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Medical Marijuana for Children

Had it occurred to you that medical marijuana was being used for children? Would you give your child the same treatment under the same circumstances? Read More...

Published Tue, Oct 20 2009 5:57 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, medical marijuana, Health, Autism, Medicines

Helicopter Parents Overseas

Parental coddling is more pronounced in some cultures than in others. Read More...

Published Fri, Oct 23 2009 12:47 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Italy, France, Helicopter parents

Mothers' Lies

Stretching the truth about parenting Read More...

Published Thu, Jan 20 2011 8:04 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, lying

Sending Halloween Candy to Afghanistan

What do you do with your Halloween candy? Does all that sugar stay at home, or do you send some of it away? Read More...

Published Mon, Oct 26 2009 10:50 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Halloween, candy

Age-Appropriate Chores for Children (and Why They’re Not Doing Them)

Of all the things I thought might be difficult about having children, I never realized it would be so much work to get them to do any work. Read More...

Published Mon, Jan 27 2014 8:26 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Chores, parenting, Children and Childhood, Highlights, Montessori, Maria

More Winter, Less School

Snow days: celebrated and rued by kids and parents everywhere, in that order. Read More...

Published Tue, Jan 28 2014 5:59 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: georgia, Weather, Highlights, Snow and Snowstorms, Southern States (US), Chicago (Ill)

The Daunting Price Tag of Conception

IVF is the most common assisted reproductive technology, yet its cost remains daunting for many who need it to conceive. Read More...

Published Thu, Jan 30 2014 6:40 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Highlights

Are They Selling Sex or Beer? It’s Super Bowl Media Literacy Bingo!

The Super Bowl is the perfect time for a rousing family game of Media Literacy Bingo. Read More...

Published Fri, Jan 31 2014 12:16 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Super Bowl, Children and Childhood, Advertising and Marketing, Highlights, Mars, Bruno

A Bully At Age Four?

At what age do children know they are hurting each other? How young is too young to be a bully? Read More...

Published Fri, Nov 20 2009 8:00 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, preschool, Bullying

How to Help a Baby With Colic

New parents with a colicky baby are looking to readers for something -- anything -- that might help. Read More...

Published Mon, Nov 23 2009 1:00 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, advice, New Baby, colic

The Marginal Cost of Children

Calculating economies of scale in larger families. Read More...

Published Tue, Feb 08 2011 9:55 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized

Now that I'm a mother — a single mother, a dating mother — I have come to believe, tentatively though it be, that the capacity for devotion to a child is a measure of the capacity for devotion to an adult. Read More...

Published Fri, Feb 14 2014 11:50 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Down syndrome, Valentine's Day, Children and Childhood, Love (Emotion), Highlights, Paris (France)

The Growth of Magnet Schools, Amid Worries

Magnet schools are growing as part of an effort to save public schools, but critics fear they will drain neighborhood schools of motivated students and increase segregation. Read More...

Published Mon, Feb 17 2014 12:57 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Highlights

If Acne Doesn’t Bother My Son, Why Should It Bother Me?

For three afternoons a week in sixth grade, I was "Zit Face." But no one says a word to my son about his acne, and it doesn't bother him at all. Read More...

Published Wed, Feb 19 2014 11:17 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Teenagers and Adolescence, Highlights, Acne

The Price of a Child I Wouldn’t Let Go

Eleven years ago, when we learned about our then-unborn son's critical heart defects, we chose to fight for him. I've never regretted that choice, but it's a choice that came at a price measured in time, blood and treasure. Read More...

Published Sun, Feb 23 2014 5:40 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, abortion, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Personal Finances, Health Insurance and Managed Care, Highlights

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