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Picture Day Quandary: Can She Wear the Tiara?

A reader asks: my 7-year-old daughter announced last week that she would be wearing a tiara for picture day. This was not ok by me, but I decided to keep silent. What would you have done? Read More...

Published Mon, Oct 06 2014 8:59 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, advice, Highlights

With Black Students, Some Schools Are More Ready to Punish Than Help

My son's school seemed to see him as a bad child, not a child with needs the school could help to address. Read More...

Published Tue, Oct 07 2014 1:41 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, foster care, Education (K-12), Race and Ethnicity, School Discipline (Students), Blacks, Highlights

'Sleepovers' With My 9-Year-Old Daughter

When five people sleep in a three-bedroom house, sleeping arrangements can get creative. Yet one thing remains consistent: on Tuesday nights, my husband sleeps on the couch in the living room, and my 9-year old daughter sleeps with me. Read More...

Published Sun, Oct 07 2012 5:00 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Sleep, Children and Childhood, Divorce, Separations and Annulments

The Best Parenting Advice I Ever Got

When my oldest son was only 4 years old, his preschool teacher taught me to say what I mean, and to mean what I say. Read More...

Published Thu, Oct 11 2012 5:00 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Families and Family Life

A "Live Chat" About Shaken Baby Syndrome

An investigation by Frontline, ProPublica and NPR asks how many have been wrongly accused? Read More...

Published Tue, Jun 28 2011 12:37 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized

Gen X Women Choose Work Over Kids?

A new study -- and a few essays in the Motherlode Book Club book -- raise the question of why women are still forced to choose. Read More...

Published Thu, Jun 30 2011 8:04 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, infertility, life work balance, Motherlode Book Club

When the Message on Marijuana is Still ‘Just Say No’

While some families may approach it differently, there remain excellent reasons for taking a 'Just Say No' stance on marijuana use and teens — without expecting that to end the conversation. Read More...

Published Mon, Nov 03 2014 10:13 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Marijuana, Drug Abuse and Traffic, Highlights

More Children Means More Work Productivity, Study Suggests

Researchers found that over the course of a 30-year career in academia, both female and male economists who were parents outperformed academic economists without children at almost every stage of their careers. Read More...

Published Fri, Oct 31 2014 11:12 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Research, Women and Girls, Work-Life Balance

‘Not Rescuing’ Our Kids Shouldn’t Mean Letting Them Flounder

I understand why so many of the smartest women I know are proudly carrying the no-rescue flag. Hovering and rescuing isn't a good way to raise kids. But do we really need to leave them to flounder alone? Read More...

Published Tue, Nov 04 2014 11:59 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Highlights

Glossy Photo Cards, Highlighting Grief

This is not a campaign to end the photo card. But the year our daughter died, it would have been so much kinder to send something else. Read More...

Published Sat, Nov 29 2014 4:59 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Grief (Emotion), Holidays and Special Occasions, Death and Dying, Highlights

This Holiday, Together; the Next, Apart

For someone who ascribes so much value to being present, living in constant countdown mode while waiting for my husband's returns feels ironic at best, overwhelming at worst. Read More...

Published Tue, Dec 02 2014 8:52 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Thanksgiving Day, United States Defense and Military Forces, Deployment Diary

Kids and Coding Light Up the White House Christmas Trees

The trees surrounding the National Christmas Tree at the White House will be illuminated with animated patterns using code generated on Google's Made with Code website. Read More...

Published Wed, Dec 03 2014 10:42 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Christmas, Science and Technology, Computers and the Internet, Highlights, Christmas Trees

The Smart Nursery Offers More Information, Not More Sleep

It's easy for older parents to mock the new generation of wearable devices available to parents of infants—but the prospect of all that information must be tempting, if parents can get the gadgets to work. Read More...

Published Thu, Dec 04 2014 10:32 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Babies and Infants, Highlights, Wearable Computing, Wood, Molly

‘Mama, Let Me Do Your Scarf So You Can Look Muslim’

One morning, my daughter found a scarf in my purse and declared, “Mama, let me do your scarf so you can look Muslim.” She said this in the same way you might say, “Let me do your hair so you can look beautiful.” Read More...

Published Fri, Dec 05 2014 9:33 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Religion and Belief, Highlights, Muslims and Islam, Muslim Veiling

Time to Make the Costumes (or Not)

I usually help make my children's Halloween costumes-but only because Old Navy doesn't have the sense to make things like a "caterpillar-airplane-truck." Read More...

Published Thu, Oct 25 2012 10:05 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Halloween, parenting, Children and Childhood, Costumes

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