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How to Talk to Your Teenager About Pornography

Even researchers who can't point to definitive evidence that pornography harms teenagers say parents should talk to their children about what they might see online. What should that conversation look like? Read More...

Published Mon, Mar 31 2014 9:24 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Sex, parenting, pornography, Teenagers and Adolescence, Computers and the Internet, Highlights

Finding an End to the Parent-Teacher Wars

One teacher's rules for a successful parent-teacher relationship: stay calm, never press "send" in the heat of the moment and please, no conferences in the parking lot. Read More...

Published Fri, Apr 20 2012 12:34 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, middle school, teachers, parent teacher conference, Jessica Lahey

Prenatal Depression: What I Didn’t Expect When I Was Expecting

Why were all the other mothers in my childbirth classes so much happier about their pregnancies than I was? Read More...

Published Sun, Dec 08 2013 5:34 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Mental Health and Disorders, Highlights

Let Go of the College Essay, and Let Your Teenager Speak for Herself

Nothing is so deadly to the necessary college memoirist's perspective as Mom or Dad, no matter how loving, leaning down to read over one’s shoulder. Read More...

Published Fri, Nov 15 2013 8:20 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Colleges and Universities, Admissions Standards, Highlights, Ivy League, Common Application, The

More Screen Time for Kids Who Create Instead of Watch

What if we gave our kids all the screen time they wanted, with a catch: no watching. No playing. Only creating. Read More...

Published Fri, Nov 11 2011 10:03 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, KJ Dell'Antonia, computers, screen time

Lesson From Bangladesh: Cheap Children’s Clothes Are Expensive

Cheap children's clothes are a false economy, both individually and globally. Read More...

Published Thu, May 02 2013 6:36 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, _featured, Walt Disney Company|DIS|NYSE, Children and Childhood, Labor and Jobs, Workplace Environment, Walt Disney Company, Children's Place Retail Stores Inc, Shopping and Retail, Children's Place Retail Stores Inc|PLCE|NASDAQ, Fashion and Apparel, Bangladesh, Factories and Manufacturing

Does Pregnancy Affect Memory?

Did you lose your memory when you were pregnant? Have you regained it yet? Does research showing otherwise make you feel better or worse? Read More...

Published Thu, Feb 11 2010 9:19 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Pregnancy, memory

Circumcision Rates in U.S. Drop Drastically in Western States

While circumcision rates in the United States remained stable elsewhere, they plummeted in the 13 Western states. Why? Read More...

Published Thu, Aug 22 2013 9:43 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, circumcision, Babies and Infants, States (US)

The Price of Justice

Do parents make better Supreme Court judges? Read More...

Published Tue, May 18 2010 2:19 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Elena Kagan, Supreme Court

Are Apps for 3-Year-Olds Really Educational?

Is it really better for very small children to stare at a computer screen than a TV? Read More...

Published Tue, Oct 25 2011 12:58 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Television, Toddlers, Technology, kids and computers, preschoolers, apps

What to Do When a Child Loses Your Trust

What do you do when you trust your child, and she blows it? Read More...

Published Thu, Apr 30 2015 10:00 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Children and Childhood, Parties (Social), Teenagers and Adolescence, Alcoholic Beverages, Highlights

When Family Stories Are Hard to Tell

Not all family stories are happy ones. We should tell them anyway. Read More...

Published Sun, Mar 24 2013 6:07 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, _featured

How We Do It: Time Diaries of Family Life

Parents taking on the ordinary challenges of life and work and family hear it all the time: "I don't know how you do it!" In Motherlode's new series, they offer the play by play on a typical day. Read More...

Published Sun, May 12 2013 5:33 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, _featured, Children and Childhood, Work-Life Balance, How I Do It

One Parent, on Paris: They Might Have Guns, But We Have Flowers

Talking with children about the ways we respond to tragedy, good and bad. Read More...

Published Tue, Nov 17 2015 9:35 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Highlights, Paris Attacks (November 2015)

Fourth-Grade Twins, One With Homework, One Without

My daughter has a teacher who doesn’t believe in homework; my son has one who is a huge proponent of it — lots of it. Read More...

Published Sun, Dec 06 2015 3:21 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Homework, parenting, Education (K-12), Highlights

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