Welcome to the next Forum of the Summer Series at our new A Child After 40 online community: Parenting With Wisdom—Older Parents Parenting Newer Children. JOIN US from 9th–11th August and “Ask Dr. Don Saposnek”, a clinical-child psychologist, child custody mediator, family therapist, parent and family educator, and school consultant. He has been in private [...]
In late May, my children got out of school early for the summer, all fired up and eyeing me expectantly like I’m the designated Tour Operator at Disneyland. Didn’t anyone tell them that laundry, shopping, and housework go on all the same whether they’re in school or not? Little did they know that, a mere [...]
When I was young, school graduation referred to those memorable rites of passage when you departed elementary school, high school, or university for the lofty hemispheres of some greater achievement. Each was like a stage on a space rocket, dramatically dropping away after serving its purpose, so the vehicle could forge ahead to the outer [...]
Last month, the announcement that Kristine Casey gave birth to her own grandson at 61 had media headlines flashing like neon in the red light district. But what about the grandmas who are in it for the long run? Sylvia Butler—a Special Education teacher from Greene County, Tennessee, who spent most of her childhood in [...]
I first posted this blog in December last year to public damnation. It was the insult to injury of waking up after 40 years of adulthood to learn that Christianity was no longer tolerated in the American school system responsible for educating my young children. While we were strong-armed into supporting all other forms of [...]
Since posting Don’t Call Me Grandma! last month, I’ve learned that being mistaken for “the grandmother” can be a red-hot button for older mothers. Now, more readers and experts are weighing in on this emotional issue. Don’t Call Me Grandma! drew more frustrated, hurt—and often angry—comments at the end of the article, and in all [...]
When I started hanging out with baby Alex at the playground at 43, I remember thinking that—sometime during a surreal, Rip Van Winkle-style afternoon nap—I must have landed myself on the set of the 2004 film Stepford Wives. Being around tightly-knit groups of dewy-eyed younger mothers made me feel old and marginalized–an outcast from a [...]
Constant speculation about the role egg donation might have played in Kelly Preston’s pregnancy gives new life to the old chestnut: Do real moms use donor eggs? It’s also given birth to an idea. I’ll be re-launching a special selection of Flower Power Mom’s blog article playlist from earlier this year, dealing with some of [...]
One of the toughest challenges of having children after 40 is that we seem—by definition of choosing motherhood later—to have been stripped of our maternal bitching rights. Younger mothers are free to complain of being tired—of not having enough help, of having too much laundry, or too little sleep. But not us. We have to [...]
Almost every mother knows that sinking feeling in the pit of her stomach, when she fears there might be “something wrong” with her child. Periods of developmental transition can be especially sensitive, like the leap from morning preschool into an all-day kindergarten. In fact, there’s a few kids—like our daughter Lizzie—who have unexpected extreme reactions [...]
Angel on CNN
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Angel on CNN, Mother's Day story, May 8th 2011. (http://www NULL.youtube NULL.com/watch?v=WySnP2nnwXU)
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