3+ hour, 55+ min ago  (354+ words) What kind of parent will I be? It's a question that most of us ask long before we have children. We spend years watching our own parents, thinking about what we'll do similarly and differently, and absorbing lessons from friends,…...

3+ week, 5+ hour ago  (272+ words) Two years ago, I arrived at the end of my rope with my 8-year-old daughter's screen time. Throughout her life, my husband and I closely followed pediatricians' advice around screens. Starting around age 6, we allowed our daughter Rosy to watch…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (289+ words) The Free Press When I was 29 and six months" pregnant with my first child, an older co-worker told me about a fancy lunch she"d just had with her young adult son. They"d gone to some haute cuisine downtown…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (462+ words) Can I tell my stepdaughter that her mom is a bitch? Now, she has a different boyfriend, who apparently likes kids, so suddenly she wants to spend more time with her daughter. Obviously, we understand and appreciate that a kid…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (207+ words) My 7-year-old daughter has a good group of first-grade friends at our local public school. I am casually friendly with most of their moms. This week, my daughter reported to us, while giggling uncomfortably, that one of the little boys…...