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‘Anne of Green Gables’ Was a Terrible Mother

She has a live-in nanny. She leaves her children for months at a time. Someone else puts them to bed. Read More...

Published Fri, Sep 11 2015 3:35 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Women and Girls, Highlights, Anne of Green Gables (Book)

What to Do Before Deployment? There’s No Crying at Disneyland.

How do you enjoy the present when the future is all you can think about? Read More...

Published Tue, Sep 15 2015 8:50 AM by Motherlode

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

Marie Kondo on the Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up — With Kids

How do you work the "life-changing magic of tidying up" when you're surrounded by un-tidiers? Read More...

Published Fri, Sep 18 2015 10:39 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Children and Childhood, Highlights, Orderliness and Clutter, Kondo, Marie, eBay Inc|EBAY|NASDAQ, eBay Inc

Peer Pressure (not Parent Pressure) Helps Picky Eaters Try New Foods

The parents of picky eaters are surprised by what they'll try with their peers. Read More...

Published Wed, Sep 23 2015 5:34 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Food, Cooking and Cookbooks, Diet and Nutrition, The Picky Eater Project

How Caroline Brooks, Musician and Mother, Does It

Being a professional band member means travel. Being a mother means bringing her along, or leaving her behind. Read More...

Published Tue, Sep 29 2015 9:43 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: How I Do It, Highlights

Who Will Screen for Postpartum Depression?

My obstetrician ignored my symptoms of postpartum depression, and told me to take more 'me' time. Just like that, I slipped through the cracks, and I'm not alone. There's no universal screening for depression in women after giving birth...

Published Wed, Jul 17 2013 1:30 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Mental Health and Disorders, Babies and Infants, Women and Girls

Are Over-the-Top Parents Really the Rule at Summer Camp?

The stories about the crazy things parents do for their camper kids are a little disillusioning for this noncamp veteran. Read More...

Published Fri, Jul 19 2013 8:56 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Children and Childhood, Feiler, Bruce, Summer (Season), Camps and Camping, Smuggling

Teaching Boys Where They Learn

If fidgeting and foul humor are going to help our boys in school, then bring them on. Read More...

Published Mon, Mar 29 2010 9:30 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, education, Grades, boys, Jen Singer

Girls ‘Dormify.’ Boys Just Move.

My son wouldn't have noticed if I had packed his Power Ranger sheets for college, but my daughter approached Bed, Bath & Beyond the way a covert operative approaches a mission. Read More...

Published Sun, Sep 01 2013 5:53 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, education, parenting, Colleges and Universities, Shopping and Retail, Dormitories

Back to School Resolution: I Won’t Overschedule My Family This Fall

This school year, I will consider a free afternoon a booked afternoon, and I will not rush to fill it. Read More...

Published Wed, Sep 04 2013 1:25 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Families and Family Life

Who Should Have Custody of Baby Emma?

John Wyatt says he tried to see his newborn daughter the moment he realized that his 20-year-old girlfriend gave birth. Read More...

Published Thu, Apr 15 2010 7:00 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Adoption, custody

Ash Clouds and Adoption Bans

Among the many disruptions caused by the volcanic eruptions in Iceland was a flight to Moscow by a U.S. delegation hoping to restart adoptions with Russia. Read More...

Published Mon, Apr 19 2010 12:28 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Adoption

Scores of Child Firearm Deaths Are Not Reflected in Official Statistics

Scores of accidental killings of children by firearm are not reflected in the official statistics that have framed the debate over how to protect children from guns. Read More...

Published Mon, Sep 30 2013 8:12 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Highlights

A Child Shocked by the Shutdown, and a Parent Who Would Like to Be

I don't want my 12-year-old to just accept the closing of everything from the National Institutes of Health to the National Zoo as just another crazy thing Congress does sometimes. I want him to want more. I want to want more. Read More...

Published Wed, Oct 02 2013 8:39 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, United States Politics and Government, Senate, House of Representatives, Highlights

How Parents Handle Teenage Drinking

Looking for advice from parents who successfully handled the question of raising teenagers to drink responsibly as adults — or those who muffed it, and think they know where they went wrong. Read More...

Published Fri, Oct 04 2013 9:12 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Teenagers and Adolescence, Alcoholic Beverages, Alcohol Abuse, New Parent, Old Parent

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