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How Could One Thoughtless Driver Take This Child?

On Saturday, Nov. 2, a driver in a hurry in Brooklyn killed my son's friend, and I am angry. Read More...

Published Fri, Nov 22 2013 8:43 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, _featured, Children and Childhood, Drunken and Reckless Driving, Traffic Accidents and Safety, Highlights, Police Department (NYC), Merryweather, Lucian, Byrd, Anthony

In Defense of Ordinary Dinner Conversation

Must all of our family dinner conversations be intellectually stimulating or culturally relevant? Read More...

Published Mon, Apr 30 2012 8:19 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, dinnertime, family dinner, Obama family, family conversation

The Choice to Stay Home: No Pressure

A lawyer, a Marine and an academic who've chosen to stay at home with their children question the assumptions Elisabeth Badinter's book "The Conflict" makes about that choice. Read More...

Published Tue, May 01 2012 5:18 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Motherlode Book Club, the Conflict, Elisabeth Badinter

American Family Redefined

What's a normal American family? Whatever it wants to be. Read More...

Published Tue, Nov 26 2013 8:45 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Highlights

In Areas Where Children Die Young, Family Planning Is a Hard Sell

Many of the women who visit slum health-care facilities can't consider family planning until they're persuaded that the children they have will survive. Read More...

Published Sun, Dec 01 2013 5:16 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Babies and Infants, Children and Childhood, Birth Control and Family Planning, Highlights, Africa, Nairobi (Kenya), Kenya

Teenage Magazines and Airbrushed, Unattainable Beauty

Shouldn't we demand that more realistic images be put before our daughters? Julia Bluhm, age 14, thinks we should. Read More...

Published Fri, May 04 2012 11:40 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, teenagers, body image, Magazines, Seventeen, Julia Bluhm

A 'Sandwich Generation' Caregiver Heads Back to Work

The producer of "Listen to Your Mother" in New York City is back at work after a decade of caring for an autistic son and elderly parents at home. Read More...

Published Mon, May 07 2012 9:01 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Autism, blogging, Mother's Day, Mom bloggers, working mothers, Listen to Your Mother, Mother's Day 2012, elderly parents, sandwich generation, Varda Steinhardt

Becoming My Mom

Six years have passed since my mother died. But I'm my mother's daughter - and I'm still here. Read More...

Published Wed, May 09 2012 9:12 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, mothers, death, Mother's Day, mother's death, Mother's Day 2012, Mary Lou Quinlan

Can Your Child Find Porn on Your Phone?

You may have parental controls set up on your computer, but smartphones, gaming consoles, e-readers and tablets offer children and teenagers a back-door to the Internet, explicit content and all. Read More...

Published Wed, May 09 2012 4:14 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Technology, Teens, Internet, cellphones, kids and computers, iPad, computers, pornography, smartphones, explicit content, internet safety, internet filtering

Parents: Hands Off the Homework

Can you (should you) go cold turkey on homework help? Read More...

Published Thu, May 10 2012 5:49 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Homework, parental quandary, Madeline Levine, teenagers. helicopter parent, Race to Nowhere

Hi, Mom, It's Me

According to my unscientific survey (with video), when we call home, most of us count on mom to know who's on the other end of the line. Read More...

Published Sat, May 12 2012 6:17 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, mothers, Mother's Day, Mother's Day 2012, telephones

With Sperm Donors, Unexpected Genetic Legacies

"Across the country, children conceived with donated sperm are struggling with serious genetic conditions inherited from men they have never met." Read More...

Published Tue, May 15 2012 9:42 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized

Debating Home Birth

A loud, long argument over maternal mortality Read More...

Published Tue, Jan 04 2011 8:31 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, home birth, Ay Tuteur, Ina May Gaskin

New Fears of Flying

Every generation puts its own stamp on the midlife crisis. Read More...

Published Fri, Jan 07 2011 9:05 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Life/Work Balance

When Should Kindergarten Start?

A new report in Britain suggesting that children start kindergarten at age 6 seems to be the opposite of what is happening in the United States, where the talk is of shorter vacations and longer school days. Read More...

Published Fri, Oct 23 2009 7:42 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, education, school, kindergarten

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