James is the man with whom she and I have been living for more than two years now. No, he is not her father -- not in the biological sense, anyway. But he does the things fathers do. Angie found a word for a person who does things like that. Dad.

...Is it just me, or does it look like Cinderella's been making pies outta that pumpkin carriage? ...More like "Beauty and the BEEF," know what I'm saying???

It's in the weeks that follow tragedy that the majority of us look up from our hustle and bustle, look at strangers' faces and feel the bond of humanity. But come January, we're entrenched in our to-do lists, back in our bubbles, our connection gone. Apathy becomes our greatest contagion.

Hey, Facebook Moms! I heard ya, loud and clear. It seems I left quite a few of us off the list.

The scrapbook of Kay Delaney's mind is nearly blank. Delaney, 55, slipped and hit her head at work last year, erasing more than 20 years of memories t...

Once you have children, there is only one way to hear a story -- and that is with them in mind.

In two tweets, fewer than 280 characters, a fledgling manufacturer (actually a husband and wife who invented the product in their kitchen) managed to press some of the hottest buttons in parenting.

The news never stops, and neither does parenting. Disaster can happen anytime, anywhere, to anyone.

Do you think it's okay for parents to financially support their adult children, especially in today's tough economy?

Are the richest parents really buying better care for their kids? Or just shinier care? If you are struggling to pay the "mid-range" salary, are you somehow not doing right by your child?

Naming a blog turns out to be like naming a child. You spend a lot of time speaking your choices out loud, seeing how they "feel." You worry about the impression they make and the messages they send.

At a party last week, a couple told us a "funny" parenting story. They were staying in Paris, and decided to leave their 1-year-old asleep in his Pack 'n Play, and get a drink at a place nearby. No need for a babysitter.

MOUNT HOLLY, N.J. -- Jacob Anthony Saydeh (say-DAH') won't have any trouble remembering precisely when he was born. Virtua Memorial hospital in Mount...