There’s nothing more annoying than a pouty, whiny child on a vacation you’ve worked hard to plan and are spending hard-earned money on. So, if you are you planning a family vacation and thinking of ways to keep the kids…

Forget the Lamaze classes. Pregnant mommas can get an eyeful of education from YouTube. If you search for childbirth videos, you will see results including very graphic vaginal and Cesarean deliveries.

I could not imagine sharing such an intimate and private…

I often talk to parents about teaching their children to become critical consumers of mass media, and I found these tips to be smart and helpful:

The average American child watches two to three hours of TV a day, and that…

For many Gen X parents, a little piece of their childhood died today.  I remember dancing to the songs from Thriller, practicing the moonwalk and putting posters of MJ on my bedroom walls. As several others have said, he was…

When you’ve got little kids and you are looking to save money, playgrounds can be a great source of entertainment. My kids probably go to 2-3 playgrounds a week (if it’s not so hot outside), all over the metro area…

In case you missed it, celebrity parents of 8, Jon and Kate Gosselin, announced their divorce last night on TV. Read the story here.

Watching last night made me incredibly sad, and I haven’t been able to quit thinking about…

File this under: Reality checks for brides-to-be…

A recent survey conducted by Woman’s Day Magazine and AOL, questioned 35,000 women on the state of their marriages, and produced some revealing results. Here’s a sampling of the figures: · 52% of women say they have no/a dull sex life

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Hip, hip, hooray…the Super Readers save the day! Finally, Toys R Us is launching a line of Super WHY line based on the popular literacy show on PBS. This was one of my son’s favorite shows, and I always wondered…

Readers offered several great submissions about the life skills they’ve learned from their fathers in response to the contest we posted last week. We’ve narrowed the entire list down to our top five favorites. Vote for the one you think is the best entry, and…