Category - Parenting & Relationships

With the beginning of the school year looming, now’s the time to begin preparations for a successful transition. Here’s a list of the areas to...

When I was younger I often spent much of my free time mixing dirt with varying degrees of water and baking mud pies in my father’s tool shed; sitting in...

Summer is the season for barbecues, beaches and…boredom. Some of the most dreaded words a parent can hear are, “I’m bored. There’s...

I am often prone to reflection–sometimes more trivial than at others, but mostly on life and where I am in my own as compared to where I thought I would...

When I was growing up, the nature vs. nurture debate was alive and well. If a kid was an asshole, it was unclear whether the parents were assholes who treated...

Let’s face it, sometimes fathers feel a bit left out. They may feel a little unsure of their abilities in the parenting department, and women, like many...

When I first pitched this story idea, I didn’t realize how tough it would be to write. The reason being I would actually have to admit out loud that I am...

For some reason, at least for modern American women, breastfeeding is far more complicated that its simple name suggests. After all, what other aspect of...

My biological clock/maternal instincts kicked in around age 26. I first began noticing babies, a life form which had been virtually invisible to me for the...