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I Can't Get 'The Little Engine That Could' Out of My Head

The genius of "The Little Engine That Could": whenever I have the occasion to try to push myself to persevere, the thought and the words to express it are ready made. Read More...

Published Mon, Oct 01 2012 10:01 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, children's books, Gretchen Rubin

Watching the Presidential Debates—with Children

Ideally, a presidential debate should be an opportunity to discuss the issues facing our country. It might not play out that way on the debate stage, but it could work in your living room. Read More...

Published Wed, Oct 03 2012 1:30 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, _featured, Children and Childhood, Debates (Political), Presidential Election of 2012

Why Caylee's Death is Personal

Many layers of emotion about parenting. Read More...

Published Wed, Jul 06 2011 5:22 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Caylee Anthony, Casey Anthony

Pregnancy as Art

Taking photos, and more, while pregnant. Read More...

Published Fri, Jul 08 2011 8:48 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Pregnancy

Dear Dr. Psych Mom: I’m Almost a Parent Myself, and My Parents Are Smothering Me

I am 30 years old, married and pregnant with our first child. My parents’ overprotectiveness worries me a lot, especially now that I’m going to be a mom. Read More...

Published Fri, Nov 14 2014 10:41 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Highlights

Even the Democratic Caucus Can Fail to Accommodate Pregnancy

Primarily Democrats and President Obama continue to push for the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, but a Democratic representative who is pregnant cannot get an exception on voting rules. Read More...

Published Mon, Nov 17 2014 1:48 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: discrimination, Pregnancy and Childbirth, House of Representatives, Highlights, Democratic Party, Duckworth, L Tammy

Pregnant With a Boy? Even in 2014, Some Call That ‘Lucky’

I was pregnant: I didn’t want to engage people in a discussion on gender. I wanted to take a nap. Still, I was alarmed to hear repeatedly that it was somehow preferable to have a boy instead of a girl. Read More...

Published Wed, Nov 19 2014 9:16 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: gender, parenting, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Women and Girls, Highlights

Why This Troop Leader Quit the Girl Scouts

As a former Girl Scout Troop Leader, I have a theory about why membership is dropping. It's not the badges. It's not the cookies. It's the endless, endless forms. Read More...

Published Fri, Nov 21 2014 8:49 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Girl Scouts, Highlights

Examining Whether Times Have Changed When Abuse Charges Surface

It's one thing to change policies regarding the reporting of accusations of sexual abuse, like those in the Boy Scouts. It's another to really have faith in the depth of that change within the hearts and minds of the adults who implement them...

Published Fri, Oct 19 2012 9:59 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Boy Scouts, Education (K-12), Teenagers and Adolescence, Sandusky, Jerry, Sex Crimes, Pennsylvania State University

Ending Marital Scorekeeping

How to stop counting and comparing, and love your life. Read More...

Published Mon, Jul 25 2011 11:02 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Equally Shared Parenting

Motherlode, and Vacation

Taking the blog on the road, and giving it a rest. Read More...

Published Thu, Jul 28 2011 8:46 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Technology, vacation

More on the Mother-Daughter Sex Talk

Do families each have their own language? To talk about sex, and everything else? Read More...

Published Fri, Jul 29 2011 3:03 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Sex, tough conversations, communication

Counting the Days: ‘It’s Too Many Whales, Daddy’

To count down the days of her father's deployment, my daughter and I made a calendar adorned with a whale for each day he'd be gone. She was delighted with her work, until she took in what it meant. Read More...

Published Tue, Dec 09 2014 6:28 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Children and Childhood, Highlights, United States Defense and Military Forces, Deployment Diary

A Photo of a Stillborn Baby, Proof of Life, and Grief and Memory

When my brother, a writer, put a stillbirth into his last novel, the scene was a gift to me, a way of making public what had been my too-private loss. Read More...

Published Thu, Dec 11 2014 6:38 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Babies and Infants, Stillbirth, Highlights, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (Book), Shafer, David

There’s So Much to Say About Her Aunt’s Suicide, I Can’t Even Begin.

It’s been more than four months since my sister took her own life, and I still haven’t spoken with my 12-year-old daughter about it. Read More...

Published Sun, Dec 14 2014 5:10 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Mental Health and Disorders, Suicides and Suicide Attempts, Depression (Mental), Funerals and Memorials, Highlights

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