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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

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

Russia's Adoption Ban Plays Politics With Most Vulnerable

Even my 7-year-old knows that there are some things you just don't use as ammunition in an argument. Read More...

Published Sat, Dec 29 2012 6:17 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Children and Childhood, Adoptions, Putin, Vladimir V, Russia, Child Abandonment

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

Inviting a Picky Eater Into the Kitchen Pays Off

After four weeks of working with two experts to improve the eating habits of their twin 4-year-old boys, a couple's new dinnertime routine was being met with little resistance. Read More...

Published Wed, Feb 05 2014 10:57 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Cooking and Cookbooks, Diet and Nutrition, Highlights, Ludwig, David, ChopChop (Magazine), Sampson, Sally, The Picky Eater Project, Recipes

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

When a Public Family Is Publicly Attacked

A well known blogger's children become the target of abuse on Twitter. Should she stop sharing their family stories? Read More...

Published Fri, Feb 05 2016 12:50 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Twitter, discrimination, Children and Childhood, Blogs and Blogging (Internet), Blacks, Highlights, YouTube.com, Twitter|TWTR|NYSE, Hate Crimes

Charities That Inspire Kids: North Shore Sheltering Program and Mommas House

Inspired to help a charity "just like a movie star." Read More...

Published Wed, Dec 30 2015 10:50 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Philanthropy, Highlights, Charities That Inspire Kids

From Corn Dogs to Bûche de Noël, and Onward

Food was important to my mother, and I grew up eating Ouefs à la Neige and celebrating Christmas with bûche de Noël. So why do I serve my children corn dogs? Read More...

Published Sun, Dec 23 2012 6:30 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Food, Christmas, Holidays, Cooking and Cookbooks, Holidays and Special Occasions

Changing Early Pregnancy Etiquette: Share Good News, and Bad

When we decided not to tell friends and family about my pregnancy until after the first trimester, we never paused to consider how much we might need those people if something did actually go wrong. Read More...

Published Sun, Jan 25 2015 6:24 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Highlights

The Dilemma of the Pregnant Addict

Protecting infants from opiate exposure scarcely needs argument. It's how to protect a child from exposure when the source is the child's mother that's proved more difficult to resolve. Read More...

Published Tue, May 01 2012 12:34 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Pregnancy, alcohol during pregnancy, bad mothers, opiates

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

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

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

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

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