I just got back from a four-day vacation with my young son who vomits in moving vehicles. During our trip the two of us travelled on planes, boats, streetcars, cabs, buses, carousels, vans, and trains. We stayed with friends who have two small children and a big dog, all of...

We have an old farmhouse table in our kitchen. Nothing fancy, but its sturdy legs and pitted top give us a place to eat family meals, do homework, and create Play Doh sculptures. On any given day it is covered with mason jars of crayons, piles of magazines and drawings,...

Last week my husband, Little Dude and I went on vacation. We tried to bring Sporty Stepson, but he wanted to stay home so he wouldn't miss school or lacrosse practice, and it's hard to argue with a kid who would choose calculus over room service in Boston. So he...

I can get lost on the Internet. I log on for a short break and three hours later realize I'm up way past my bedtime because I've found another trove of amazing women writers. Women across the Web are writing glorious, touching, funny, controversial, insightful, frustrating, clever, sad, nuanced, direct,...

We're getting ready to send our oldest boy off to college next year, which has me reminiscing about my undergraduate days. Before I left home, my father warned me to keep up my grades, stay out of trouble and call once a week. Friends and family encouraged me to take...

Dear DJ Lance Rock, Muno, Foofa,
Brobee, Toodee and Plex,

I took my son and his friend to a "Yo Gabba Gabba Live" show a few weeks ago and have been meaning to write to you ever since, but it has taken me a while to put...

In her new book "Lean In," Sheryl Sandberg notes the ways in which fear can hold women back and the importance of pushing through that fear. She writes, "This book is what I would do if I weren't afraid." We asked women of different ages to share what they've learned...

I've said it. You've said it. We've all said it.

"I just want my children to be happy."

Some people coo the words earnestly, leaning forward with clasped hands to emphasize how important their children's happiness is. Others are more off-handed, breezily noting in the midst of conversation...

I started naming my future children in elementary school. Well into my twenties, I would find old scraps of paper crumpled in my desk drawers with lists of names for sons and daughters that I was in no way prepared to have. I'm pretty sure this is a girl thing....

Seems everyone has a label these days. We've got tiger moms, attachment parents, and detachment parents, helicopter parents, permissive parents and free-rangers. You can be a working parent or a stay at home parent. There are French mamans bringing up their bébés properly and over-scheduled American soccer parents. You can...

Little Dude is 5 and at the stage where everything is a question. "How do you spell 'Daddy'?" "Where is Mount Rushmore?" "What is a 'wintry mix'?" (Thanks to Nemo, we've been watching a lot of the Weather Channel lately.) "Will you die before me?" "What will kindergarten be like?"...

Recently, a dear friend and her gorgeous 9-month-old son came for a visit. Her baby is even-tempered, sweet, warm and snuggly. He's a good sleeper, a good eater and has a gorgeous toothy smile that he bestows on everything from the dog, to Little Dude to our favorite Laurie Berkner...

Hace poco, Amy Shearn publicó una lista de las cosas que no deben decirse a las madres que no trabajan fuera. Habría bastado con que citara cualquier cosa de las que ha escrito Elizabeth Wurtzel en el último año, pero eso habría sido demasiado fácil. Por...

Di recente, Amy Shean ha comunicato una lista di cose da non dire alle madri che stanno a casa. Avrebbe potuto limitarsi a citare una cosa qualunque che Elisabeth Wurtzel ha scritto nell'ultimo anno, ma sarebbe stato troppo facile.

Shean, invece, ha elaborato una lista...

Récemment, Amy Shearn a fait part d'une liste de choses qu'il ne faut pas dire à des femmes au foyer.
Elle aurait pu se contenter de répéter n'importe quelle phrase écrite par Elisabeth Wurtzel l'an dernier, mais ça aurait été trop simple. Shearn a...

Recently, Amy Shearn shared a list of things not to say to stay-at-home moms. She could have just cited anything Elizabeth Wurtzel has written in the past year, but that would have been too easy. Instead, Shearn came up with a list that was funny and...

Dear Little Dude,

You're turning 5 this week. You are one-eighth as old as me, yet sometimes you seem worlds wiser. On occasion, you seem bat crazy too, so it all balances out. Surviving half a decade is no mean accomplishment, which is why I'm awake at 5 a.m....

I don't pretend to understand the fiscal cliff. I hear those two words and my brain shuts off and all I hear is Miss Othmar from the Peanuts. I know that this financial precipice had something to do with the debt ceiling, taxes, expiring legislation and some seriously pissed-off members...

When I was a kid, I'd ask my dad what he wanted for Christmas and he'd always say, "I don't need anything" or "The only thing I really want is time with my family." It drove me crazy. I could not understand why he didn't want to spend Christmas day...

I'm fighting every fiber of my being right now not to run to my son's school and take him home, lock the door and read stories about superheroes while eating peanut butter crackers in our pajamas. I want to know he's safe by having him in my sight. I might...