Don’t Cry or Pout. Last Minute Shopping Doesn’t Have to Stress You Out The holidays can be a wonderful time or togetherness and celebration and it can also be a time of stress and anxiety. Don’t let the rush and excitement of the season allow you...

If your child is anything like my little girl, they’re clamoring to find where their lines are drawn and how much control over anything they have.  This often manifests itself in rather loud ways and bitter arguments between you and your ch...

I'm surprised this appears to be a national trend, but it sure is true at our house. My wife works at a traditional job downtown (with no parking). I work at home and supposedly have lots of time to take breaks and drive kids all over town to the docto...

My little boy, age "almost 6" heard the sound of Spring rain on our windows this morning and announced, "It sounds like Hell." Well, maybe it did to a boy who would have to walk four blocks from where we park the car to get to his urban school. We ...

Image via Wikipedia Everyone tells you to raise a reader. Read to them when they are babies, read them stories every night, model reading behavior.  A great, or even good dad, will devote hours in slavish devotion to this idea.  Well, here’s one dad who will tell you what the evil ...

An air traffic controller's stunt in letting his 9-year-old twins direct planes has landed with a thud - on the kids. The brother and sister are blaming themselves because their father has been suspended for bringing them to work at Kennedy Airport, a relative said Thursday. ...My knee-jerk opinion was "mountain ...

I would like to hear from moms with newborns (as well as moms with older children, for comparison) about how they feel or felt about sex for the first year or two after childbirth. ...Did you realize that couples who have sex less than 10 times a year are considered to ...

My son woke up yesterday morning, despondent that the tooth fairy had missed him. This was only his second tooth, so he has illusions of hitting the lottery with a take that would keep him in new Lego sets from here until his next birthday. His faith was unbending ...

For some kids, going back to school at the end of summer can be traumatic. Anticipating a new teacher, classmates, grade, or school can trigger fear, anxiety, and depression–not to mention very real physical symptoms such as stomachaches, headaches, and insomnia. Fortunately, your child has a whole toolbox to draw from–in ...

Elementary school began yesterday, and on the one hand it seems hard to let the summer go, but on the other hand there were some moments I could have done without.  For instance, all summer long I put off getting my bi-annual haircut/head shave because my ...