Beyond The Minivan: Women And Care Arrangements
Working moms, once unheard of, have become a cultural norm. Yet we're still mostly trying to find a balance in our home lives when it comes to making care arrangements.
Working moms, once unheard of, have become a cultural norm. Yet we're still mostly trying to find a balance in our home lives when it comes to making care arrangements.
Peggy Drexler | Posted 10.16.2009 | Living
One of the most painful and confusing passages in the lives of women is when dad is there, but changing. The rock in their lives, who they desperately want to please, is suddenly different -- and so is the bond they shared.
Tom Matlack | Posted 10.17.2009 | Living
Are you a real man? Turns out that is a pretty silly question. But for too long men have been scared off having real conversations about just what kind of man they are, and hope to become.
Patrick Boyle | Posted 07.31.2009 | Living
Our 6-year-old is enforcing the law from her booster seat again. Who got the bright idea to build Jaycie's literacy skills by encouraging her to read road signs?
Lenore Skenazy | Posted 07.25.2009 | New York
When I wrote a little column about letting my fourth-grader ride the subway solo from Bloomingdale's to 34th Street and from there, to take a bus by himself, home, it hit the proverbial "nerve."
Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 07.20.2009 | Living
Young people talk about what they'll be thinking about on Father's Day
George Mitrovich | Posted 07.20.2009 | Living
My father taught his children to treat every person with dignity and respect, and to never lose the grace of saying, "Thank you."
John DeBellis | Posted 07.19.2009 | Comedy
Personally, if I were a woman I wouldn't breast-feed a child. I don't think they're emotionally mature enough to appreciate it.
Leeat Granek, PhD | Posted 07.18.2009 | Living
My earliest recollection of father's day took place in 1983. I was four years old and I was I was having my tonsils out. It was a traumatic experience for multiple reasons.
Sophie Keller | Posted 07.17.2009 | Living
Some of you might have noticed that I disappeared off the Huffington Post for three months and that is because I just had a baby, who is now three mon...
Craig and Marc Kielburger | Posted 07.13.2009 | Living
Fathers in the Aka tribe either hold or are within arm's reach of their infants 47 per cent of the time Sadly they are the worldwide exception.
Joel Schwartzberg | Posted 06.11.2009 | Entertainment
Hollywood writers looking to put their kid protagonists in jeopardy should stick to the safe slate of villains and demons, and avoid the all too easy road of demonizing divorce.
Peggy Drexler | Posted 05.09.2009 | Living
Because of mental illness, substance abuse or emotional problems, dad might be there physically, but compared to the bond they had while she was growing up, he has gone to an unreachable place.
Nia Vardalos | Posted 02.27.2009 | Living
A common misconception about adoption is that to get a kid you just have to go to another country and be as pretty as Angelina Jolie. As studio executives and movie reviewers have informed me again and again, I'm not.
Rob Morrison | Posted 01.29.2009 | Style
In my limited experience as a stay-at-home dad, I've noticed that parents will pay big for just about any kind of recreational activity. Running, jumping, and playing are all red-hot commodities.
Lanny Davis | Posted 01.09.2009 | Style
I struggle to find something in common with my 10 year-old son Josh and, of course, what I found, like most other fathers of 10-year-olds, is sports. And by that I especially mean baseball.
Helen Cordes | Posted 10.09.2008 | Politics
Think of what we'd all gain when Todd manned up to the Dad role and American dads took his lead to parent on a meaningful, widespread level.
Sheila Lirio Marcelo | Posted 10.26.2009 | Living