By Mache Seibel, MD, Professor, University of Massachusetts Medical School. If Goldilocks were trying to conceive she would have asked the question, “Is my timing to early, to late, or just right.” Depending where you are in your personal life and in your reproductive life, timing and perspective for those 3 issues may be very [...]
Well, the jury’s in from my anxious prognostications back in May, when the challenges of the summer lay in wait for us like the Sirens on island of the Faiakes. And, as profoundly as I love my children, there’s something of a relief in being permitted to pack up the Mom ’n’ Pop Big Top [...]
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 week, the A Child After 40 campaign was mentioned in Live Science (see below) for a feature on the parenting topic du jour—“over-scheduling” of children’s activities. Not that the two are directly connected—I was invited to give my two-cents on the issue from the perspective of an older parent. I originated from the BT [...]
These days, having watched the original Star Trek series air on TV (Star Date: 1966—1969) carries about as much weight as witnessing man’s first step on the moon. I was there for both. From 5-to-8 years old, the whole notion of humanity’s technological brilliance was imprinted on my brain like that of a newborn gosling. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
There are few situations where I am more aware of my age and experience as an over-40 mother than the beginning of the school year. Being older and starting your child in kindergarten is always special. It’s where—for the first time—you meet the moms of the other kids your child might be spending the next [...]
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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