One morning, my daughter found a scarf in my purse and declared, “Mama, let me do your scarf so you can look Muslim.” She said this in the same way you might say, “Let me do your hair so you can look beautiful.” Read more…
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15-Second Vocabulary Videos
By KJ Dell'AntoniaThe winners of The Learning Network’s Second Annual 15-Second Vocabulary Video Contest.Read more…
Home Life, When Your Mother Runs Kinder Modern |
Willem Appleton must be one of the luckiest 5-year-olds in New York. His mother, Lora Appleton, encourages him to roughhouse and jump on the furniture in their luxurious TriBeCa apartment. Read (and see) 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…
British National Health Service: For Low-Risk Pregnancies, Home Births Are Safer |
Britain’s national health service has advised healthy women that it is safer to have their babies at home, or in a birth center, than in a hospital. For low-risk mothers-to-be, giving birth in a traditional maternity ward increased the chances of surgical intervention and therefore infection. Read more.
When Talk of Racism Centers on Black and White, What Does a Brown Parent Say?
By Sujatha ShenoyIn our time, for my generation, for those parents whose skin is not white, the coming-of-age conversation is not about the birds and the bees. It is a conversation about race.Read more…
Why I’m Glad We Chose the ‘Underprivileged’ Local School
By Andy HindsOur school zone includes the best restaurants, coffee shops and brew pubs and some of the most jaw-dropping house prices in the city, and yet, for our pride in all things “local,” our little school has been neglected by the population it was meant to serve.Read more…
The Smart Nursery Offers More Information, Not More Sleep
By KJ Dell'AntoniaIt’s easy for older parents to mock the new generation of wearable devices available to parents of infants—but the prospect of all that information must be tempting, if parents can get the gadgets to work.Read more…
I Can’t Explain
By KJ Dell'AntoniaIf the goal is to explain the news in a way that helps children understand the world they live in, this morning, I failed. Read more…
Playing Nicely With Others: Why Schools Teach Social Emotional Learning
By Jessica LaheySocial emotional learning is what allows students control their behavior, understand how their personal behavior impacts others, and enables them to empathize and collaborate with others. Read more…
A Young Mother, Feeling Unwelcome on Campus
By Marykate MarleyJust as breast-feeding is the best nutrition for my son, being a college-educated mom is one of the best things I can do for my son’s future. These facts go together in my mind, and in social science, yet they fail to come together on my campus. Read more…
Kids and Coding Light Up the White House Christmas Trees
By KJ Dell'AntoniaThe trees surrounding the National Christmas Tree at the White House will be illuminated with animated patterns using code generated on Google’s Made with Code website. Read more…
Inviting African-American Mothers to Sell Their Breast Milk, and Profiting
By Kimberly Seals AllersA company with no ties to Detroit’s African-American community plans to promote breast-feeding and economic empowerment among mothers by encouraging them to sell their excess breast milk.Read more…
Giving Tuesday: Where Would Your Children Give?
By KJ Dell'AntoniaWe’re not much for planned dinner conversations, but tonight, each of our kids will present a charity they’d like to support for Giving Tuesday, and try to persuade the rest of the family to get on board. Read more…
Looking for Charities That Inspire Kids and Families
By KJ Dell'AntoniaTell us which charities inspire your children, and your family, to give time and money to a cause. Read more…