Every time I tell someone I’m pregnant, I think, “What if I have to tell them I’m not?”Read more…
A Wireless Baby and a Father, Getting Wired In
By Joel KellerWe took Evy off of her apnea monitor this week, and out in public for the first time.Read more…
Beauty Tips for Girls, From Lego
By Sharon HolbrookThe new “Lego Club Magazine” features a page of “Beauty Tips” for its 5-12 year old audience.Read more…
Advocates Press Cuomo to Take Action on Paid Family Leave Legislation |
Supporters of paid leave have told Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo there is plenty of interest for such a law after he said there was little “appetite” for it in Albany. Read more.
‘I Miss My Daddy. Divorce Stinks.’
By Laura LifshitzMy ex-husband and I are over, and that’s as it should be. But there’s one person who’s not buying that this divorce is “for the best”: our daughter.Read more…
Got College Admissions Frenzy? Read ‘Where You Go Is Not Who You’ll Be’
By KJ Dell'AntoniaWho our children are when they go to college matters a whole lot more than the name on the sweatshirt.Read more…
Your Turn: A Weekend Thread, Open for Comments
By The New York TimesWelcome to Motherlode’s weekly open thread. Do you have thoughts about the news this week, and how it affects families? A question to ask? A rant to share? This is your place. Go.Read more…
A Stay-at-Home Parent Is Not a ‘Luxury’
By Allison B. CarterWhy am I a luxury while the things we’ve chosen to do without are “necessities” that demand a second income? Read more…
Turning Chores Into Habits
By KJ Dell'AntoniaOne reason our chore systems always descend into chaos is that it’s never clear what our children need to do, or when.Read more…
In Switzerland, Parents Observe. In the U.S., Hovering Is Required.
By Chantal PanozzoThanks to hovering American parent culture, the La Grange Library food fight wasn’t just between a 3-year-old and an 18-month-old. It was also between their mothers.Read more…
Deployment Is Confusing for Children, Which Makes Children Hard on Parents
By T. T. RobinsonHe wouldn’t go to bed. He just wouldn’t go to bed. Finally, I asked him why. His answer caught me by surprise. “I miss my daddy!”Read more…
‘Kids Like Me Deserve Something Special.’ The Risks of Overvaluing Our Young.
By KJ Dell'AntoniaThat fifth lollipop in the bunch that’s just been distributed to four kids? If your child thinks it’s rightly his, that may be on you. Read more…
Living With the ‘Extended Newbornhood’ of the Premature Baby
By Joel KellerMy wife’s maternity leave will be over before our daughter is fully out of the newborn stage. I’m going to need help.Read more…
Lisa Bonchek Adams: She Did as Much as She Could for as Long as She Could
By KJ Dell'AntoniaLisa Bonchek Adams did not write like a woman resigned. She did not want to die. But even more, she did not want to disappear.Read more…
New Research on Antidepressants and Pregnancy Finds No Link to Asthma
By Rachel Rabkin PeachmanNew research suggest that taking S.S.R.I.s while pregnant does not increase the risk of asthma in the resulting babies, but the decision to take medication or not remains difficult.Read more…