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The Sound (of the Crying Baby) and the Fury (of the Exhausted Parent)

As my baby's nighttime cry becomes a throaty scream, I have felt my lungs fill with air in preparation to yell back at her. To make her feel as terrible as I do. Read More...

Published Fri, Aug 23 2013 7:08 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, crying, Children and Childhood, Emotions, Anger (Emotion)

Circumcision Rates in U.S. Drop Drastically in Western States

While circumcision rates in the United States remained stable elsewhere, they plummeted in the 13 Western states. Why? Read More...

Published Thu, Aug 22 2013 9:43 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, circumcision, Babies and Infants, States (US)

Why the Nest Isn’t So Empty Anymore

Economic troubles aren't the only thing pulling millennials back home. The emotional bond between millennials and their parents is simply different from what many of us experienced with our own moms and dads. Read More...

Published Wed, Aug 21 2013 9:57 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, baby boomers, Families and Family Life, Youth

The New Reader’s Back-to-School Booklist

Fresh reading ideas for the youngest readers as school approaches. Read More...

Published Wed, Aug 21 2013 6:56 AM by Motherlode

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

Fertility Diary: Childless as Opposed to Child-Free

My child-free friends and I are not in a judgment war about each other’s choices. In fact, our choices help each other. Read More...

Published Tue, Aug 20 2013 6:48 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, infertility, Fertility, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Children and Childhood, Marriages

‘Mixed Kids Are Always So Beautiful’

I don’t want my daughters to believe that it is their white half that makes them attractive, or that they owe anyone an answer to the question “What are you, exactly?” Read More...

Published Mon, Aug 19 2013 10:26 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, _featured, Children and Childhood, Race and Ethnicity, Hair, Beauty

As Preschool Looms, Potty-Training Season Ramps Up

Parents all over the country are fighting the good fight, ditching the diapers and pushing the potty, all in the name of compliance with that common mandate: no bladder control, no preschool. Read More...

Published Mon, Aug 19 2013 6:34 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, diapers, Children and Childhood, Education (Pre-School), Bathrooms and Toilets

42 Heavy-Metal Bands, 2,000 Fans, My Son and Me

When my son asked me to go on a heavy metal music cruise, I knew it wasn’t because he wanted to spend time with me. He needed a chaperon over 21. I was a necessary inconvenience. Of course I said yes. Read More...

Published Sun, Aug 18 2013 5:03 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Music, Teenagers and Adolescence, Cruises, Rock Music

Readers Comment on ‘Modern Mothers’ Turn to Scratch an Itch’

Share your thoughts on the reversal of traditional summer gender roles that one mother, riding the train from the city to her husband and children upstate, called "'Mad Men' flashed forward into the future," here. Read More...

Published Fri, Aug 16 2013 4:48 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized

Can a Child Be Too Young for Shared Custody?

If you divorced with very young children, what do you know now that you wish you had known then? Read More...

Published Fri, Aug 16 2013 11:52 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Children and Childhood, Divorce, Separations and Annulments

Becoming the Parent With the Child in the Wheelchair

When your child is suddenly stricken with a devastating illness, you learn to navigate encounters with families who knew you before your lives changed. Read More...

Published Fri, Aug 16 2013 8:43 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, hospitals, Disabilities, Encephalitis

What We Spend to Raise a Child — and What We Don’t

Higher income parents spend more on nearly every item with a discretionary component. That adds up to Montessori instead of in-home day care, houses in stronger school districts, and more money spent on activities, travel, and other miscellany that the...

Published Thu, Aug 15 2013 10:57 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Children and Childhood, Education (K-12), Personal Finances, Income

Infertility Less Likely in Women With Children

The biological effect of age on fecundity is not seen among women who have already had one or more children. Read More...

Published Thu, Aug 15 2013 9:48 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, infertility, in vitro fertilization, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Women and Girls

Toddlers, Ants and Crumbs: Calling the Bug Lady

We have a toddler, we have crumbs and we have ants. Lots of ants. We suspect the Wensinks are becoming “that ant family” to our friends. Read More...

Published Wed, Aug 14 2013 12:45 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Children and Childhood, Ants, Insects

Subsidized Child Care: For the Poor, By the Poor

In-home family child-care providers often make it possible for minimum-wage parents to go to work, but don't always make minimum wage themselves. Read More...

Published Tue, Aug 13 2013 11:48 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Child Care, parenting, Children and Childhood, Labor and Jobs, Minimum Wage

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