As a culture, we are living in a time of maternal scrutiny, the likes of which have never been seen or experienced. Imagine parenting through the looking glass, or an Orwellian population of glassholes, and there you have it. Engaged in so much righteous comparison of one another's...

While on vacation this summer with our 7- and 8-year-old at my parents' beach house, my husband and I had a rare opportunity to sneak away for a daytime tryst. Feeling almost desperate for some quality time in a bed together in which we were both awake, we headed over...

According to the latest research in the recent Time cover article, "Chore Wars," by Ruth Davis Konigsberg, "... husbands and wives have never before had such similar workloads." I don't know what goes on in your house, but the She said/He said parental debate of who does more...

Motherhood, it's complicated. It's easy to talk of the joys and wondrous moments. There are many, and they are indescribably luscious. But, there is a dark side to motherhood, and it has relevance, too. We don't talk about it, because it appears unseemly. Or worse, that any revelation of dissatisfaction...

Over the last 10 years, the sexualizing of younger and younger girls has become a hot ticket item. Overwhelming in its scope, and fueled by retail sales, business is booming, and like it or not...we are assaulted by little girls "looking hot" on a daily basis.

Perhaps most outrageous of...