Legos used to be a blank slate. They were a bunch of blocks for constructing towers, roller coasters, dinosaurs, mustache combs; you name it. The sky was the limit.

There is some psychotic belief that staying home in isolation from adults, cleaning, mopping, washing and keeping the house spotless is truly a luxury. Don't buy into it. You will be on medication faster than you can say, "Boo!"

COPENHAGEN, Denmark -- Lego's sales soared 25 percent last year thanks in part to its new series of building blocks designed for girls. The privately...

When I go to McDonald's with the kids (yes, we go sometimes) I need to ask the Happy Meal people for a girl toy. If the girls get a boy toy, they get mad. Really.

Summer is half over. The little lessons I've learned have become memories. Snapshots in my head of perfect moments with my kids. Still young... and beautiful... and unaffected... and innocent.

Lamenting the prevalence of toystore gender stereotypes, a wise little girl named Riley once said: "Some girls like superheroes, some girls like princ...