Your 4-month-old looks amazingly like that always-furious boss you once had, but what is she really feeling?...
Alpha Mummy | Posted 11.16.2009 | Living
If you believe in an afterlife - where all your goodness will finally be noted, and taken into account, and justice will reign - it's like playing a c...
World of Psychology | Posted 11.10.2009 | Living
Several mom friends of mine have lately come down with a bad case of "empty-nest depression" -- moms who just dropped off their youngest offspring to ...
Dr. Susan Albers | Posted 11.06.2009 | Living
According to a British study, kids who ate candy every day at age 10 were significantly more likely to be convicted of a crime at age 34. The Lesson: Should we ban candy? No.
forbes.com | Posted 11.05.2009 | Living
Want to be a happy married couple? Consider having kids. A new study found that having children boosts happiness. And the more, literally, the merrier...
Pat Nolan | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics
Maintaining the child-parent relationship during a parent's incarceration improves a child's emotional development and their behavior, and will help keep him or her from following their parent to prison.
Jack Canfield | Posted 10.23.2009 | Living
Each one of us is enduring more stress as we face a recession and a deep financial shakeup that has no end in sight. During times like these it's essential for us parents to remember what our priorities are.
Danielle Cavallucci | Posted 10.09.2009 | Living
The trouble in awarding this prize to the president in advance of delivery on promise, is that we set the precedent that one needs only have a thought or an idea to be rewarded.
Tom Matlack | Posted 10.09.2009 | Politics
Obama sets an example for the rest of us 40-something guys looking in the mirror asking ourselves those difficult questions how to move forward.
Rob Morrison | Posted 10.08.2009 | New York
There were times over the past year and a half that I cursed my stay-at-home status. Privately, I worried if I'd ever have the chance to resume my career.
Simon Carr | Posted 10.06.2009 | Living
After my wife died the care and control of our five-year-old son fell to me. The idea of a man bringing up a young child was alien to the spirit of the age.
Charlotte Safavi | Posted 09.30.2009 | Living
Boys and men need to do more housework. Despite the sexual revolution, the traditional division of labor-at-home remains firmly entrenched in our society.
Rohit Chopra | Posted 09.24.2009 | Business
Here in America, could we better protect the environment, reduce crime, and increase school performance if the poor had fewer children? Maybe.
cnn.com | Elizabeth Landau CNN | Posted 11.21.2009 | Living
A new study of more than 2,500 toddlers from low-income families found that spanking may have detrimental effects on behavior and mental development....
health.com | Posted 11.18.2009 | Living
Eating meals together goes beyond the opportunity for bonding and relaxing. And despite the feeling that there's no time for such luxuries, 59% of fam...
Marlene H. Phillips | Posted 11.16.2009 | Living
At a wedding your mind wanders across some pretty deep territories, like life, love, and the passage of time.
Stacie Nevadomski Berdan | Posted 11.15.2009 | Living
At stake is nothing less than our ability to compete successfully in the raw global arena, and one of the deciding factors will be American professionals' ability to speak strategic foreign languages.
Anthony Jackson | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics
Just as in health care, the status quo in American public education is unacceptable and perilous to the nation's future. But 21st century skills must include global awareness and global competency.
Stacie Nevadomski Berdan | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics
What has gone so wrong with our country that educators would claim that "teaching time" is more important than hearing from the President of the United States on the subject of the importance of school?
Leslie Gilbert-Lurie | Posted 09.27.2009 | Living
As a child, I generally had nothing better to do after school than play with my neighbors. Today, many of the children I know are too busy after school with lessons and sports to idly play.
Ramon Resa, MD | Posted 09.25.2009 | Living
Parents, always make sure your children wear their seat belts! Families, take accountability.
Charlotte Safavi | Posted 09.19.2009 | Living
My son has printed out 20 Wikipedia pages on the definition of the F word. I'm proud of my son's industrious initiative, research tactics and dogged determination to learn.
Ramon Resa, MD | Posted 09.18.2009 | Living
As a pediatrician, I am very aware of the dangers for children. Over time, however, I have come to the conclusion that we are doing our kids a disservice by being hyper aware of all the dangers in our society.
Todd Kashdan | Posted 09.03.2009 | Living
Children who often experience curiosity and wonder, and act on these feelings to explore their world fare better at school, in relationships, at work, and are intelligent, creative, satisfied people.
Barbara Dehn | Posted 09.03.2009 | Living
Babies and toddlers are the most vulnerable to serious bacterial infections leading to diarrhea, dehydration and in some cases, even death when the water supply is compromised.
parenting.com | Posted 11.17.2009 | Living