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E-Cigarette Marketers Have an Eye on Teens

With sports sponsorships, celebrity pitchmen and flavors like cola and cherry crush, e-cigarette marketers look to be aiming their product squarely at teens — and new numbers suggest that it's working. Read More...

Published Fri, Sep 06 2013 11:39 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Teenagers and Adolescence, Advertising and Marketing, Youth, Smoking and Tobacco

New Parent, Old Parent: What to Do When Your Child Won’t Go to School

Seeking advice from parents whose children just wouldn't go to school — until they did. The Times's Motherlode blog and Booming team up to tackle such issues. Read More...

Published Fri, Sep 06 2013 9:36 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Children and Childhood, Education (K-12), Winerip, Michael, New Parent

Poor, Black and Hispanic Women Are More Often Counseled on Emergency Contraception

Are doctors more likely to brief a woman on the use of emergency contraceptives if the woman's demographics make the doctor think she is likely to need a "Plan B"? Read More...

Published Thu, Sep 05 2013 5:27 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Birth Control and Family Planning, Plan B (Contraceptive), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Back to School Resolution: I Won’t Overschedule My Family This Fall

This school year, I will consider a free afternoon a booked afternoon, and I will not rush to fill it. Read More...

Published Wed, Sep 04 2013 1:25 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Families and Family Life

Parenting as a Spiritual Practice

There is a not-very-implicit assumption in Jewish law that someone else is in charge of the emotional little humans who evidently impede living a life of spiritual service. But holding a sleeping child feels more like worship than reading psalms. Read...

Published Wed, Sep 04 2013 5:53 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Rosh Hashana, Children and Childhood, Religion and Belief, Jews and Judaism, Ruddick, Sara

Fertility Diary: Finding a Doctor Who ‘Gets’ Me

I know having a baby is all that should matter, but when you are opening yourself up — literally and emotionally — to an ob/gyn weekly, shouldn’t you be able to have a connection? Read More...

Published Tue, Sep 03 2013 7:26 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, infertility, in vitro fertilization, Doctors, Babies and Infants, Miscarriages

Dressing for Kindergarten Success

It wasn't just my son who loved his shirt. Any kid who saw it pointed and yelled, “Angry Birds!” I could see why he wanted to wear it; I just couldn’t allow it. Read More...

Published Mon, Sep 02 2013 5:08 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Children and Childhood, Computer and Video Games, Education (Pre-School), Fashion and Apparel, T-Shirts (Apparel), Angry Birds (Video Game)

Girls ‘Dormify.’ Boys Just Move.

My son wouldn't have noticed if I had packed his Power Ranger sheets for college, but my daughter approached Bed, Bath & Beyond the way a covert operative approaches a mission. Read More...

Published Sun, Sep 01 2013 5:53 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, education, parenting, Colleges and Universities, Shopping and Retail, Dormitories

What Makes for a Successful Family Reunion?

Readers share tips for a successful gathering of relatives (and a few stories of reunions that were less than successful). Read More...

Published Fri, Aug 30 2013 1:41 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Feiler, Bruce

For Girls in India, the Pressure to Conform Comes From Family

"If you can say 'no' to persistent Indian grandparents, you can say 'no' to anyone." Read More...

Published Fri, Aug 30 2013 8:14 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Grandparents, Women and Girls, Families and Family Life, Women's Rights, Culture (Arts), Yousafzai, Malala

A New Airline Class for the Child-Intolerant

Yet another airline aims to accommodate people who can’t tolerate even the possibility of being seated near the chaos of youth. Read More...

Published Thu, Aug 29 2013 8:07 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Children and Childhood, Airlines and Airplanes, Malaysia Airlines

Fertility Diary: Hope Springs Eternal

Choosing "mini-IVF," plus danish, over the conventional in vitro fertilization route. Read More...

Published Tue, Aug 27 2013 7:06 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, infertility, in vitro fertilization, Pregnancy and Childbirth, American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Artificial Insemination

The Long Hair a Mother Covets, and a Daughter Wants to Cut

As the plainer sister, inevitably referred to as "the smart one," I didn’t know what to make of my little girl, whose blond ringlets drew more attention the bigger she grew. Read More...

Published Mon, Aug 26 2013 10:15 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Hair

When School Starts Tomorrow, and Your Child Is Still on a Summer Schedule

As the school year nears, experts urge us to prepare our children for new schedules well ahead of the first day. But what if we don't? Read More...

Published Mon, Aug 26 2013 6:08 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Education (K-12)

It’s Not a ‘Problem.’ It’s Called Being a Child.

We live in a time when some anxious parents believe that the path to adult success must be unmarred by conflict, distress or boredom. Read More...

Published Sun, Aug 25 2013 5:43 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Children and Childhood, Education (K-12)

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