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Telling Your Children Too Much

How truthful should parents be with their children when the subject is divorce? Read More...

Published Wed, Oct 27 2010 3:01 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, divorce, Stephanie Thompson

Personalities of Illness

Each family member has a particular personality when sick. Most of them aren't pretty. So go get your flu shot. Read More...

Published Tue, Oct 26 2010 2:00 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, flu shot

Oversharing a Child's Story

Everyone wants to know more about Ilie Ruby's three adopted children, and she has chosen to be "cagey, secretive and boring" when anyone asks. Read More...

Published Wed, Oct 27 2010 11:09 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Adoption, orphans, Ethiopia, Ilie Ruby

2011: Stories That Changed the Way We Parent Now

From the Tiger Mother to Jerry Sandusky: Stories that changed the way parents think in 2011. Read More...

Published Fri, Dec 30 2011 8:23 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Technology, vaccines, gender identity, tiger mom, Jerry Sandusky, year in parenting, HPV

Does Heavy Media Use Make Girls Less Happy?

A Web survey finds that the more time 8- to 12-year-old girls say they spend online, the less happy they say they are. Read More...

Published Fri, Jan 27 2012 12:05 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, teenagers, Technology, social media, Girls, Facebook, tweens

Poaching the Baby Sitter

What's more valuable - a friendship or a Saturday-night savior? Read More...

Published Mon, Sep 20 2010 1:00 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Sitters

Parental Quandary: Pregnant, With a Job Interview

Should S. tell a potential employer that she's pregnant? Read More...

Published Fri, Mar 09 2012 8:58 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Pregnancy, Workplace, parental quandary, job, pregnancy discrimination

Why I Hate Pinterest

Maybe my lack of craftiness is at the root of my loathing. No matter how hard I tried, my cookies came out looking as if my 4-year-old had decorated them. Read More...

Published Mon, Jul 29 2013 8:48 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, birthdays, Parties (Social), Pinterest

When Tragedy and Adolescence Clash, Helping Grieving Teenagers Cope

The reality of death and grief unfold differently for teenagers. Read More...

Published Wed, Oct 21 2015 7:51 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, adolescence, Teenagers and Adolescence, Grief (Emotion), Death and Dying

Parenting in the Side-View Mirror

Forty-nine percent of respondents in a survey said they did not feel they had the skills necessary to be their child's driving instructor. Read More...

Published Wed, Jul 28 2010 1:00 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, teenagers, Driving