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Women may be sensitive to sounds associated with a potential threat to their children while men are more finely tuned to disturbances posing a possible threat to the whole family. Read More...

Published Tue, Dec 08 2009 8:05 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, gender, Research, noise

Unconditional Love: The Easiest, and the Hardest Part

Unconditional love isn't in what we feel or say, it's in what we do, and what our children hear. Read More...

Published Fri, Apr 24 2015 1:39 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Highlights

‘Don’t Say, ‘I Promise.” A Foster Child Joins a Family.

He is both the child whom we’ve been waiting for and the child for whom we could never fully prepare. Read More...

Published Tue, Apr 28 2015 4:42 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, foster care, Children and Childhood, Families and Family Life, Adoptions, Foster Parent Diary

Pengiuns with Parent Problems #2: Welcome

The second in a series of penguins with problems you might recognize. Read More...

Published Thu, Apr 30 2015 9:37 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Books and Literature, Comic Books and Strips, Highlights

How Do You Know Whether to Have Another Child?

If how many children you'd have was within your control, how did you make that choice? Read More...

Published Mon, May 04 2015 11:04 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, advice

When Family Stories Are Hard to Tell

Not all family stories are happy ones. We should tell them anyway. Read More...

Published Sun, Mar 24 2013 6:07 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, _featured

Does Victoria’s Secret Care That Parents Hate Pink?

Victoria's Secret may have quietly pulled its "Feeling Lucky?" thong, but it's still on a mission to sell its cheap-lace definition of youth. Read More...

Published Tue, Mar 26 2013 12:15 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Teenagers and Adolescence, Women and Girls, Limited Brands Inc|LTD|NYSE, Limited Brands Inc

Does ‘Nesting’ Children After Divorce Work?

A reader and his wife, in the process of a divorce, are moving in and out of the house they once shared with their children and looking for advice. Read More...

Published Fri, Mar 29 2013 7:13 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Divorce, Separations and Annulments, Families and Family Life, Marriages, Ask Motherlode, Real Estate and Housing (Residential)

Outlawing Abortion Won’t Help Children with Down Syndrome

Some parents are celebrating the news that North Dakota has become the first state to outlaw abortion for fetal conditions like Down syndrome. I'm not. Read More...

Published Mon, Apr 01 2013 9:05 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, abortion, Down syndrome, _featured, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Babies and Infants, Women and Girls, Essays, North Dakota

Similac’s Dubious ‘No Judgment’ Marketing

When we avoid conversations that might lead other women to judge us, we never experience the solidarity of knowing we aren't alone. Read More...

Published Wed, May 08 2013 7:01 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Breastfeeding, Babies and Infants, Infant Formulas

How Debbie Wasserman Schultz Does It

The week in Washington and the weekend at home: the congresswoman from Florida describes a typical day balancing work and family. Read More...

Published Sun, May 12 2013 5:33 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, _featured, Work-Life Balance, How I Do It, Schultz, Debbie Wasserman

The Daddy Business Trip

Why would dad-blogger conferences merit more respect from traditional news media than those attended primarily by moms? Read More...

Published Wed, May 15 2013 6:57 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Rosman, Katherine

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