I'm trying to be more forthcoming these days for myself and for my son, telling people with pride when they ask what I do: "I'm a stay-at-home dad."

There is enormous pressure on us as women to be the "perfect mothers" and to run the perfect household.

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.

During visits to Madison Square Park, I started to grasp the complicated terrain of Manhattan Motherhood, and how I wished someone had written a guide about what to expect when breeding in New York City.

On my Facebook page I see others are having some of the same troubles. The stifling heat and down time with loved ones is making it hard to breathe for some this summer.

My father taught his children to treat every person with dignity and respect, and to never lose the grace of saying, "Thank you."

A woman with two daughters, a stepson, a large mortgage, a big job and no time was rifling in a tidying -- not a nosy -- way through some of her new h...

In The Comeback Keller mentions "how hard it can be to be your own advocate, especially when you are coming back to work after a long time away."

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I think I had a brush with teleportation (or something like it) last week.