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Are pregnant women who color their hair - or paint their toenails, or hire a baby nurse, or choose a stroller over a sling, or go back to work early - rebelling against their peers, or against their own ever-evolving ideals? Read More...

Published Wed, Apr 11 2012 8:25 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Pregnancy, babies, working mothers, Chemicals, baby proofing, hair color

Seriously, Just Go to Sleep: The G-Rated Version

An author comes out with a G-rated version of his controversial best seller bedtime storybook. Read More...

Published Thu, Apr 12 2012 1:23 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, bedtime, children's books, Reading, Adam Mansbach, Seriously Just Go to Sleep, Go the F**k to Sleep

Raising Twins Where They May Never 'Belong'

There are benefits to not "fitting in." But how alien does American expatriate Marcus Mabry want his twins to be? Read More...

Published Sun, Apr 15 2012 6:31 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Fathers, gay parenting, London, expatriate parenting, Marcus Mabry

10 Awesome Geek Gifts for Girls

Nothing is more depressing than to be the sister who gets the sparkly sweater while your brother unwraps his remote control building kit. Read More...

Published Wed, Nov 20 2013 12:09 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, toys, gifts, Women and Girls, Computers and the Internet, Highlights, Robots and Robotics

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

Whose Mother's Day Is It?

Asking my fellow moms: Is Mother's Day about you - or your mother? Read More...

Published Thu, May 10 2012 6:48 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Mother's Day, Mother's Day 2012, #whosemothersday

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