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Can Powerful Women Change the Workplace?

It's nice that more women in positions of power feel safe talking about family commitments at work. What about those in less powerful jobs? Read More...

Published Fri, Oct 21 2011 8:45 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Workplace, flexible workplace policies, Life/Work Balance, Politics, Families and Work Institute

Whose Belly Did I Come From?

Explaining gestational surrogacy to a toddler. Read More...

Published Wed, Sep 21 2011 9:01 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, gestational surrogacy

Response to 'Poor Parents'

The conversation between professor and reporter continues. Read More...

Published Wed, Sep 21 2011 12:01 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Economics

Totally Prepared. Still Freaking Out.

One would think that we'd be more ready for her; after all, we had been waiting for this moment for over three years. But "ready" and "get your car seat" are two very different things. Read More...

Published Tue, Jan 27 2015 5:54 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Babies and Infants, Adoptions, Adoption Journal

Helping a Perfectionist Child Worry Less and Do More

Perfectionism can take a high toll on children who see it as the only route to living up to their own and their parents’ high standards. Read More...

Published Thu, Jan 29 2015 7:42 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Children and Childhood, Education (K-12), Anxiety and Stress, Highlights

More on the Mother-Daughter Sex Talk

Do families each have their own language? To talk about sex, and everything else? Read More...

Published Fri, Jul 29 2011 3:03 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Sex, tough conversations, communication

Should Teenagers Be Given Prescriptions for Emergency Contraception?

If a pediatrician handed your teenage daughter a prescription for emergency contraception, would you be appalled - or help her fill it? Read More...

Published Tue, Dec 04 2012 3:14 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Sex, parenting, Teenagers and Adolescence, Birth Control and Family Planning, Plan B (Contraceptive)

Don't Encourage Students to Skip College

Even for most "risk-embracing mavericks," foregoing college based on optimistic anecdotes of success is not a sensible option. Read More...

Published Mon, Dec 03 2012 10:05 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Colleges and Universities, United States Economy

On Veteran’s Day, Offering Gratitude and Accepting It

When I told the man at the baggage counter that my husband was deployed, he immediately replied, "Thank you for your service." I didn't quite know how to respond. Read More...

Published Tue, Nov 11 2014 6:40 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Deployment Diary, Veterans Day (US)

Motherlode, and Vacation

Taking the blog on the road, and giving it a rest. Read More...

Published Thu, Jul 28 2011 8:46 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Technology, vacation

At 9, my son may be young to hear about suicide, or maybe he should see the kind of grief that suicide brings with it. It’s a theoretical argument, because we didn’t feel we had any real choice but to tell him. Read More...

Published Thu, Feb 20 2014 7:34 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Suicides and Suicide Attempts, Highlights, Deaths (Obituaries)

When Teasing Is Loving, and When It's Not

What are the lines that distinguish teasing that draws us closer, and teasing that pushes us apart? Read More...

Published Wed, Jun 06 2012 2:12 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Siblings, families, teasing

Disney Limits Junk-Food Ads

Maybe it takes a powerful corporation to take on powerful corporations. Read More...

Published Tue, Jun 05 2012 1:53 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Food, nutrition, advertising, junk food, childhood obesity, Disney, Wal-Mart Stores Inc|WMT|NYSE, Walt Disney Company|DIS|NYSE

Kids See Housework as Women's Domain

Children see that household work falls more to women than to men, and they grow up to perpetuate the assumption. Read More...

Published Tue, Oct 27 2009 11:05 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Chores, gender

When is a Bad Mother a Criminal?

In Alabama, women who use drugs while pregnant can face years in prison. Wise policy or the "pregnancy police" run wild? Read More...

Published Fri, Apr 27 2012 9:16 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized

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