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Teaching a Daughter She Can Do Anything, When A.L.S. Means Her Mother Can’t

First, I couldn’t carry my daughter up the stairs. Then I couldn’t carry her from the door of her bedroom to the bed. Now she’s 3, and I can’t even pick her up. Read More...

Published Sun, Dec 15 2013 5:55 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Disabilities, _featured, Highlights, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

'Far From the Tree' and the Literature of Autism

Among other things, "Far from the Tree" is a tribute to parents who live the daily grind, who celebrate incremental victories, and who avoid reading books about their child's diagnosis until they're ready. Read More...

Published Tue, Nov 27 2012 8:22 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Autism, parenting, Disabilities, Books and Literature, Solomon, Andrew

Rolling the Dice of a Genetic Legacy

IVF allows parents to screen embryos for the brittle bone disease my oldest child and I share, but we chose to take our chances instead. Read More...

Published Fri, Jul 20 2012 7:05 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, IVF, babies, genetic screening, Disabilities, Ellen Painter Dollar, brittle bone

Makeup, and Feminist Guilt, at 13

A 13-year-old wants to wear make-up. Her mother wants her to understand that wearing make-up is both a personal and a political choice. Read More...

Published Sun, Apr 29 2012 5:18 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, teenagers, feminism, Teens, daughters, make-up

The Idealized Birth

Are women past the burdensome fiction that there is an ideal way to give birth? Read More...

Published Thu, Jul 15 2010 10:11 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, childbirth

No Longer Believing in Santa

A mother explains Santa to her daughter while trying to preserve the belief and wonder of Christmas. Read More...

Published Wed, Dec 16 2009 12:10 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Christmas, Santa Claus, beliefs

Want to Ace That Test? Get the Right Kind of Sleep.

Sleep is learning, of a very specific kind. "Sleep Study Skills" can help our teenagers game the system—and get enough sleep. Read More...

Published Thu, Oct 16 2014 9:56 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Research, Sleep, memory, brain, Teenagers and Adolescence, Tests and Examinations, Highlights

10 Awesome Geek Gifts for Girls

Nothing is more depressing than to be the sister who gets the sparkly sweater while your brother unwraps his remote control building kit. Read More...

Published Wed, Nov 20 2013 12:09 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, toys, gifts, Women and Girls, Computers and the Internet, Highlights, Robots and Robotics

Joyce Maynard Announces Failure of Her Adoptive Family

In 2010, Joyce Maynard adopted two young girls from Ethiopia. But not every story of adoption has the happy ending we expect. Read More...

Published Wed, Apr 04 2012 9:55 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Adoption, Joyce Maynard, disruption

Accepting the Holes We Can’t Fill With Gifts

This is the first Christmas our five children will spend all together since before we adopted them; since they were separated into different foster homes four years ago. Read More...

Published Mon, Dec 23 2013 7:26 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, foster care, Children and Childhood, Adoptions, Highlights

Do Girls Have More Chores Than Boys?

Do your children do chores? Do you ask as much from your girls as from your boys? What messages are we sending as we divide the tasks? Read More...

Published Mon, Oct 05 2009 12:30 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, fairness, Gender Stereotypes, Chores, gender

Military Spouses, Facing Deployment, but Not Alone

As I looked ahead to my husband's long term deployment, I felt as if I were drowning—until the Navy issued me a life preserver. Read More...

Published Tue, Jun 16 2015 2:01 PM by Motherlode

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

The $180K Nanny: Worth Every Penny?

Is a nanny who out-earns most pediatricians better for children, or just "worth" more to their parents? Read More...

Published Tue, Mar 20 2012 5:58 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, nannies, Child Care, baby sitter, child care costs

(Don't) Take Your Children to Work Day

It's Take Your Sons and Daughters to Work Day. But are we taking the wrong children to see the wrong jobs? Read More...

Published Thu, Apr 26 2012 11:54 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Child Care, poverty, working parents, take your daughters and sons to work day, jobs, career

My Religion. My Mother-in Law. Our ‘Thanksgivukkah’

My husband converted to Judaism to marry me, and the rift between me and my mother-in-law lasted until the birth of my son. Now, with "Thanksgivukkuh," we're coming even closer together. Read More...

Published Wed, Nov 27 2013 8:47 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Grandparents, Hanukkah, _featured, Marriages, Thanksgiving Day, Jews and Judaism, Highlights

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