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When I heard my daughter wanted to have a boy over to play I rushed out and bought a soccer ball. I thought it was essential. Surely he wouldn’t find anything interesting in her sea of Barbie dolls and dress-up clothes. I went to a single-sex school;...

On the first day of school my daughter came home with an athletic contract. How is it even legal to make an eight-year-old sign on the dotted line? The contract was a bit of a surprise since my daughter isn’t on any sports team. I assume it was for ...

Snap. Snap. Zip. Unzip. Shove. Squeeze. Sit. Squash. Zip again. That’s the sound of a student packing for college for the first time. This Slacker Mom is an open letter to those who are going off to study teaching. I am writing to you because I want ...

There’s this television commercial of a child in a school cafeteria with a soda, opening a bag of chips. The chips go everywhere and she’s embarrassed. The problem is solved with a plastic zippered bag. I don’t know which would upset my daughter’s ...

Annabel Karmel, so-called expert on cooking for children, is a fraud. There I said it. Her Fussy Eaters’ Recipe Book features a cover photo of a smiling child eating peas. Listen Annabel, fussy children do not eat peas. I’m not even sure normal child...