Let’s start with the title. “The Mommy Business Trip” is the headline on Katherine Rosman’s piece in the Wall Street Journal and its tagli...

"Scary Mommy" blogger Jill Smokler has devoted her new book, Motherhood Comes Naturally (And Other Vicious Lies), to debunking the rosy platitudes man...

Before I had kids, I possessed many ideas about what kind of parent I would be. Below are ten of those assumptions -- and the reality that followed, post-kids.

It isn't paranoia that drives my decision. It's respect.

Parenthesis is where we collect our favorite writing from moms and dads around the web: essays, letters, rants and calls for help that make us nod in ...

This week in Parenthesis, Kelle Hampton discusses the difference between real life and Instagram perfection, a foster mother catalogues her experience...

I thought about not writing anything humorous until we could all come to grips with this injustice (So, essentially, never). But, I will and I hope other humorists do too.

Shaming the people who live in your house, eat your snacks and make messes (but are ultimately adorable) is officially trendy. Dogs, kids, husbands......

This week in Parenthesis, Heather Spohr fields questions about hyperemesis gravidarum, Jim of Sweet Juniper explains why his photo-sharing philosophy ...

This week in Parenthesis, Tracy of Sellabit Mum tells her children why she writes online, a Lesbian Family blogger reflects on the "mommy" name game a...

Nearly a decade ago, I moved to the suburbs from NYC. In that time I've learned some pretty important things to ensure my survival, nay, my sanity.

Proposition 35 is something ever parent should know about. If passed, it will make penalties for human trafficking more severe and provide services to survivors and their families.

This week in Parenthesis, a young boy goes to his first dance, a subway encounter brings a blogger to tears -- and more. Laughing it up People I W...

Can't think of anything good about your third trimester except that it's almost over? Let me help...

When TIME Magazine published its radical attachment parenting cover a the week before Mother's Day, featuring a "willowy bombshell of a mother, starin...

This week in Parenthesis, two moms write thoughtful posts for the first-ever World Cerebral Palsy Day, Kristen Chase stands up for airplane-bound babi...

This week in Parenthesis, the school year starts for two mom bloggers; Tanis Miller’s kids reenact a scene from her childhood; and Ilana Wiles reali...

This week in Parenthesis, we marvel at Jim Griffioen's costume-making skills, help Jill Smokler bid farewell to her favorite pair of yoga pants and mo...

Mom bloggers writing posts about a conference dedicated to -- what else -- blogging: in the blog world, it doesn’t get much more meta than that. ...

One of Twitter's valuable lessons for parents is this: whatever you're dealing with, someone has probably been there before. Whether you're trying des...

This week in Parenthesis, Kelle Hampton goes dancing, Joanne Bamberger offers Marissa Mayer advice, Heather Armstrong tries in vain to get better slee...

Inspired by what the research was trying to capture, I reached out to my own web of blogging friends. Why are you here? I asked them. What has the Internet done for you since you've become a parent?