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Playing With Your Christmas Gift? Scheduled for Thursday

This holiday break, I'm filling my schedule not with the things that have to get done, but with the things I'll regret not having done. Read More...

Published Fri, Dec 20 2013 10:39 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Christmas, Highlights

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

Children Need To Take Risks, and Parents Need to Let Them

The arguments for and against letting a child light the menorah—or peel potatoes, or, someday, take the train into the city on a Friday night. What is "ready," anyway? Read More...

Published Fri, Dec 27 2013 11:11 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Hanukkah, Children and Childhood, Highlights

Avoiding the Midwinter ‘Back to School’ Slump

How to spark some excitement for the second "back to school" season of the year. Read More...

Published Thu, Jan 02 2014 7:31 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: education, parenting, Parent-Teacher Conference

A New Way to Comment on Motherlode

Starting today the comments section of this blog will work a little differently, in ways that will be familiar to those of you who also comment on news articles in the Times. Read More...

Published Wed, Nov 04 2009 9:37 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Blogs, comments

Getting Up in the Night Is Your Wife’s Job

When I complained to my mother about how little sleep I was getting when my oldest son was an infant, she asked me why I'd get up in the night — that, she said, was my wife's job. Six years later, I'm still getting up in the night, but now...

Published Fri, Feb 28 2014 7:41 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: gender, parenting, Sleep, Marriages, Highlights

The Pregnancy Is Gone, but the Promotions Keep Coming

A month before what would have been my due date, the promotional box of Enfamil baby formula arrived. "You're almost there!" it read. We weren't. Read More...

Published Sun, Feb 02 2014 5:25 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, infertility, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Grief (Emotion), 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

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

Rewarding Success on Standardized Tests

There's a reason a school gives medals to kids who do well on standardized tests, and it probably isn't to recognize academic achievement. Read More...

Published Thu, Sep 20 2012 1:19 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, education, parental quandary, standardized tests

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

A (Very) Pregnant Bride

What will people say? What will she wear? Read More...

Published Tue, Mar 01 2011 9:39 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, pregnant bride

I Have No Idea How Many Calories Are in My Grandmother’s Gefilte Fish

For my daughters, food isn't a troublesome source of calories demanding its weight in exercise. It's holidays, it's funny stories, it's seasons. It's my grandmother's gefilte fish, and all of us cooking it together. Read More....

Published Sun, Apr 13 2014 7:00 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Weight, Cooking and Cookbooks, Passover, Highlights

Parenting by ZIP Code

New city. New family identity. New parenting culture. Read More...

Published Wed, May 25 2011 8:23 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, moving, seattle, new york, Competition

Putting the ‘Known’ in Known Sperm Donor

The adult daughter of two mothers and a known sperm donor is candid: Much of it was great, but it is complicated. Read More...

Published Tue, Jul 22 2014 6:45 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Artificial Insemination, Highlights, Sperm, Homosexuality and Bisexuality

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