Trips to the zoo, collecting autumn leaves, reading Ranger Rick – sound like memories from your childhood?  More than likely, yes, they do. But here’s a question: do they sound like a part of your kids’ lives today? It’s an interesting question we parents should all ask ourselves. On that ...

I see a lot of “expert” parenting advice in my inbox.  It seems everybody knows how to raise my kids and wants me to share their ideas with you!  Once in a while, though, I do see something worth sharing.  The following comes from Claire Haas of Kiddie Academy, and ...

Last month, I attended Strong Men Speak, a roundtable discussion at UC Berkeley that considered the definition masculinity in contemporary American culture — how it is changing, and how it needs to change.  Of considerable interest to all of us in attendance was the connection between fatherhood and concepts of ...