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Any Chua and Jed Rubenfeld, ‘Tiger Couple’

Amy Chua's new book, written with her husband, explores the same cultural minefield as "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother," yet both say they're hoping for a different kind of reader response. Read More...

Published Thu, Jan 30 2014 8:09 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Highlights

How to Approach a Difficult Conversation

What is the best way to handle a parent-teacher conference with an ineffective teacher? Read More...

Published Thu, Jan 30 2014 12:12 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Education (K-12), Highlights, Parent-Teacher Conference

Educating Doctors About A.D.H.D. Without Resorting to ‘Ritalin Wars’

Experts concerned about the over-diagnosis of A.D.H.D. too often attack parents in their zeal for change. Read More...

Published Tue, Feb 18 2014 7:01 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, Children and Childhood, Schwarz, Alan, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Highlights

Defining, and Raising, a ‘Healthy Eater’

Is it more important to require that your children eat healthy foods all of the time, or to teach them how to make their own healthier choices some of the time? Read More...

Published Mon, Nov 25 2013 6:07 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, eating disorders, Children and Childhood, Cooking and Cookbooks, Diet and Nutrition, Highlights

Whose Mother's Day Is It?

Asking my fellow moms: Is Mother's Day about you - or your mother? Read More...

Published Thu, May 10 2012 6:48 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Mother's Day, Mother's Day 2012, #whosemothersday

Dear Boy Scouts: Let a Gay Mom Lead the Pack

After Jennifer Tyrrell spent a year as a volunteer "den mother" for her 7-year-old's troop, the scouts kicked her out for being gay. That may be legal, but that doesn't make it right. Read More...

Published Thu, Apr 26 2012 7:56 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, discrimination, gay parenting, Jennifer Tyrrell, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts

Looking Back on a Year of Parenting

Updates on Motherlode posts from 2010 Read More...

Published Thu, Dec 30 2010 8:51 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized

Putting Family Before Work

How important is too important to go on a vacation when a workplace crisis looms? Read More...

Published Wed, Jan 05 2011 1:26 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized

Talking With a Stepdaughter About Puberty Without Rocking the Boat

Why shouldn't a stepmother talk with her stepdaughter about puberty? Read More...

Published Thu, May 24 2012 12:56 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, divorce, step-children, parental quandary, Puberty, talking about sex, Menstruation

Taking an I.V.F. Journey to Israel

After my last round of in vitro fertilization failed, Solomon and I knew it was time to move on to Plan I: Israel. Read More...

Published Mon, Jan 06 2014 3:06 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, infertility, in vitro fertilization, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Highlights, Fertility Diary, Israel

The Birth Parents Move In

I didn't think I could lie in my warm apartment, my daughter sleeping next to me, knowing that her birth parents were struggling to keep warm and dry. Read More...

Published Thu, Dec 26 2013 7:55 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Christmas, Adoptions, Homeless Persons, Highlights

Does 'Reading' an Audio Book Count?

For school reading purposes, do books listened to, as audio books, count as books read? Read More...

Published Fri, Aug 31 2012 2:42 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, children's books, Reading, parental quandary, summer reading, does listening to an audio book count as reading, audio books

A Child, a Gadget, a Guest and a Question of Etiquette

What do you do when a child would rather play games on a gadget than play with a visiting friend? Read More...

Published Fri, Jun 08 2012 10:07 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, screen time, etiquette, parental quandary, iPod, video games, Nintendo, gadgets, iTouch

VIDEO: What's It Like to Write a Book With Jodi Picoult?

What's it like to write a young adult novel with your mother, when your mother is Jodi Picoult? Read More...

Published Mon, Jun 11 2012 6:04 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Jodi Picoult, Books, Motherlode Book Club, young adult fiction, Reading, Samantha Van Leer, summer reading, Between the Lines

A New Nominee for Worst Tween Sitcom on TV

Instead of a show about the coed and girls' teams our children have grown up with, Nickelodeon offers "Bella and the Bulldogs," an ugly throwback to an era when girls who love sports are always odd girl out. Read More...

Published Thu, Jan 22 2015 11:25 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Television, gender, parenting, Walt Disney Company|DIS|NYSE, Children and Childhood, Women and Girls, Walt Disney Company, Athletics and Sports, Highlights, Nickelodeon, Central Illinois Xpress

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