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Covering the Ferguson Verdict Protests, With Kids in the Minivan

My 5-year-old has become a veteran of the protests I often cover as a journalist, so much so that she has her own explanations. “Did they shoot someone again, Mama?” she asked. “His parents must be very, very sad. It's like that boy in the pictures...

Published Tue, Nov 25 2014 1:01 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Martin, Trayvon, Highlights, Demonstrations, Protests and Riots, Mexico, Brown, Michael (1996-2014), Ferguson (Mo), Police Brutality, Misconduct and Shootings, Union Square (Manhattan, NY)

How Patrina Felts, Foster Parent, Adoptive Parent and ‘Pageant Mom’ Does It

A motorcycle-loving mother takes 3 boys, aged 8,10 and 14, to their 3-year-old sister's beauty pageant. Read More...

Published Sat, Apr 25 2015 7:54 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, foster care, Children and Childhood, Families and Family Life, Adoptions, How I Do It, Smith, Ali, Beauty Contests

Parents Choose Cohabiting Over Marriage

More children live with unmarried parents than with married ones. Read More...

Published Wed, Aug 17 2011 10:59 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, marriage, cohabitation

From Russia, Just Barely: Adopted at 16, Days Before the Ban

From a visa arriving hours before a government shutdown to staying one mile away from the protests in Red Square against American families adopting Russian children, there were plenty of chances for this adoption to fall apart. Read More...

Published Mon, Sep 29 2014 7:53 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Families and Family Life, Adoptions, Putin, Vladimir V, Russia, Highlights, St Petersburg (Russia)

Apps and Tools for New Parents

One new mother's favorite digital helpers. Read More...

Published Thu, Jan 24 2013 9:52 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized

Trying to Let Go of My Wandering (Adult) Son

At 22, he's traveled the world alone. So why can't his mother let him look for an apartment on his own? Read More...

Published Wed, Mar 28 2012 8:00 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, adult children, letting go, Michelle Blake

Jonathan Martin and the Soft, White, Private School Question

Jonathan Martin blames "soft" schools and "white private school conditioning" for part of his trouble in dealing with N.F.L. bullying. Those are loaded terms to parents and educators. Read More...

Published Thu, Feb 20 2014 11:11 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, bullies, Education (K-12), Blacks, The Opposite of Spoiled, Private and Sectarian Schools, Miami Dolphins, Martin, Jonathan (1989- )

Breastfeeding and Sex: Is Latching On a Turn-Off?

Extended ***-feeding impacts the whole family. And I would argue that the impact on the father - and his sex life - is not good. Read More...

Published Sun, Jul 15 2012 4:00 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Sex, divorce, marriage, nursing, breasts, Breastfeeding

Connecting Autism and Vaccines

One in four parents think some vaccines cause autism in healthy children. Read More...

Published Tue, Mar 09 2010 7:22 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Autism, vaccines

Dads in the Delivery Room

A guest blog describes a dad's-eye view of birth. Read More...

Published Tue, Mar 16 2010 6:39 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Fathers, childbirth

Is It O.K. for Doctors Turn Away Unvaccinated Kids?

Join Ariel Kaminer, the Ethicist, for an online discussion of whether pediatricians can refuse routine care to families who don't immunize their children. Read More...

Published Mon, Nov 21 2011 9:07 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, vaccines, KJ Dell'Antonia, Waldorf school, pediatrician, ethicist, Ariel Kaminer, Doctors

Sticks and Stones, and a Diagnosis in Words That Can’t Hurt Us

A diagnosis, of autism or anything else, won't make me mourn my daughter, who is different, not dying. Read More...

Published Sun, Jul 27 2014 5:51 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Autism, parenting, Children and Childhood, Highlights

Why Are Women Spending More Time in Labor?

Today, women spend about two hours longer in labor than their 1960s peers did. Is medical intervention the reason - and is longer labor necessarily bad? Read More...

Published Mon, Apr 02 2012 9:45 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Pregnancy, Research, childbirth, epidural, natural childbirth, labor

Why I Let My Son (Finally) Join the Boy Scouts

I feel guilty that I've let my son join an organization that still discriminates. I also feel guilty that I made him wait for so long. Read More...

Published Mon, Nov 11 2013 10:08 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, _featured, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, homosexuality

How Can We Bring Trust Back to Childbirth?

The midwife Ina May Gaskin wins her clients' trust in a way that has become nearly impossible for most health care providers. Read More...

Published Wed, May 23 2012 2:33 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Pregnancy, home birth, Ina May Gaskin, midwife, birth, Samantha M. Shapiro

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