Parenting
Dear Kim and Kanye: Your New Daughter Is Not a Game
So over the weekend, Kim Kardashian had herself a baby. Kim tweeted that her as-yet-unnamed child is a “miracle,” which of course she is, because […]
Bostonians Very Angry that CHOP Is Ranked #1 Children’s Hospital
We’re number one, baby. For your babies. (We? Why am I writing “we”?) While it’s no surprise around these parts that the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia […]
Maybe Sarah Murnaghan Shouldn’t Get a Lung Transplant
I don’t have a critically ill child, and I don’t usually read articles about people who do. It’s not that I’m heartless. It’s just that […]
Philly Parents Want Elected School Board
The shocking idea of having free elections to choose a school board in the city of Philadelphia where free elections were born has flared up […]
Making Sense of the Fear Over Germantown H.S. Closure
When the School District of Philadelphia announced at the beginning of this year that it was closing 37 schools—a number later whittled down to 29—parents […]
Heidi Klum’s Parenting 101: Pay Off Your Kids
If I were to tell you that I know a child who is given a $50-$60 video game for every week that he attends school, […]
New Jersey Nazi Fights to Raise Children The Reich Way
Here’s a wild guess: If you’re in the midst of any kind of custody battle and want to ensure your best chance of seeing your […]
School District’s “Doomsday Budget” Will Turn Philly Into Detroit Redux
Earlier this spring, I committed an act of faith—I offered the universe a sign that I believe in Philadelphia, that this city will not allow […]
First Day on the Job, Kid? Step Right This Way for the Moonbounce and the Funnel Cake!
You can say what you like about the millennials who are now, with the resurgent economy, trickling into the workplace for their first “real” jobs. […]
NY High School Bans “Assassin” Game, Completely Misses Point
Isn’t is just adorable when adults stumble onto some fun thing their kids do, a thing that that they don’t understand, and then make that […]
Here Are the Most Popular Baby Names in Pennsylvania
Today the Social Security Administration has released its list of top baby names for each state in the union. Let’s take a gander at Pennsylvania […]
Video: Baby in Stroller Falls Onto SEPTA Tracks
A 14-month-old baby fell into the tracks at the 56th Street Station on the Market-Frankford Line yesterday afternoon, after her stroller, which was not in […]
PA Woman Missing Since 2002 Now in Jail
So much for the heartfelt reunion story she may have been hoping for. Brenda Heist, the Lancaster county woman who vanished from her home ten […]
Do You Let Your Kids Curse?
A couple of weeks ago, I was standing in the office of my colleague Jason Sheehan, food editor of Philadelphia magazine. I don’t recall […]
Why Are Philadelphia’s Babies Dying So Quickly?
Depressing: The death rate for infants in Philadelphia is about the same as it is in Indonesia, the Inquirer reports today. And Indonesia has the […]