Parenting
Study: What You Eat When You’re Pregnant Matters Big Time for Baby
If my many pregnant friends and family members have taught me anything, it’s that the whole wild-craving thing during pregnancy is not an urban legend. […]
Penn Backs Student-Created Start-Up That Lets Kids Cut Class
You may have heard about a pair of Penn students who’ve come up with a nifty new idea. They’ve created a virtual marketplace, Noteriety (motto: […]
In Princeton, Effigies Have Feelings, Too
Millennials, you are killing me. I know, I know; we celebrate you on the December cover of the magazine. We get to read inside about […]
Dad, Kids, Saved From Fire By Jumping Out the Window
When a fire in Strawberry Mansion engulfed a storefront and apartment above it this morning, dad of the year Eddis Manzanillo quickly realized that running […]
Dispatch From a Princess Wars Survivor
It’s been a while since I last watched a Disney princess movie, and thank God for that. But 40,000 viewings when my daughter was between […]
Dad Files: Dear Fellow Parents, Please Stop Complaining About Being Parents
People who’ve read this column on even a semi-regular basis probably heard me rail, now and again, about the stupid things parents say. I’ve yet […]
Dispatch From the Front Line of the “You Are Not a Princess” Wars
On Wednesday, the Huffington Post published this story about a “pro-women” advertising campaign from a Kentucky-based all-girls prep school. Mercy Academy’s “You Are Not a […]
Your Cell Phone Is Stealing Your Soul
“Do you remember,” my husband said in the middle of yesterday’s Eagles game, apropos of nothing, “how when you used to call a friend’s house, […]
Study: Day Care Could Cost You As Much as College
CBS Philly reports on a new study suggesting day care costs rival college in the tally of lifetime child-rearing expenses. The station talks to Shawn Towey, […]
Would You Let Apple Babysit Your Child?
In India, a 17-year-old girl committed suicide after her parents restricted her use of Facebook and her cell phone use. And though it sounds extreme […]
A Tale of Two School Lunches: Excess in America, Insecticide in India
It was the juxtaposition, I think, that got to me. The first story in the Wall Street Journal told how the headmistress of that school […]
Dad Files: 6 Things Every New Dad Should Know
A few weeks ago, I gave a talk for expectant parents at the Please Touch Museum. I can’t be sure what it meant to the […]
Wharton Researcher Says Young People Uninterested in Parenthood
Wharton prof Stewart Friedman has a new book out, Baby Bust, New Choices for Men and Women in Work and Family, in which he examines how fewer young […]
How Having a Baby Later in Life Affects Your Breast-Cancer Screenings
I’m almost 40, and I’m about to have my second baby. It’s comforting at least to know that I’m not alone: A recent Los Angeles […]
Philly Researcher Helps Prove New Baby Smell is Real
The New York Times reports on research proving that “new baby smell” is a real thing—nature’s way of making moms even more attached to (and […]