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Children With Learning Disabilities Don’t Need More Opportunity to Fail

Children may benefit from failure, but children with learning disabilities, like dyslexia, need more opportunities to succeed. Read More...

Published Tue, Oct 15 2013 11:54 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Dyslexia, Children and Childhood, Education (K-12), Highlights, Intelligence and Intelligence Tests (IQ), Reading and Writing Skills (Education)

When Sports Defeat Homework

Looking for advice from the teacher when a child's sports schedule leaves him facing his homework in tears. Read More...

Published Thu, Oct 10 2013 7:07 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Homework, parenting, Sleep, Children and Childhood, Bronson, Po, Merryman, Ashley, Highlights, Parent-Teacher Conference

Why I Don't Rat Out My Son's Friends

I know my 14-year-old doesn't tell me everything, but we do talk, and if he thought for a minute I'd "narc" on his friends, he'd shut me out. Read More...

Published Wed, Jan 25 2012 10:01 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, teenagers, alcohol, Randye Hoder

Parental Quandary: After a Divorce, Who Gets the Children for the Holidays?

Should a stepmother and her husband fight to see his children on the holidays, or should they let it go? Read More...

Published Fri, Dec 23 2011 8:42 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, custody, divorce, step-children, stepfamilies, parental quandary, holiday

Becoming a Family of Four

The logistical and emotional adjustments of bringing home your second child. Read More...

Published Fri, Aug 20 2010 6:00 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Siblings, second child, second baby

Two Products I Just Don't Understand

What do you think about denim diapers and chocolate toddler formula? Read More...

Published Tue, May 25 2010 2:09 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, diapers, formula

This Halloween, Will You Let Your Kids Keep Their Loot?

I let my children eat as much Halloween candy as they want, whenever they want it. You? Read More...

Published Thu, Oct 29 2015 12:44 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Halloween, candy, parenting, Diet and Nutrition, Highlights

Striving for 'Gift Parity' for Siblings

All is never fair under our Christmas tree. Do you have a child who counts gifts and tallies price tags, and how do you cope? Read More...

Published Wed, Dec 21 2011 1:47 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, fairness, Christmas, gifts, holiday

A Letter to My Younger Self

Two Web sites have caught my eye recently that are filled with old-fashioned letters. Read More...

Published Wed, Jun 23 2010 11:55 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized

Advice for a Nervous, Expectant Dad?

A reader, Dena, is newly pregnant, and thrilled. Her husband is trying to be thrilled, but the emotion that keeps getting in the way is terror. Read More...

Published Fri, Jun 18 2010 7:43 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Pregnancy, Dads

Parental Quandaries: Drinking (or Not) in the Basement, Resolved

Rumors say kids were drinking at a small party in Sylvia's basement. She saw nothing. Should she - did she - call the parents of the kids involved? Read More...

Published Thu, Dec 15 2011 12:30 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, teenagers, drinking, parent quandaries, parties

Quandary Considered: A Child's Disturbing Games

Scary-sounding kids' games shouldn't scare parents-except when other signs suggest the games go beyond the ordinary childhood appreciation for the gothic, gruesome touch. Read More...

Published Thu, Feb 23 2012 6:09 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, divorce, parental quandary, parental fears

Just an Ordinary Miscarriage

Mine is one of thousands of stories of pregnancy loss, and that's exactly why I want to tell it. Read More...

Published Sun, Oct 25 2015 3:08 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Miscarriages, Highlights

Ruined Stuff, Soured Friendships

Two articles in today's paper that might be of particular interest to Motherlode readers. Read More...

Published Tue, May 18 2010 10:39 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized

Your Family, or Your Job? Why We Shouldn’t Ask Which Comes First.

No one always puts work or family first. Everyone needs the flexibility to prioritize. Read More...

Published Thu, Sep 17 2015 12:11 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: gender, parenting, Labor and Jobs, Women and Girls, Work-Life Balance, Highlights, Slaughter, Anne-Marie

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