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Give Kids Your Undivided Attention — or No Attention At All

Either shut your phone and laptop down and be present, or grab the gadgets and get to work. It's the half-measures of attention that don't work for parents or kids. Read More...

Published Fri, Jun 06 2014 8:22 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Computers and the Internet, Highlights

Weekly Quandary: Children With a Single Focus

A parent asks: My 6-year-old gets very passionate about certain topics and tends to focus only on those topics. Should I try really hard to strike more of a balance? Read More...

Published Tue, Jul 08 2014 9:36 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, advice, Highlights

Parent on a Smartphone, With Almost No Guilt

Smartphones can make us more present as parents—or not. Read More...

Published Wed, Jul 09 2014 11:14 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, smartphones, Highlights

Summer Car Safety: Look Before You Lock, and More

The terrible accusations against the father alleged to have intentionally left his toddler to die in a hot car in Georgia make it too easy to mentally file the death under the category "things that will never happen to my family." Read More...

Published Fri, Jul 11 2014 1:21 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Children and Childhood, Automobile Safety Features and Defects, Traffic Accidents and Safety, Deaths (Fatalities), Highlights

One Lucky Prince

Yes, she gets to be a princess. But even better, he gets to marry HER. Read More...

Published Thu, Apr 28 2011 8:30 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, princesses, Lisa T. McElroy, royal wedding

Save the Mothers

A reminder that most of our daily struggles are real luxuries. Read More...

Published Tue, May 03 2011 9:33 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, charity, Save the Children

Losing Custody Because She Has Cancer

A North Carolina woman is ordered to send her children to their father in Chicago because a judge fears she will become too ill to care for them. Read More...

Published Thu, May 12 2011 11:21 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, custody, Breast Cancer

Eat Your French Fries

Ideals, meet actual children. Children, meet french fries. Read More...

Published Tue, May 17 2011 9:50 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, _featured, kids and food, cupcakes, family dinner, junk food, French Fries

Simple Solutions for Back-to-School Student Organization (Sorry, No Trapper Keeper)

Once, the Trapper Keeper promised to solve your organizational woes while simultaneously elevating you to cool-kid status. Today's organizational systems should be even simpler (no gadgets required). Read More...

Published Thu, Aug 07 2014 6:02 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Education (K-12), Parent-Teacher Conference, Orderliness and Clutter, Office Supplies and Equipment

Helping Children Find Friends in a New Town (That Aren’t Your Friends, Too)

My children say they've made plenty of friends in our new town. Trouble is, they're all my co-workers. And as awesome as their grown-up friends are, children need kid friends, too. Read More...

Published Tue, Aug 12 2014 7:53 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Moving and Moving Industry, Friendship, Highlights, New In Town

Rent a Toy, Learn a Lesson

What would children learn if we made them give away some of their favorite toys after a month? Maybe that ownership and appreciation aren't linked. Read More...

Published Thu, Aug 14 2014 7:11 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, toys, Lieber, Ron, Highlights, The Opposite of Spoiled

After a Miscarriage, Seeking Permission to Grieve

I bought the milk in the refrigerator while I was still pregnant. When I sent that text, the baby was already dead, and I didn’t know it yet. Read More...

Published Sun, Aug 17 2014 5:01 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Babies and Infants, Grief (Emotion), Miscarriages, Highlights

To Aid Children’s Cancer Care, Mothers Go Bald

To raise funds and awareness for pediatric cancer research, mothers shave their heads in solidarity with their cancer-affected children. Read More...

Published Tue, Sep 16 2014 2:03 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Cancer, Highlights, Smith, Ali

Raising Teenagers: Protect When You Must, Permit When You Can

There’s not much we can do to rush neurological maturation along in our teens, but we can help kids practice their burgeoning skills of self-control as they emerge. Read More...

Published Thu, Sep 18 2014 11:02 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, brain, Teenagers and Adolescence, Parent-Teacher Conference, Steinberg, Laurence

Weekly Quandary: Whose Last Name?

Tennessee law forbids combining a mother and father’s surnames into a single name for baby — or giving an infant a mother’s last name without both parents’ “mutual assent.” Read More...

Published Mon, Sep 22 2014 11:32 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, advice, Babies and Infants, Names, Personal, Nashville (Tenn)

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