Why is a 20-year-old who fetches coffee at Google more impressive to employers than one who spends days and nights nurturing, teaching, comforting and inspiring?
Want your child to have a chance at a competitive college? Give her a hook, and make her stick to it.
Parents are turning to PEG laxatives to help constipated children, but others are concerned about its long-term use, and there are alternatives.
How do you balance two faiths, two cultures, and two histories, and raise children who feel balanced?
Would a signed agreement designating which parent is in charge of which homework help?
Would you (and your children) enjoy your summer more if you used your smartphone less?
This summer, the Motherlode Book Club will be reading two books parents and older children alike can enjoy, from Jodi Piccoult and her daughter, Samantha Van Leer and Carl Hiaasen.
Why shouldnt a stepmother talk with her stepdaughter about puberty?
Why do we fill June with graduations ceremonies for children who arent really graduating, and awards for every expected achievement of the year?
The midwife Ina May Gaskin wins her clients trust in a way that has become nearly impossible for most health care providers.
Should a middle school dance have a V.I.P. lounge? (And can you believe anyone would even ask?)
I never imagined I would be a single mother, but I didnt expect to follow my mothers path into a controlling, abusive relationship either - until I did.
Links to childrens lives in India, a debate on school segregation, and a comedians last word on Times "Are You Mom Enough" cover.
My 3-year-old son seemed captivated by a girl in the playground, but maybe I was the one who got carried away.
Is the current system of creating custody agreements among divorcing parents really in their childrens "best interests"?
Would you raise money for I.V.F. or adoption through a Web site?
Gallup found that employed mothers of young children reported more happiness and less depression than those who chose to stay home. Why ask?
After Mary Kennedys suicide, remembering that every day you get is a good day.
Can a stepmother talk to her stepdaughter about puberty, or is that strictly the mothers job?
When a bar mitzvah collides with autism, its a coming of age ritual for both father and son.
In a perfect divorce, grandparents and grandchildren can easily stay close. But what do you do when things are not so rosy?
New research shows that having children inoculates parents against the things that conspire to cause unhappiness. So there.
Parent-baby music classes may make babies more social, but if they dont make parents happy, what are they really worth?
I have never walked out of a movie before. But when in "The Avengers" Thor dismissed his evil brother with the words "Hes adopted," I left.
A mother and daughter on why they wont be visiting a fertility clinic together anytime soon.
"Across the country, children conceived with donated sperm are struggling with serious genetic conditions inherited from men they have never met."
A new Save the Children report ranks the United States last among 36 industrialized nations on its breast-feeding policies. Are you surprised?
My 12-year-old son has long, half-pink hair, and everyone, everywhere assumes hes a girl. Why is that such a problem?
Three major news magazines had cover stories last week focused on family - and not because this Sunday was Mothers Day.
According to my unscientific survey (with video), when we call home, most of us count on mom to know whos on the other end of the line.
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