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The Younger the Child, the More ‘Educational’ the Screen. Maybe.

The older a child is, the less of her screen time her parents are likely to consider educational, a study finds. Read More...

Published Thu, Jan 23 2014 9:01 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Television, parenting, Children and Childhood, Families and Family Life, Computer and Video Games, Mobile Applications, Highlights

Letting the Kids in on the Charitable Giving Conversation

One family's experiment in letting their daughter help decide how to divide the money it gives away each year. Read More...

Published Thu, Feb 06 2014 4:49 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Philanthropy, The Opposite of Spoiled, Heifer International

When Marijuana Looks Like Candy, Not Drugs

Marijuana as candy doesn't just change how people use it. It changes how parents need to talk about it, and how we need to ask that new laws be designed to balance legal use with protecting those who shouldn't use it at all. Read More...

Published Tue, Feb 11 2014 7:54 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Marijuana, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Highlights

Students Who Lose Recess Are the Ones Who Need It Most

Taking away recess as a punishment for behavior problems or academic lapses won't help, and might hurt. Read More...

Published Thu, Feb 13 2014 6:34 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, _featured, Children and Childhood, Teachers and School Employees, Physical Education and Training, School Discipline (Students), Highlights, Parent-Teacher Conference

Becoming My Grandmother

Mourning what you might not have a chance to be. Read More...

Published Wed, Feb 16 2011 9:36 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Grandparents, uterine cancer, parentless parents

Parents Seeking Danger

Should parents do jobs that risk their safety? Read More...

Published Fri, Feb 18 2011 9:13 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Nick Kristof, Bahrain, Lara Logan

The End of Brain, Child Magazine

The next issue of Brain, Child: The Magazine for Thinking Mothers, will be its last. I'm missing it already. Read More...

Published Thu, May 31 2012 6:20 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Tracy Mayor, Brain Child, Brain Child Magazine closes, Stephanie Wilkinson, parenting magazines, Jennifer Niesslen

Help With "An Unwanted Life"

A young mother wonders whether this is all there is to a life with two young children. Read More...

Published Wed, Dec 02 2009 12:20 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized

Would You Want To Read Your Fetus's DNA?

If DNA sequencing a fetus becomes as routine as a blood test, what will that mean? Read More...

Published Thu, Jun 07 2012 11:16 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, DNA, prenatal testing, DNA sequence fetus

She Isn't Sexy, She's 7

I resent the pop music that has my daughter declaring her sexuality before she's even old enough to have prepubescent hormones. Read More...

Published Sun, Jun 10 2012 5:45 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Sex, Music, sexuality, talking about sex

The End of the Summer Job?

Only about 3 in 10 teenagers can find a summer job. Read More...

Published Wed, Jun 13 2012 8:50 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Work, teenagers, summer job, Money, jobs

Need to Fund School Programs? Just Sell Your Kids’ Clothes

A website that allows parents to fund a school's "extra" educational programs by selling their children's' "gently used" clothing highlights just how askew our system has become. Read More...

Published Wed, Feb 26 2014 10:31 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Education (K-12), Highlights, Parent-Teacher Associations, Libraries and Librarians

Waiting for Disney’s First ***, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Teenager

Whenever a teen crush plot line is enacted on any of the many teen sitcom programs designed for maximum pre-teen appeal, the path to true love may take many agonizing twists and turns, but the "love" will be straight every time. Read More.....

Published Thu, Feb 27 2014 10:08 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Television, parenting, homosexuality, Teenagers and Adolescence, Walt Disney Company, Highlights

Not About Charlie Sheen

How to save the child of an unstable parent? Read More...

Published Thu, Mar 03 2011 1:08 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized

Advice on How to Have a Good Paternity Leave

Advice from New York Times readers on how fathers can make the most of paternity leave. Read More...

Published Fri, Mar 21 2014 8:10 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Babies and Infants, Paid Time Off, Family Leaves, Highlights

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