there already is an autistic Muppet,” my high-functioning 14-year-old said. “Fozzie Bear.” Read More...

Published Tue, Oct 27 2015 8:49 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Autism, parenting, Highlights, Sesame Street (TV Program)

I Do Not Want My Daughter to Be ‘Nice’

My daughter is kind and compassionate, but she will not smile unless either she is genuinely glad to see you or you’re telling her a joke that has a scatological punch line. Read More...

Published Wed, Jul 31 2013 6:31 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, gender, parenting, toys, _featured, Women and Girls, Customs, Etiquette and Manners

Every Month With a Foster Family Is a Month of Loss for a Birth Family

We can't know how big the hole in our foster son's heart is and how much we’ve been able to fill it. Read More...

Published Tue, Oct 20 2015 8:10 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, foster care, Adoptions, Foster Parent Diary

43 and Pregnant

My pregnancy’s viability is still very much in limbo. As am I. I am readying myself for whatever happens, but I am split in a way I have never felt before. Read More...

Published Tue, Jan 20 2015 12:37 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Miscarriages, Highlights