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Paternity Leave’s Value Goes Beyond Dollars

Paid family leave programs, writes Nancy Folbre in Economix, could offer public validation of the value of care itself. Read More...

Published Mon, Feb 10 2014 5:53 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Highlights

How Not to React When a Child’s News Surprises You

Michael Sam's father offers an excellent example of how not to respond to a child's surprising news — and a good opportunity to reflect on how you'd like to react. Read More...

Published Wed, Feb 12 2014 10:14 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, football, homosexuality, Highlights, Sam, Michael (1990- ), National Football League

Do as I (Usually) Say, Not as I (Often) Do

Knowing the "right" ways to be a parent and a spouse, but forgetting once in awhile. Read More...

Published Tue, Feb 15 2011 11:58 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, spousonomics

Miley's Father's Regrets

Are child stars destined for a fall? Read More...

Published Thu, Feb 17 2011 1:07 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, miley cyrus, child stars

Is It Too Late to Send Myself to Camp?

I'm almost sold on the benefits of summer camp for children, but I'm still not ready to make mine go. Read More...

Published Thu, May 31 2012 6:53 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, summer camp, independence, Daniel Fleshler, camp, Michael Thompson, sleep away camp, helicopter parent

How good is your marriage? We have talked before on Motherlode about how parenting has become a "profession"; about how we work diligently at being good mothers and fathers, seeing those as integral parts of our identity. We know what it means...

Published Wed, Dec 02 2009 8:11 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized

When Kids Relocate

The subject of this week's 1 in 8 Million profile is 14-year-old Joshua Caouette, who moved to New York two years ago to live with his father in Queens, leaving his mother behind in Texas. Read More...

Published Fri, Dec 04 2009 1:25 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, single parents

Snorting the Good Grade Drug

Students pressured to succeed in high school turn to Adderall for tunnel focus. Read More...

Published Sun, Jun 10 2012 7:31 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized

How Should We Talk to Boys About Sexual Abuse?

What do we need to be saying to our sons about sexual abuse? Is it different from what we need to tell our daughters? Read More...

Published Tue, Jun 12 2012 12:21 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, sons, Jerry Sandusky, child sexual abuse, Horace Mann

Reformed Beet-Hater Frank Bruni: Didn’t Like it as a Kid? Try It Now.

Are there really foods that we don’t like, or just foods that we haven’t liked yet? Read More...

Published Wed, Feb 26 2014 7:35 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Highlights

A Lesson on the Common Core

The state standards have been in the works since 2009 and are now in place at public schools all over the country. But many parents remain confused about what that means. Read More...

Published Thu, Feb 27 2014 7:17 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: education, parenting, Education (K-12), Teachers and School Employees, Tests and Examinations, Highlights, Parent-Teacher Conference, No Child Left Behind Act

Facing the Skepticism in Adoption, in Qatar and in the U.S.

In Qatar, skepticism of adoption is such that, after an adopted girl died, her parents were accused of being intent on selling her organs. In the United States, doubts are less grisly but still apparent. Read More...

Published Wed, Apr 02 2014 6:50 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Race and Ethnicity, Adoptions, Highlights, Qatar, Huang, Matthew, Huang, Grace

One Word That Should Never Follow ‘I Love You’

Let’s be honest, when you add this word, the purpose of the statement is to communicate everything except “I love you.” Read More...

Published Fri, Apr 04 2014 10:38 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Marriages, Love (Emotion), Highlights, Dating and Relationships

Measuring Motherhood, One Preschool Application at a Time

I felt proud of the way I'd navigated through the Manhattan preschool maze we'd chosen — until my friend Jamie one-upped me, as I thought she had a hundred times before. Read More...

Published Tue, Apr 08 2014 8:19 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Education (Pre-School), Highlights, Manhattan (NYC)

Knives, Not Guns, at a School Near Pittsburgh

Who would minimize a knife attack in which a single young person was able to injure 20 others with the thought "it could have been a lot worse?" Anyone who has come to expect the verb in the headline to be "shoots," not "stabs...

Published Wed, Apr 09 2014 12:13 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: School Shootings, Education (K-12), Newtown, Conn, Shooting (2012), Highlights, Pittsburgh (Pa), Assaults

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