Parenting
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 […]
A New Study on Breastfeeding Proves… We Read Too Many Studies
A new study tells us that many moms quit nursing because they’re nervous about nursing. Finally!!! A study that proves we read too many studies! […]
You Can Save This Penguin. Or You Can Turn the Page.
I read in the news last week that the Detroit Zoological Society is building the largest center in the United States devoted to penguins. Construction […]
Does Your Company Have a Bring Your Parent to Work Day?
Lest you think that “helicopter parenting” is an American thing, know this: a French woman was just charged with fraud for taking the Baccalaureate test […]
God Goes to College
In four years of college, I had, among others, the following roommates and suitemates: • An Ohioan prima donna who pledged a sorority as soon […]
38 Reasons the Cost of College Is Worth Every. Single. Penny.
The high cost of education has been very much in the news of late, particularly after the President’s recent speech about his plan to bring […]
10 Reasons I’m Glad Summer Is Over
As an academic and a mother, I think of the year as running from September to June, even though the number changes in January. I’ve […]
Kate Gosselin Sues Jon Gosselin for Stealing Her Stuff, Trying to Ruin Her Life
The latest in the apparently still developing Jon and Kate Gosselin (minus eight) story. Kate has sued her ex-husband Jon, both of whom live in […]
Redesigning Men to be 21st Century Dads
Since the paradigm of men earning the living and women being homemakers and full-time moms is being turned on its ear, how do men adjust […]
Sooo….Nickelodeon’s “GAK” Was Named After the Philly Slang Word for Heroin
Remember GAK? “GAK is great stuff!” “GAK is stretchy!” GAK is also smack! Marc Summers, the host of the Nickelodeon show that created GAK, Double Dare, […]
Jeopardy! Misspeller a Sore Loser?
It was Kid’s Week on Jeopardy! last week. Thomas Hurley, an eighth grader from Connecticut came in second place after misspelling the word “emancipation” during […]
You Know You Live in a Small Town When …
Kid Number Two heads off for football camp for college in another week, so I spent the weekend combing the house for his cleats and […]
Pot Heals in Colorado, Kills in Texas. Why?
In Colorado this week, parents Matt and Paige Figi are finding relief in cannabis for the perpetual seizures their daughter, Charlotte, 6, has been suffering […]