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Not an Adoption Diary. Yet.

The guy I was in January would not have sung a burp-related version of "Let It Go." Read More...

Published Tue, Mar 31 2015 7:24 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Babies and Infants, Adoptions, Highlights, Premature Babies, Adoption Journal

As Jobs Become Scarce, Teenagers Drive Farther to Find Work

Is a job for a teenager worth the price of a long commute? Read More...

Published Mon, Mar 30 2015 7:42 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Part-Time Employment, Labor and Jobs, Teenagers and Adolescence, Highlights, Commuting

The Community College/’Real College’ Divide

You know what saddened me when I worked at the community college? Meeting students who sounded apologetic for being there. They had heard the message that community college was not real college, and they listened. Read More...

Published Wed, Feb 11 2015 5:36 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Education (K-12), Colleges and Universities, Highlights, Community Colleges

Online Dating Rules for My Grandmother: Must Drive, Preferably at Night

While my grandmother and I have always been close, her online dating experiment brought us closer, mostly because she called me four or five times a week (she kept forgetting her JDate password). Read More...

Published Fri, Feb 13 2015 7:44 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Grandparents, Highlights, Dating and Relationships, Online Dating

Americans Support ***-Feeding, as Long as It’s ‘Free’

The real costs of *** milk can be measured in economic terms, and right now, individual families are the ones who bear them. Read More...

Published Thu, Feb 28 2013 7:05 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Breastfeeding, Babies and Infants, Labor and Jobs, Women and Girls, Health Insurance and Managed Care, Paid Time Off

Penguins With Parent Problems No. 3: Go Ahead, Lick the Cart

A Random Penguin to brighten your day. Read More...

Published Fri, May 15 2015 8:56 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Comedy and Humor, Penguins with Parent Problems

Home-Cooked Challenge Wrap-Up: A Week’s Worth of Dinners

What does a week's worth of meals look like in your house, and do things always (or ever) go as planned? Read More...

Published Tue, Jun 25 2013 3:08 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Food, Families and Family Life, Cooking and Cookbooks, Home-Cooked Challenge

Pregnant and Despondent

A grandma-to-be is hoping that readers might have some advice for her daughter. Read More...

Published Tue, Apr 13 2010 2:48 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Pregnancy

Beauty Tips for Girls, From Lego

The new "Lego Club Magazine" features a page of "Beauty Tips" for its 5-12 year old audience. Read More...

Published Mon, Mar 16 2015 9:26 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, toys, Women and Girls, Advertising and Marketing, Lego Group, Highlights

Teaching Kids to Fail

A mother's response to the idea that the only way to teach children to succeed is to allow them to fail. Read More...

Published Mon, Sep 19 2011 11:09 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, learning, failure

Boycotting Pink Toys for Girls

Has pink invaded your daughters' lives? Do you hate it? Indulge it? Perhaps a little of both? Read More...

Published Tue, Dec 22 2009 1:40 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, gender, Girls, pink, toys

Disliking Your In-Laws

A reader asks for advice on what a healthy in-law relationship looks like and how to create one. Read More...

Published Wed, Dec 23 2009 8:15 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, families, Holidays, in-laws

If She Can Make It There (Europe) She’ll Make It Anywhere (College). Right?

It may sound as though I was so cool with my daughter's backpacking trip that I dropped her off with a hug and a wave. I wasn't, but maybe I should have been. Read More...

Published Sun, Aug 16 2015 2:36 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Highlights

A Fertility Diary’s Happy Ending: Was It All Worth It?

After 3 years of infertility, 4 miscarriages and 10 doctors, our daughter was born. Friends keep asking, "Would you do it all again?" Read More...

Published Tue, Aug 25 2015 2:45 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, infertility, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Babies and Infants, Highlights, Fertility Diary

Gifting, or Not, on Hanukkah's Eight Nights

Pajama Night, Give Your Sister a Present Night, and other Hanukkah gift-giving traditions. Read More...

Published Fri, Dec 07 2012 10:25 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Hanukkah, gifts, Families and Family Life, Holidays and Special Occasions

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