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The Gay Mormon Known Sperm Donor From Utah

My friends used to offer up my status as a gay former Mormon as an icebreaker. Now, they’re helpfully tossing my role as “known sperm donor” out at dinner parties. Read More...

Published Tue, Jul 15 2014 9:45 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Artificial Insemination, Highlights, Sperm, Homosexuality and Bisexuality, Mormons (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints)

Sperm Donation Puts a New Layer on an Old Friendship

Becoming the sperm donor for my friend and her wife is changing our friendship, but we're learning (the hard way) that it's strong enough to hold. Read More...

Published Tue, Jun 24 2014 8:34 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Babies and Infants, Friendship, Artificial Insemination, Sperm, Sperm Donor Diary

Playgrounds for Kids Who Can’t Run and Jump

Knowing how many ordinary pleasures were cut off from my daughter, I was angry when something as common as swinging through the air on a hot summer day was also unreachable because of broken or missing equipment. Read More...

Published Thu, Jul 17 2014 11:30 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Disabilities, Playgrounds, Americans with Disabilities Act, Highlights

The Giving Tree: ‘Take What You Want, Leave What You Can’

Stocking the branches of the Giving Tree with candy, gloves and small gifts kept us busy, and grateful, all season long. Read More...

Published Wed, Nov 26 2014 3:35 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Christmas, Thanksgiving Day, Highlights

At This House, Only the Kids in Good Costumes Get Good Candy

Should you reward those who obey the unwritten rules of Halloween — dress up, be a child, say "trick-or-treat" — with better sweets? Read More...

Published Thu, Oct 30 2014 11:45 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Halloween, parenting, Costumes, Highlights

Haunted by 'The Lonely Doll'

As a child, I was fascinated by the beautiful, eerie world of Dare Wright. I loved her books and the uneasy feeling they gave me. Read More...

Published Mon, Nov 26 2012 11:52 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Children and Childhood, Books and Literature, Symbols and Symbolism, Wright, Dare

Charities That Inspire Kids: Mobile Loaves and Fishes

Mobile Loaves and Fishes inspires Claudia Barlow and her daughter, Bailey, to work with a community of homeless and formerly homeless people in Austin, Tex. Read More...

Published Mon, Dec 29 2014 10:34 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Philanthropy, Homeless Persons, Volunteers and Community Service, Charities That Inspire Kids, Austin (Tex)

Motherlode in 2013

What topics would you like to see more of on Motherlode this year? Read More...

Published Mon, Jan 07 2013 12:49 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Blogs and Blogging (Internet)

What to Do When Your Daughter Gets Her Period, Too Young or Right On Time

If you're the parent of a girl, inevitably at some point, she will emerge from the bathroom or come home from school and inform you (not in these words) that her menstrual cycle has begun. Be ready. Read More...

Published Wed, Oct 29 2014 12:02 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Menstruation, Women and Girls, Highlights

Autism and the Lessons of New York City

In a city famous for its anonymous crowds, a boy with severe autism learns about people. Read More...

Published Fri, Oct 05 2012 10:00 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Autism, parenting, Children and Childhood, Beckett, Katie, New York City

Diwali, Once Hidden, Now Lit Large

When my family and I immigrated in 1977, to be an Indian-American meant replacing curry with bologna and saris with sweaters, and celebrating Diwali invisibly. My daughter's life is very different. Read More...

Published Wed, Oct 22 2014 10:20 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Immigration and Emigration, Highlights, Indian-Americans, Hinduism, Kaling, Mindy, Diwali (Hindu Festival)

Pregnant, With ‘No Plans to Have Another Baby’ and No Ready Options

"I am a long time poster, but am here now under a different identity as it is much easier to ask for OB/GYN recommendations for having babies rather than terminating a pregnancy." Read More...

Published Wed, Oct 22 2014 12:33 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, abortion, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Women and Girls, Birth Control and Family Planning, Highlights, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, National Abortion Federation

‘Where Are You Delivering?’ Omaha.

We are traveling – by car, as a family – 1,200 miles so that I can give birth in Omaha, which is where I am from. The waiting lists to be a part of midwifery practices on the East Coast and the overbooked schedules of its clinicians wore me down. Read...

Published Tue, Oct 07 2014 8:18 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, hospitals, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Children and Childhood, Bahney, Anna, Omaha (Neb), Destination: Delivery, Midwestern States (US), Nebraska

Advice for the Estranged, Online and Off

Estrangement gets complicated when parents can watch children's lives going on without them on Facebook, Twitter or other social media. Read More...

Published Fri, Jun 15 2012 12:02 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, families, estrangement, Catherine St. Louis

The Perfect Family

What is the ideal number and gender of children? Are two girls really the best? Read More...

Published Thu, Apr 07 2011 8:40 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, sons, daughters, family size

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