In light of our hyper-sexualized culture, we often turn to other sources to teach our children about sex. Sometimes we avoid the conversations. But having information is empowering.
Joel Schwartzberg | Posted 10.27.2008 | Entertainment
A while back, my kids and I attended my town's annual Halloween Parade and Costume Contest. I was the Cat in the Hat, my son was Sam I Am, and my girl...
Tracey Jackson | Posted 10.21.2008 | Living
These kids may be on their way to college but when they board those flights to Spring Break, passport and parent's Amex in hand, they are often still seventeen-years-old.
New York Times | Tara Parker-Pope | Posted 09.15.2008 | Living
Harriet Worobey, a childhood nutrition instructor, knows firsthand that children can be picky eaters, but even she was surprised by a preschooler las...
HealthDay News | Posted 09.11.2008 | Living
Healthy habits for regular exercise and a good diet start at home, and they should start at a young age. The American Heart Association offers these ...
Heather Cabot | Posted 09.10.2008 | Living
Game time. Armed with tin foil, Tupperware and treats, I was ready...to pack my very first school lunches. I never thought turkey on wheat could take on so much meaning.
Joel Schwartzberg | Posted 09.03.2008 | Living
The night before the first day of school was always the longest night of my life. I'd lie wide awake for hours, wondering about my locker location, ...
Christine Hassler | Posted 08.26.2008 | Living
Dear Christine, I am the parent of a twenty-something who is having a hard time letting go. My 25-year-old daughter and I have always been very close ...
Mona Ackerman | Posted 07.24.2008 | Living
Q: Can someone act a certain way without realizing why they are doing so? I have a 17 year old niece, Ellen, who is just plain cruel to her mo...
Galt Niederhoffer | Posted 07.16.2008 | Living
After four years of motherhood, I finally know the truth: mothers of young children are not in a state of bliss
Elizabeth Cox | Posted 07.07.2008 | Living
Under our current system it is not possible to have retirement savings in joint name. So for better or worse, richer or poorer, in retirement planning the maxim "he who earns it, owns it" holds true.
Newsweek | Lorraine Ali | Posted 06.30.2008 | Living
According to this week's Newsweek article, having kids might not be all it's cracked up to be. The most recent comprehensive study on the emotional ...
Paige Donner | Posted 06.11.2008 | Green
Dr. Seuss spoke through the Lorax to warn us against mindless progress and the danger it posed to the earth's natural beauty. And this was long before saving the earth became a global concern.
Reuters | Belinda Goldsmith | Posted 04.14.2008 | Living
There's perfectionist mothers, unpredictable mothers, "me first" mothers and "complete" mothers but family experts say the fastest growing group of mo...
Reuters | Posted 03.25.2008 | Living
Middle-income families can expect to spend $204,060 on feeding, housing and schooling a child born in 2007 until his or her 18th birthday, the U.S. go...
Nica Lalli | Posted 03.19.2008 | Living
Good parenting has no religious affiliation. How can a parent foster an open and questioning mind in a child who is also told to follow a god -- without question?
The New York Times | Robin Marantz Henig | Posted 02.18.2008 | Living
This is part of a larger conversation Americans are having about play. Parents bobble between a nostalgia-infused yearning for their children to play ...
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 01.07.2008 | Living
The lie that a man only matters if he is professionally successful and amasses a lot of money and fame begins with the false education of our youth.
Trey Ellis | Posted 12.24.2007 | Living
I won't say it was easy, that first Christmas Eve apart, sleeping in the guest room again, surrounded by more ghosts of Christmas past than ever haunted Ebenezer Scrooge.
Jeffrey Shaffer | Posted 11.15.2007 | Living
Since every person on earth is unique, my philosophy is that parents must be ready for their children to have interests and talents in areas that may come as a complete surprise.
Dr. Joshua Coleman | Posted 11.13.2007 | Living
The current culture of parenting may prevent children from experiencing just enough hard knocks to train them in weathering the stormy transition from living at home to living independently.
Dr. Joshua Coleman | Posted 11.06.2007 | Living
My children have refused to communicate with me for several years and I'm considering cutting them out of my will. Why would I be generous to children who won't have anything to do with me?
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Dr. Logan Levkoff | Posted 10.28.2008 | Living