Columns & Collected Essays

If there were such a manual as “Competitive Parenting for Beginners,” my husband Brett and I would be the authors of chapter 6, “Arts and...

My four-year-old daughter, Zoe, came home from preschool the other day with a great idea. One of her little friends had brought an...

Last spring, I wrote an article about having a summer birthday party for my daughter Zoe with several members of her preschool class. I...

Imagine, if you will, a suburban household at 8:15 a.m. Let’s just pretend that the house exists on a quiet, shady street, in the middle...

Are you watching this seasons’ reality TV show “The Bachelorette?” I’m kind of hooked and I need someone to talk to about it. Can you...

I used to think jumping up and down on a trampoline with three year olds was fun. But approaching the 50th time, I started getting a...