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What I Learned (Too Late) About Keeping Kids Safe Around Dogs

Knowing what I know now, I see Zeke was using all his best dog language to tell us he was afraid, annoyed, maybe even in pain. Read More...

Published Thu, Jun 06 2013 10:53 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Pets, _featured, Children and Childhood, Essays, Animals, Dogs

Share Ideas on Travel with Kids in NYC

The Travel editors are looking for tips on negotiating New York City with kids. Read More...

Published Wed, Jun 05 2013 3:02 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized

Packing Lunches, and Packing Up the School Year

Our school lunch program ended last week, putting lunch-making back in my lap and announcing the annual arrival of the end-of-school madness. Read More...

Published Wed, Jun 05 2013 11:51 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Children and Childhood, Summer (Season), Lunch Boxes and Bags

*** Feeding Killed My Focus on Work. I Don’t Miss It.

In our race to keep up with men, we women have forgotten the joys that are given only to us. Read More...

Published Tue, Jun 04 2013 1:39 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Women and Girls, Work-Life Balance, Jones, Paul Tudor

How Rebecca Parker, Editor, Does It

A day in the life of a full-time working editor with three young daughters and a husband at home. Read More...

Published Tue, Jun 04 2013 9:51 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Families and Family Life, Work-Life Balance, How I Do It

Donor Eggs and Jewish Mothers

My problem isn't that religious authorities don't think my child is Jewish. It's that they don't think I'm his mother. Read More...

Published Mon, Jun 03 2013 1:57 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized

Why a Widowed Mom Sends Her Son to Camp All Summer

I’m the widowed mother of one, and there’s no one in the world who would fault me for keeping him close. Except me. Read More...

Published Sun, Jun 02 2013 5:30 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, _featured, Families and Family Life, Marriages, Grief (Emotion), Camps and Camping, Essays

The Joy of Naming the Baby

Why do prospective parents spend so much time choosing names? Read More...

Published Fri, May 31 2013 1:47 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Babies and Infants, Williams, Alex

I Enjoyed My Son’s Bris

Many Jewish mothers cover their eyes during their son's bris and wait for it to be over. Instead, I found I enjoyed it. Read More...

Published Fri, May 31 2013 8:17 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, circumcision, _featured, Babies and Infants, Jews and Judaism

Why I Want to Choose the ‘Disadvantaged’ Local School (and Why I Might Not)

Our neighborhood has a charming, but struggling, neighborhood school — but the neighborhood kids don't go there. Read More...

Published Thu, May 30 2013 11:30 AM by Motherlode

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

What’s Wrong With the Breadwinner Moms Study

Lumping mothers who make more money than their spouses in with single mothers who are breadwinners through necessity as much as choice makes public opinion research on working mothers less useful. Read More...

Published Thu, May 30 2013 7:13 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: _featured

How Kai Ryssdal, Radio Host, Does It

Raising four children is a team effort, one that is helped when one parent is usually home by 5 and the other works part time. Read More...

Published Wed, May 29 2013 6:09 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized

Ending the ‘Friendly’ Fat Talk

Putting an end to the "fat talk" for our daughters' sakes — and our own. Read More...

Published Tue, May 28 2013 12:59 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Obesity, Weight, Diet and Nutrition, Hoffman, Jan

Remembering a Child’s Grief

When I look at the images after a national tragedy, I see the children's faces — terrified, shocked, changed. I know what that feels like. Read More...

Published Mon, May 27 2013 8:16 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Children and Childhood, Grief (Emotion)

The Last Sweet Year of High School Slips Away

The firsts, and the lasts, of an only child's senior year in high school. Read More...

Published Sun, May 26 2013 5:37 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Education (K-12), Teenagers and Adolescence, Commencement Speeches

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What I Learned (Too Late) About Keeping Kids Safe Around Dogs

Share Ideas on Travel with Kids in NYC

Packing Lunches, and Packing Up the School Year

*** Feeding Killed My Focus on Work. I Don’t Miss It.

How Rebecca Parker, Editor, Does It

Donor Eggs and Jewish Mothers

Why a Widowed Mom Sends Her Son to Camp All Summer

The Joy of Naming the Baby

I Enjoyed My Son’s Bris

Why I Want to Choose the ‘Disadvantaged’ Local School (and Why I Might Not)

What’s Wrong With the Breadwinner Moms Study

How Kai Ryssdal, Radio Host, Does It

Ending the ‘Friendly’ Fat Talk

Remembering a Child’s Grief

The Last Sweet Year of High School Slips Away