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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

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

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

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

Schedule Wonder

I'm highly dependent on our wall calendar. So when I saw my 10-year-old erasing it, I panicked. Read More...

Published Fri, Apr 24 2015 7:45 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Highlights, Calendars

Does Race Matter If Books, Like ‘Anne of Green Gables,’ Touch Your Heart?

I hope my daughter can appreciate both "Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry" and "Anne of Green Gables." Read More...

Published Thu, Apr 30 2015 5:58 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Books and Literature, Race and Ethnicity, Blacks, Highlights, Anne of Green Gables (Book), Woodson, Jacqueline, Johnson, Angela, Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters (Movie), Hesse, Karen, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Movie)

A Grandma by Any Other Name

Apple and Moses use "Lalo." Ryder calls Goldie "Glam-Ma." How about yours? Read More...

Published Fri, May 13 2011 8:03 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Names, Grandparents

Why This Troop Leader Quit the Girl Scouts

As a former Girl Scout Troop Leader, I have a theory about why membership is dropping. It's not the badges. It's not the cookies. It's the endless, endless forms. Read More...

Published Fri, Nov 21 2014 8:49 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Girl Scouts, Highlights

The Macro-Economics of Raising Robots (or Children)

When it comes to investing in our nation's children, parents and non-parents alike should all be on the same side. Read More...

Published Mon, Nov 19 2012 1:48 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Children and Childhood, Women and Girls, Work-Life Balance, Economic Conditions and Trends

Eleven, With Down Syndrome, and Still a Santa-Loving Little Girl. Maybe.

My daughter is still a little girl, with a stuffed Piglet and Velcro-fastened shoes. For years, she's dictated her letter to Santa to me. This year, things were different. Read More...

Published Wed, Dec 24 2014 5:32 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Christmas, Santa Claus, Down syndrome, Highlights

An Egg Donor Responds

Worrying about children who might have been born from a donation 15 years ago. Read More...

Published Fri, Jul 22 2011 11:11 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Pregnancy, infertility, surrogacy, egg donor

#rememberwhentheyusedtoplaywithyourcarkeys?

iPad apps for toddlers? Read More...

Published Fri, Jul 01 2011 11:57 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Toddlers, iPad

Coke's Attempted Anti-Obesity Stance

Mark Bittman on why Coke's anti-obesity efforts can't make it part of the solution. Read More...

Published Wed, Jan 23 2013 11:07 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized

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

The Joy of the Pillow Fort

Every kid loves a pillow fort - but some parents may be itching to build for themselves. Read More...

Published Thu, Apr 19 2012 8:10 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, rainy day, activities, indoor play, Pillow forts

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