When eating out, you probably already ask your waiter for more water, coffee or napkins, but, if you direct that same inquisitiveness toward your meals, you just may find yourself with an inventory of easy, economical new ideas... More >>

You did your part in raising a college-ready student. You ensured good schools and teachers; supervised years of homework sessions; braved entrance exams and the obligatory tour of potential campuses... More >>

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I started listening to you in my mid-twenties when I was naïve and lost. I didn't think the values you talked about existed... More >>

My husband and I have a fabulous marriage and four good sons--our youngest is 19. When he was home this summer... More >>

Sometimes when you're trying to be a good parent, you actually end up doing things that hurt your kids. Here are 7 parenting mistakes you may be making... More >>

Several days a week, my two-year-old daughter and I go to the gym together while my older kids are at school. They have a childcare room where you can leave the kids while you run on the treadmill or take a spinning class... More >>

...My childhood was miserable because my parents married and divorced numerous times, shacked up, married people with kids, made new kids, etc... More >>

What if the common restaurant kid's menu was never invented? What if parents ordered right off the adult menu, asking for a side plate to share 'grown-up foods' with their kids from the moment they were learning to chew? What would happen... More >>

...In between applying for new jobs, my wife started spending more time at the daycare when she went to get our son. She started to notice the cold, uncaring, unloving institutional side of daycare... More >>