If you've ever tried to have a meaningful conversation with someone who is tech-obsessed, you know how futile your efforts can be. It doesn't help that they're hunched over, heads down, their darting eyes can't focus on yours (when they deign to look up from their BlackBerrys) and they nod...

David Pogue, tech guru and columnist for the New York Times, recently wrote an article about his six-year-old son's iPad addiction. I was laughing to myself while reading it because I can relate to the constant requests to become entranced by the flashing lights and bright colors, and...

As the end of August approaches and another fun, sun-filled summer comes to a close, "back to school" has a brand new meaning for me. My son is starting kindergarten. He went from a baby to a boy in what seems like the blink of an eye and as the...

As someone who considers herself to be very self-sufficient and independent, asking for help doesn't come naturally to me. Although those in my inner circle are accustomed to my obstinacy, my desire to do things myself still elicits eye rolls whenever an offer to help is met with the usual,...

As parents, we've all been in the situation where we're talking to our kids and then out of the blue, they catch us off guard with a question that we're not sure how to respond to. We may be able to get away with stammering through an answer in the...

We're in a recession, the economy is in shambles and unemployment rates are at an all-time high. Add the frenzy around the H1N1 virus onto that and we're left with a current societal state of doom and gloom. Although it can be very difficult to seek out that silver lining...

It's amazing what comes out of the mouths of babes. My son recently said two things in particular that made me laugh out loud and marvel at the ingenuity of a young mind. First, on a dreary day, he blithely commented, "Rain is the cloud's pee," then several days later...

It's an age-old question that moms (and dads, but mostly moms) ask themselves on a daily basis -- am I doing this right? Whether it's about disciplining tactics or sleep training or if the organic cheez-puffs are really that much better for your kids, motherhood to most is a type...

Pregnancy and childbirth puts women's bodies through a tremendous amount of physical change and stress. For nine months, we must endure all the rigors of pregnancy and the many unpleasant symptoms that can accompany it -- heartburn, stretch marks, back aches and swelling, to name a few. After the baby...

When my husband and I got married in 2001, we had already been dating for six years, were living together and for all intents and purposes, were a married couple -- or at least acting like one. Although we had experienced matrimonial bliss before the matrimony, it wasn't until we...

Our world is at an environmental tipping point. Rainforests are being decimated, endangered animals are creeping towards extinction and global warming is a stark reality. It's not a pretty picture, but thankfully, because of activists who have brought awareness of environmental issues to the forefront, an empowered and ever burgeoning...

It has probably taken me about two years, just about how long my daughter has been on this Earth, to get used to the color pink. Having never been a 'girly girl,' I'm just not particularly fond of the color. At least prior to her arrival, I always had the...