Applied & Visual Anthropologist Gia M. Hamilton IS The Off The Grid Socialite The Off the Grid Socialite, is a socially and ecologically conscious in...
Pamela Alma Weymouth | Posted 05.11.2012
Sometimes, in the sleep-deprived haze of motherhood, one forgets the obvious. I am constantly forgetting car keys, closing the clasp on my belt buckle, that the tag goes on the inside not the outside, my patience.
Kate Schermerhorn | Posted 04.27.2012
Nothing drive me as crazy as those women who act like some horrible tragedy has befallen my children and me when they hear I am divorced ... yes, twice
Kevin Hartnett | Posted 04.17.2012
It's hard for a child to perceive his parents accurately under any circumstances and harder, still, when they're married.
Pamela Kripke | Posted 04.16.2012
When I became a mother, I don't remember filling out an application, or submitting a resume, or answering silly questions about my strengths and weaknesses.
Rosalind Sedacca | Posted 04.13.2012
Put yourself in your child's place and you will likely make wiser decisions when it comes to talking about sensitive areas in their life.
Jennifer Evans Gardner | Posted 04.22.2012
My son hadn't had a home-cooked meal in eons, and I was certainly in no shape to be near sharp knives and a hot oven. "Where's my f-ing casserole?" the voice in my head said. After all, I was mourning a death, too: the death of my marriage.
Miriam Novogrodsky | Posted 03.27.2012
The other night my eldest yelled that his father and I suck at divorce. While my son's sentiment was still fresh I wondered why a good enough divorce is not part of the therapy world's parlance.
New York Times | JUDITH WARNER | Posted 12.18.2011
The Atlantic's current obsession with the alleged "decline of men" continues in the magazine's November issue with a cover story by Kate Bolick that b...
D. A. Wolf | Posted 12.12.2011
Taking a chance and getting back out there may sound like a good idea, but time and timing play pivotal roles.
Pamela Kripke | Posted 12.10.2011
Being a single parent is difficult at times, but marital status doesn't define a person. There is something, though, that I wish were different.
Posted 10.13.2011
Anita Hill's testimony in the Clarence Thomas hearings is credited with launching the awareness of sexual harassment in the workplace. Today she joins...
Sarah Maizes | Posted 10.29.2011
I'm sick. And I didn't even know it. According to an article by Dr. David Wygant on Huffington Post, divorce can be as preventable as the common c...
Pamela Kripke | Posted 09.24.2011
Some might say I could have waited until we were wheeled out of the operating room, but I began the conversation early. "Listen, there will be male people in the nursery," I warned, the moment her beanie-clad head hit my bosom. "Do not worry."
salon.com | Posted 08.20.2011
There are two kinds of parents in the world. There are those who strive to re-create for their children the blissful upbringings that they themselves ...
Yahoo! News | Dwyane Wade | Posted 08.06.2011
NEW YORK -- Recently awarded full custody of his kids, basketball star Dwyane Wade on the importance of being--and having--a father, in this week's Ne...
Matt Logelin | Posted 11.17.2011
The pulmonary embolism that killed my true love came on so quickly that there was no detecting it, and worse, no stopping it. In an instant I became a single father and a widower.
Crai S. Bower | Posted 06.08.2011
I've never been in the military, but my covert operation to reclaim my child in the late 90's felt similar to the psychic g-force that must accompany a soldier...
Crai S. Bower | Posted 05.25.2011
My son, now 23 years old, sleeps across the room as I write. I'm visiting him in Jamaica, where he's spending three months...
Debra Goldstein | Posted 05.25.2011
Not that long ago, I almost gave up on love. The relationship that nearly took me out of the game for good wasn't even a very long one. It was only...
D. A. Wolf | Posted 05.25.2011
Nothing is ever quite the same post-divorce, and certainly not this time of year. Especially when kids are involved. Sure, we brace ourselves for irr...
D. A. Wolf | Posted 05.25.2011
Are you edging toward divorce or smack in the middle of it? On the tail end, and hoping nothing falls through the cracks? As the saying goes, "If I k...
Parenting.com | Christine Coppa | Posted 05.25.2011
You're Newly Single, with Kids...Now What? When I found out I was pregnant -- three months into a new relationship -- and then found myself suddenly ...
Kari Henley | Posted 11.17.2011
With the impact of the recession, 80 percent of people laid off are men. Whether the role of full time Dad is a conscious decision to or due to circumstance, fatherhood is evolving.
Bella DePaulo | Posted 11.17.2011
There's a lot of matrimania going on but I suspect that's not a sign of how secure we are about the place of marriage in our lives, but how insecure.
American Anthropological Association | Posted 05.14.2012