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Casting Call: Rethink Family Dinner With Jenny Rosenstrach

During the week of Sept. 8, we’ll be coaching a real family through real family dinners in real time – seven new meals in seven days – and we hope that you’ll cook along with us. Read More...

Published Wed, Aug 20 2014 3:31 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Food, Cooking and Cookbooks, Blogs and Blogging (Internet), Highlights, Dinner: The Boot Camp

As Lobbyists and Politicians Shout It Out Over School Lunch, Can Parents Be Heard?

Big Food lobbying dollars and heated partisan politics threaten the first major nutritional overhaul of school meals in decades. Can parents be heard above the din? Read More...

Published Wed, Oct 08 2014 6:46 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Food, Education (K-12), Lunch and Breakfast Programs, Highlights, School Nutrition Assn, Lobbying and Lobbyists, Confessore, Nicholas

Nine Things to Hate About Packing School Lunches (and How to Fix Them)

I choose to pack lunches for my children — but I also choose to make it easier to do. Read More...

Published Wed, Sep 03 2014 3:43 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Food, Children and Childhood, Highlights

The Pro Football Player Who Would Hesitate to Let a Son Play

No 'Heads Up' campaign or the threat of a penalty or a fine will reduce football’s inherent violence. Read More...

Published Wed, Sep 18 2013 9:08 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized

Saying Yes, and No, Shonda Rhimes Style

Introvert Shonda Rhimes says "yes" for a year. But (maybe more importantly) she also says no. Read More...

Published Thu, Nov 19 2015 2:02 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Books and Literature, Highlights, How to Get Away With Murder (TV Program), Grey's Anatomy (TV Program), Rhimes, Shonda

A Foster Child’s Questions: Is This My House? Is This My Home?

As a new foster parent, it is admittedly easy to dwell on the hard stuff. But I can't let it overshadow the joy. Read More...

Published Wed, Jul 08 2015 5:21 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, foster care, Adoptions, Highlights, Foster Parent Diary

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

This Thanksgiving, Sit Down and Listen (and Record)

StoryCorps and the "Great Thanksgiving Listen" offer a chance to connect across generations. Read More...

Published Mon, Nov 23 2015 9:26 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Thanksgiving Day, Highlights, Isay, David (1966- ), Library of Congress, Archives and Records, StoryCorps

When Headlines Play Down Dads, All Parents Lose

The "who does more at home" story distracts us from real policy issues while supporting the status quo. Read More...

Published Thu, Nov 12 2015 8:01 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Highlights

Wanted: Temporary Foster Homes for Newborns

Interim caregivers provide a temporary home for an infant whose parents need time to decide what's next. Read More...

Published Wed, Feb 03 2016 5:24 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, foster care, Babies and Infants, Children and Childhood, Adoptions, Highlights

The Retro-Lean-Back Snow Day

The life of a parent is ever-evolving, and we should resist defining ourselves by phrases like "Retro Wife," "Opt-Out" or "Lean In." Read More...

Published Tue, Mar 19 2013 1:09 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Labor and Jobs, Women and Girls, Careers and Professions, Winerip, Michael, Hochschild, Arlie Russell, Warner, Judith, Belkin, Lisa

Inattentional Deafness Disorder

That intently reading, video-game-playing or TV-watching child isn't ignoring you. Research shows she really doesn't hear you. Read More...

Published Mon, Dec 05 2011 12:23 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Research, Reading, inattentional deafness, video games

Embarrassed by Coupons, but Learning How to Save to Splurge

My youngest child used to stand near other adults on line when the complaints began, as if he was with another, less-troublesome shopper. Read More...

Published Mon, Aug 10 2015 2:47 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Shopping and Retail, Highlights, Coupons

Resolved: The Best Moment of 2014? This One

Children are often champions at savoring the ordinary. Parents spend too much time looking ahead or looking behind. Read More...

Published Fri, Jan 03 2014 7:02 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Work-Life Balance, New Year, Highlights

What Parents Don't Get About Camp

Welcome your camper home, but please, don't try to "get" it. Read More...

Published Fri, Aug 17 2012 5:04 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, summer camp, _featured, camp

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