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Motherlode Blog: Explaining Capital Punishment to Children
Jan 28th
In the Opinion pages on Thursday, two legal experts, Dahlia Lithwick and Lisa T. McElroy, criticize the three-hour “radio silence” of the Supreme Court on Wednesday night, while it considered, and ultimately rejected, a stay on the execution of Troy Davis, a convicted killer.
The justices owe the public transparency, Ms. More >
Motherlode Blog: Do ALL Parents Love One Child More?
Dec 4th
If you aren’t talking about this already, you will be soon. The cover of the latest issue of Time magazine carries the title “Why Mom Liked You Best: The Science of Favoritism.” The article is by Jeffrey Kluger, who is as good a journalist as I’ve ever read, but on More >
Motherlode Blog: The Redshirting Debate Continues
Nov 14th
Another article you have probably seen and likely talked about today appears in the Sunday Review section. In the article “Delay Kindergarten at Your Child’s Peril,” two neuroscientists, Sam Wang and Sandra Aamodt, take on a practice that has become increasingly popular: holding kindergarten-age children back for a year in More >
Motherlode Blog: Are Apps for 3-Year-Olds Really Educational?
Oct 26th
Is it delusional to think that apps for very young children are really educational?
I know we’ve spilled a lot of ink recently on the question of how much television is O.K. for toddlers, with posts from both KJ Dell’Antonia and Judith Warner.
But I was happy to see an article today More >
Motherlode Blog: An Unnecessary Measles Outbreak
Oct 26th
In a typical year, the Centers for Disease Control sees 60 to 70 cases of measles. As of Oct. 14, it had tracked 214 cases — the worst figure in 15 years.
And here’s the part that kills me: in 86 percent of those cases, the person with the disease had More >
Let Sleepy Students Lie
Oct 26th
There’s a sleep crisis in my house (cause: very small children). But there’s a bigger one in the country.
High-achieving teens are getting, on average, six hours of sleep a night. They should be getting more than nine. “Their cognitive ability is worse than someone who is legally drunk,” Dr. James More >
Childbirth as Performance Art
Oct 26th
Here are a few things you can go see at Brooklyn art galleries this week: urban tapestries, black-and-white photography, or if you time it right, Marni Kotak giving birth at the Microscope Gallery in Brooklyn.
Planning could be hard. Ms. Kotak, a performance artist who focuses on everyday events, will be More >
Does Motherhood Change Views on Drugs?
Oct 26th
The goal of parenting is simple — to raise happy, healthy, well-adjusted kids. The road from here to there, however, is anything but simple. In The Motherlode, we tackle it all — homework, friends, sex, baby sitters, eating habits, work-family balance and so much more — subjects culled from the More >
Motherlode Blog: The Toll of Stress on Parents — and Kids
Oct 24th
Call us “Generation Squeeze.”
Gen X parents, says Paul Kershaw, the Canadian academic who has coined the new somewhat inelegant appellation, are financially, emotionally and logistically challenged like no others in recent memory. “The generation raising young kids today is squeezed for time at home, squeezed for income because of the More >
Motherlode Blog: Getting the Booster Seat Right
Oct 24th
Time to review the booster seats. Thursday’s Washington Post reported on the most recent booster seats evaluations from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, and while more booster seats than ever were “best bets,” meaning that they position a safety belt properly in most cars, many (including ours) were rated More >
