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If My Son Loves Football, Can He Still Love Me?

My husband and I consider our family progressive. We're all for boys in pink playing with dolls. But progressive really means letting your children choose what to love, and my son loves football. Read More...

Published Sun, Aug 10 2014 6:16 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, football, Highlights, Homosexuality and Bisexuality

Rainy Day Video Game Rules: Is iPad Monopoly ‘Screen Time?’

There are only two children at home on this rainy day, and only one child wants to play Monopoly — which brought up a new question. Is playing Monopoly against the iPad really a "video game"? Read More...

Published Wed, Aug 13 2014 11:31 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, iPad, Children and Childhood, Computer and Video Games, Highlights, Games

When Sports and Family Time Conflict, Speak Up

Try saying this out loud: “Family and academics are more important than sports, until sports conflict, then sports win.” Read More...

Published Fri, Aug 15 2014 6:15 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Children and Childhood, Families and Family Life, Feiler, Bruce, Athletics and Sports, Highlights

When the Honeymoon Is Over: Settling Into Real Life After a Move

After a few months of treating life in our new town like one big vacation, the reality of everyday life is catching up with us, and everyone — especially the kids — is a little testy. Read More...

Published Tue, Sep 16 2014 7:51 AM by Motherlode

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

Independence Referendum Is a Win for Scotland’s Children

With voter turnout expected to be around 80 percent and polls predicting a thin margin, a glaring message of the referendum has been that every vote counts. For children, that lesson is a victory in itself. Read More...

Published Wed, Sep 17 2014 9:36 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Children and Childhood, Great Britain, Highlights, Scotland, Referendums, European Union, Voting and Voters

Spanking Isn’t Culture. It’s a Cycle of Abuse.

Adrian Peterson shouldn’t sell himself short. He is where he is today in spite of his father, not because of him, and what he learned from him now threatens his career and his family. Read More...

Published Mon, Sep 22 2014 7:50 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Children and Childhood, School Discipline (Students), Anger (Emotion), Highlights, Child Abuse and Neglect, Peterson, Adrian

Civil Disorder, Out of the Curriculum and Into the Streets

Denver students protesting a proposed anti-protest curriculum-review committee appear to have learned lessons about the value of questioning authority, and irony. Read More...

Published Wed, Sep 24 2014 3:58 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Highlights, Denver (Colo), Demonstrations, Protests and Riots

My Grandmother's Cappelletti

I grew up making cappelletti and ravioli alongside my mother and grandmother, and in my own way, I'm passing that tradition on. Read More...

Published Mon, Sep 17 2012 2:21 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, cooking, traditions

Rewarding Success on Standardized Tests

There's a reason a school gives medals to kids who do well on standardized tests, and it probably isn't to recognize academic achievement. Read More...

Published Thu, Sep 20 2012 1:19 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, education, parental quandary, standardized tests

Celebrate It. Rant About It. Either Way, Dinner Must Be Served.

Someone has to figure out some way for the family to eat. Here's what our dinners will look like next week. Read More...

Published Fri, Oct 10 2014 3:25 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Cooking and Cookbooks, Highlights, Dinnerlode

Driving Halfway Across the Country to Have a Baby

It's a lot of work to pack up your 4- and 2-year old sons and drive home to the Midwest to have a baby, but there are benefits. I'll be surrounded by friends and family, and have room to breathe. Read More...

Published Tue, Oct 14 2014 8:12 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Babies and Infants, Families and Family Life, Bahney, Anna, Destination: Delivery, Road Trips

Hindsight, Hospitals and Why We Got the Flu Vaccine This Year

I spent three days with my 3-year-old in the hospital last winter, regretting all the justifications I'd given myself for turning down the flu vaccine at the pediatrician's office. Read More...

Published Wed, Oct 15 2014 11:46 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, hospitals, asthma, Vaccination and Immunization, Influenza, Highlights

It’s 3 O’Clock. You’re at Work. Where Are Your Kids?

Many parents have grown so accustomed to the need to cobble together an after-school plan that we overlook the challenge those hours present to families who are already over-stretched. Read More...

Published Thu, Oct 16 2014 11:24 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Children and Childhood, Education (K-12), Highlights

There Are More Important Things Than Saving for College

There is no shame in having more kids than average. Or in working hard to support them without having money to fund individual college savings accounts, or telling them, “You are your ticket to college. Work hard.” Read More...

Published Mon, Oct 20 2014 8:28 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Personal Finances, Colleges and Universities, Lieber, Ron, Highlights, Savings

The Bond of Blueberry Jam

"Putting up" just-past-ripe berries and stone fruits in summer, and cooking apple and pumpkin butters all day over a low flame in fall, allows me to reach back to tradition and bond with my daughter, neighbors and friends. Read More...

Published Fri, Sep 28 2012 8:33 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized

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