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Newborn/Infant

My Secret Nanny Shame
by Stefanie Wilder-Taylor on Oct 31, 2011
While I’m working on this week’s column, my nanny is in the other room giggling with my babies. I never ever in a million zillion years thought I'd have a nanny. The whole “having a nanny” thing is completely out of my comfort zone and although it’s going on ten months that we’ve had Liz, and I should be used to it by now, the weight of it still catches me by surprise. The other day I was at...
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Mommy Mottos: 10 Things You Swore You'd Never Say
by Cori Linder on Oct 8, 2011
There’s always that moment when you hear yourself say something to your child and mentally cringe. For some of us mothers, it happens once every now and then; for others, it’s a lot more frequent.
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Adoption

Woman Battles For Custody of Her Baby After Falling Victim to Adoption Fraud
Kristy Gaffney thought she met the love of her life. Now she's fighting for custody of her own child after the man she thought was Mr. Right had her sign over parental rights so he could adopt the baby with his wife.
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Allergies

Food Allergies Symptoms - Natural Solutions for Relief
Food allergies are a bigger deal than most people think. Did you know that food allergies symptom affect about 60% of the population? How food allergies symptoms happen:
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Baby

Is Drew Barrymore Pregnant?
Just a few months after announcing her engagement to art consultant Will Kopelman, Drew Barrymore has been spotted with something that looks a whole lot like a sonogram.
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Behavior

$5 for Detention? School Charges Students Fines for Breaking the Rules
At some charter high schools in Chicago, kids are quite literally paying the price for their misconduct, with detentions that carry a $5 price tag. Students at the Noble Network of Charter Schools are given demerits for infractions like chewing gum, having untied shoes or not looking a teacher in...
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Doctor Mom

Is Motherhood Wasted on Moms?
You know that saying "youth is wasted on the young?" Well, my latest opinion is that motherhood is wasted on moms. At least moms like me. Don’t get me wrong - I waited until I was 32 to get pregnant, I desperately wanted children, and I have loved every minute of motherhood. Almost.
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Family

Life, Death and My 25th College Reunion
A few days ago I stumbled across a poignant blog post on Facebook. The essay, written by a hospice nurse, recounted the top five regrets people in their final days had shared with her over the yea
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Healthy Kids

I'm Not "Anti-Vaccine" Or "Pro-Vaccine" - I'm "Pro-Information"
I recently wrote a post on childhood vaccines that elicited quite a response. One commenter, a pro-vaccine physician, recommended a book - "Autism's False Prophet" - and noted that people are perhaps too quick to blame vaccines for c
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Kids

$5 for Detention? School Charges Students Fines for Breaking the Rules
At some charter high schools in Chicago, kids are quite literally paying the price for their misconduct, with detentions that carry a $5 price tag. Students at the Noble Network of Charter Schools are given demerits for infractions like chewing gum, having untied shoes or not looking a teacher in...
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Kids and Friends

Help - My Kid is Being Bullied!
This guest post was written by Jodee Blanco, author of THE PLEASE STOP LAUGHING AT ME…JOURNAL: A Safe Place for Us to Talk
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Kids and Sleep

Are Kids Getting Enough Sleep?
Is your little one getting enough shut-eye? According the sleep experts, the answer is probably no. After reviewing 100+ years of studies about children and sleep -- more than 300 of them -- University of South Australian researchers determined that sleep experts have consistently found that...
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Manners and Etiquette

The Parent Gossip Train: Do You Ever Talk About Other People's Kids?
“Lainie’s mom said Kira’s shorts are too short and she shouldn’t wear makeup to school.” “Anil’s parents told him he’s lucky both his parents are Indian. His family feels sorry for Sarah because her dad is African American and her mom is White.” “Jill told me it is too bad you’re Christian and Dad...
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Potty Training

The Standing Up Pee-er
After nearly seven years, my son has begun to pee standing up. I don’t know when most boys start to pee standing up, or if they ever pee sitting down. I feel like this is the kind of thing you investigate and obsess about when you’re a first time mom and you’re potty training your first born. But...
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Preschool

Food Inspector Replaces Preschooler's Homemade Lunch With Chicken Nuggets
Are chicken nuggets healthier than a brown bag lunch from home? A preschooler whose mother had packed the child a turkey and cheese sandwich, a banana, potato chips and apple juice was told by officials at her school that her lunch “did not meet U.S. Department of Agriculture guidelines” and was...
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Safety

Is There Lead in Your Lipstick?
400 shades of lipstick sold in the United States were found to have traces of lead, according to federal test results released in December. And these aren't just obscure brands. On the list: big names like Maybelline, L'Oreal and even high-end products made by NARS and M.A.C.
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School

$5 for Detention? School Charges Students Fines for Breaking the Rules
At some charter high schools in Chicago, kids are quite literally paying the price for their misconduct, with detentions that carry a $5 price tag. Students at the Noble Network of Charter Schools are given demerits for infractions like chewing gum, having untied shoes or not looking a teacher in...
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Special Needs

Parents Outraged Over School's Use of "Scream Rooms" For Special Needs Students
An elementary school in Connecticut has come under fire for using what are being called "scream rooms" to discipline special needs students. Parents are outraged by reports that staff at the Farm Hill Elementary School are putting misbehaving children in small six-by-four foot rooms that the...
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Toddler

Teaching My Little Shark of a Son How to Share
"There is a wonderful mythical law of nature that the three things we crave most in life -- happiness, freedom, and peace of mind -- are always attained by giving them to someone else." - Peyton Conway March I am trying to teach my son to share. I use big words like generosity, but he can’t say...
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Tweens, Teens & Beyond

Joining the Ranks of Stupid Parents Everywhere
Increasingly my children characterize my husband and I as the supporting idiots in their lives. Intellectually, I get it.
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