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Climbing Out of the Darkness of Maternal Mental Illness

A community and an event for women experiencing maternal mental illness, those who have passed through it, and their family and friends. Read More...

Published Mon, Jun 16 2014 5:39 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Mental Health and Disorders, Women and Girls, Highlights

Whose Dress Code Is It, and Why?

The best school dress codes aren't about students and sexuality, but about placing school on the list of places where there are standards, and where the freedom to do whatever we want, whenever we want shouldn't and doesn't apply. Read More...

Published Mon, Jun 16 2014 11:06 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Children and Childhood, Education (K-12), Women and Girls, Fashion and Apparel, Highlights

The World’s Best Father Gets a Close Shave

Daughter Alice Bee has some special pampering planned for the World's Best Father. Read More...

Published Sun, Jun 15 2014 4:57 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Father's Day, Highlights, Comedy and Humor

A Lost Father, and a Daughter Who’s Not Ready to Let Him Go

The Friday before Father's Day last year, my dad, an Alzheimer's patient, wandered off from my mother at the grocery store. I'd been saying goodbye to him for almost a decade, but I wasn't ready to lose him. Read More...

Published Fri, Jun 13 2014 6:56 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Father's Day, Elderly, Highlights, Alzheimer's Disease

Kids and Parents: Happy to Move Up, Sad to Say Goodbye

I think of summer as a happy time of year—which is why I'm annually blindsided by the small sorrows of graduations and change. Read More...

Published Thu, Jun 12 2014 12:03 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Education (K-12), Summer (Season), Highlights

Parental Collusion on Spending and Rules: Harder Than It Sounds

Here’s the tricky part about trying to form a cabal to stomp the seeds of perceived materialism: It’s awfully hard to be the first person who speaks up. Read More...

Published Thu, Jun 12 2014 6:48 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, birthdays, Personal Finances, Highlights, The Opposite of Spoiled, Consumer Behavior

Lasagna with Red Chard Satisfies a Meat-Loving Family

As they enter their second week of adding two vegetarian meals weekly, a meat-loving family finds a lasagna they love, and prepares to try a Big Bowl with black beans, greens, avocado and salsa fresca. Read More...

Published Wed, Jun 11 2014 9:43 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, vegetarianism, Cooking and Cookbooks, Diet and Nutrition, Highlights, Recipes, Martha's Greener Table, Beans

Who’s Your Mommy? We Don’t Know — Yet

Although Kelly is carrying their daughter, we won't know until she arrives who the biological mother is. For now, it's father's baby; mother's maybe. Read More...

Published Tue, Jun 10 2014 6:23 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, infertility, Highlights, Sperm, Genetics and Heredity, Homosexuality and Bisexuality, Sperm Donor Diary

Raw Food Families Provoke Powerful Reactions. Why?

Families who feed their children a raw diet consisting solely of fresh fruits, vegetables, seeds, nuts, and sprouted grains feel judged for their choices. Read More...

Published Mon, Jun 09 2014 11:25 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Food, Cooking and Cookbooks, Diet and Nutrition, Highlights

A Plea to the Daughters of Title IX: Why Don’t More Women Coach?

When I was a child playing soccer, there weren't that many women who'd grown up playing the game. Now there are, but they're still not represented on the sidelines, and that's not the way this is supposed to work. Read More...

Published Sun, Jun 08 2014 5:22 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Soccer, Women and Girls, Title IX (Gender Discrimination Legislation), Highlights, Chastain, Brandi

Camp: Love It or Hate It? Readers Comment

If the world of campers divides into those people who hated camp and those who loved it, on which side of that divide do you fall? Read More...

Published Sat, Jun 07 2014 6:42 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Highlights

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

When the Teacher Is Depressed

Teaching can be a stressful occupation, and yet there is comparatively little done to protect teachers’ well-being or consider the effect of a teachers’ emotional health on students. Read More...

Published Thu, Jun 05 2014 9:06 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Mental Health and Disorders, Education (K-12), Teachers and School Employees, Depression (Mental), Paul, Annie Murphy, Brilliant

Three Things Students Wish Teachers Knew

Students wish teachers would be fair, consider homework assignments carefully and with an eye to utility, and treat students like people. Read More...

Published Thu, Jun 05 2014 8:53 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Homework, parenting, Education (K-12), Teachers and School Employees, Highlights, Parent-Teacher Conference

A Brawny Vegetarian Soup Holds Its Own With Meat Lovers

Martha Rose Shulman, a cookbook author and Times columnist, works with the Ruder family to help them go vegetarian twice a week without even thinking of feeling deprived. Read More...

Published Thu, Jun 05 2014 7:03 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Food, vegetarianism, Cooking and Cookbooks, Highlights, Vegetables, Recipes, Martha's Greener Table, Lentils, Cheese, Soups, Kale (Vegetable)

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