These days, when it comes to choosing a childbirth preparation class, couples can get easily overwhelmed by the different options and methods out there -- some familiar, some not. Parents today are asking themselves: Do I want to be hypnotized during birth? Do I want my husband to coach me?...

Dear Beard and Moustache Trend,

You are living it up right now, aren't you? You are blasting "(I've Had) the Time of My Life" from the Dirty Dancing soundtrack, I bet. I don't blame you -- you've got almost every hipster male, "with-it" dad and a scattering of unaware loggers...

A few days ago, I toured my first local public elementary school for the big hurry-up-and-freak-out-about-where-your-kid-is-going-to-go-to-school Fest that apparently happens each year as parents all over my city tromp through the schools, hoping to at least not hate what they see. My son is old enough to be in kindergarten...

'Tis the season for many of us parents to find ourselves searching within to answer the questions:

"What do I teach my child about Santa, if anything at all? Do I tell them the story of Santa? Do I wait until they ask? Do I include the part about being...

I was recently asked to be an "expert" on a tele-class titled, "What Nobody Tells You To Expect When You're Expecting." My specific role was to speak about birth, being that I'm a Birthing From Within childbirth mentor, but I have had experience (read: drama) in...