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When Children Say ‘I Can’t,’ but They Can, and Adults Know It

Parents and teachers can inadvertently teach children that feigning incompetence gets results. Read More...

Published Wed, Jan 13 2016 10:10 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Children and Childhood, Teachers and School Employees, Highlights, Parent-Teacher Conference

Get Paid to Organize Your Children’s Closets (and Yours)

Three bags of unwanted clothing turned into $175 in gift cards and $86.09 in Paypal cash. Read More...

Published Tue, Jan 12 2016 9:37 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Fashion and Apparel, Highlights, Orderliness and Clutter, Thrift Shops, Closets

A Less Prominent Career, a More Primary Parent, and Satisfied

Taking the lead role in parenting, and supporting a spouse's career, isn't necessarily a compromise. Read More...

Published Sun, Jan 10 2016 3:29 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Work-Life Balance, Highlights

Parents Monitoring Teenagers Online, and Mostly, Getting It Right

Parents are relying more on talk than tools to monitor teenagers online. Read More...

Published Thu, Jan 07 2016 9:16 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, social media, Teenagers and Adolescence, Computers and the Internet, Highlights

Six Steps to Teaching Children About the Stock Market

The goal of letting kids invest is to teach them that buying individual stocks is essentially gambling before there's much money involved. Read More...

Published Wed, Jan 06 2016 12:37 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Personal Finances, The Opposite of Spoiled, Stocks and Bonds

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

The Lessons of Winter Break: Protect Playtime, Downtime and Family Time

It's not just what our children do, but what they don't do, that counts. Read More...

Published Mon, Jan 04 2016 11:07 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Homework, parenting, Children and Childhood, Teenagers and Adolescence, Families and Family Life, Highlights, Miles, Sarah B, Pope, Denise Clark (1966- )

Please, Read My Book (Unless You’re a Friend of My Sons’)

I’m trying to promote the dirty book I just wrote. Please don’t tell anyone. Read More...

Published Sun, Jan 03 2016 3:40 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Books and Literature, Writing and Writers, Highlights, Fifty Shades of Grey (Book), James, E L

Charities That Inspire Kids: The League of YES

Able children help children with disabilities join in the game. Read More...

Published Sat, Jan 02 2016 10:56 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, baseball, Children and Childhood, Philanthropy, Highlights, Charities That Inspire Kids

Making Resolutions to Be a Better Parent, Every Day of Every Year

I don't find parent resolutions to be a New Year's Thing, but rather, a constant thing, always playing out in the back of my mind. Read More...

Published Wed, Dec 30 2015 5:05 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, New Year, Highlights

Charities That Inspire Kids: North Shore Sheltering Program and Mommas House

Inspired to help a charity "just like a movie star." Read More...

Published Wed, Dec 30 2015 10:50 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Philanthropy, Highlights, Charities That Inspire Kids

Charities That Inspire Kids: Family Gateway

A family adopts a room at a shelter, and prepares it in between residents. Read More...

Published Tue, Dec 29 2015 8:53 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Families and Family Life, Philanthropy, Homeless Persons, Highlights, Dallas (Tex), Charities That Inspire Kids

The Other Woman Who Snuggles My Daughter

This New Year's Eve, my 4-year-old will be blowing horns and counting down with my ex-husband's new girlfriend. Read More...

Published Sun, Dec 27 2015 3:01 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Divorce, Separations and Annulments, Marriages, Highlights

Remembering a Christmas When Love, and Neighbors, Came Through

We'd managed only a few things for our children that Christmas—until our neighbors gave us all much more. Read More...

Published Wed, Dec 23 2015 9:39 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Christmas, Holidays, Highlights, Recession and Depression

For Christmas Eve, Stop Shopping, Start Celebrating

These last "shopping days" before Christmas are when the gremlin gifts beckon, even if you're on a budget. Stay home. Read More...

Published Wed, Dec 23 2015 12:22 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Christmas, Highlights

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