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…
Flipcam - may not be the one awarded
The touchy-feely soap company, Lever 2000, sent an interesting survey our way about families and hugging. According to their research, parents are showing more affection to their kids than their parents showed them. And…
Are your kids camera ready? Of course, they are.
Now, send us your favorite photo that captures what it means to you to be a Mom. Interpret as loosely as you want and include a short description or explanation with your…
WINNERS UPDATE: Thank you to all who shared such heartfelt and sound advice. I tried to pick my top two favorites based on originality, practicality and emotional response (the words touched the truth of my own parenting experience). Using that…
WINNERS UPDATE: In my book, each of these suggestions is a winner since it worked for the poster. We are leaving for our T-Day vacation today, so I’ll start trying some of these suggestions when we return. I think I’ll try K8’s…
WINNERS UPDATE: Great gifts, one and all. You guys make it very difficult to pick a winner. My favorites: Tara, whose mom created an amazing life-long memory and T. Anderson, what a thoughtful anniversary gift and sweet tribute to your…
This weekend my children were invited to a pool party. There were a dozen adults there and two teen-aged lifeguards supposedly supervising at the host’s backyard pool. I was standing 10 feet away and turned to talk to some other…
While all the parents of picky eaters have my deepest sympathies, the winner from last week’s contest is Mindy Grossman, who wrote:
My son(12yo) has got to be the world’s pickiest eater. His entire “will eats” are peanut butter, bologna, french…
I get a lot of free stuff mailed to me at work. Publicists send copies of parenting and children’s books, product samples and “creative” press releases. Much of it gets tossed into our newsroom charity drive auction for 100 Neediest…
