Parenting
New “Machiavelli for Moms” Book Explains How to Control Your Kids
I like reading the Wall Street Journal during the week; it lets me imagine I’m one of the one percent and own stocks and bonds […]
With New Ruling on Plan B, it’s Time to Focus on Plan A
On Friday, a federal judge overturned an Obama administration decision to restrict access to emergency contraception to young women and girls under the age 17 […]
Would You Swear There’s No Vomit on Your Living Room Carpet?
Like most of the rest of the women in America, I read the recent New York magazine essay on “The Retro Wife” with my mouth […]
Victoria’s Secret for Teens: Do You Want Anyone “Feeling Lucky” With Your 15-Year-Old?
My daughter is in college now with, hopefully, one more year to graduation. I guess you’d call that young adulthood or “almost adulthood,” or not, […]
In Russia, Teen Complains About Adoptive Montgomery County Parents
What a bizarre story. A Russian teen is popping up on TV in that country, complaining that the Montgomery County couple who adopted him to […]
Chris Christie Can’t Figure Out Where He Stands on Gay “Conversion Therapy”
Yesterday, Chris Christie was asked (where else?) in a town hall meeting during a news conference about a bill moving through the New Jersey State Senate […]
School District Establishes Parent Dress Code in Response to West Philly Kidnapping
Following the January kidnapping of a five-year-old girl from a West Philadelphia elementary school, the school district has revised its school pick-up policies during early […]
One Family’s Obsessive Hunt for Lay’s Limited-Edition, Special Flavor Potato Chips
I don’t know how the idea started, really. I mean, we’re not even potato chip people. But once I had the thought to buy Lay’s […]
Chesco Father and Son Tag Team to Throw Debauched St. Paddy’s Day Party
This is certainly not how my father and I bonded. Drunken teenagers, the smell of marijuana, a partygoer passed out and covered in vomit, and […]
Remember When Parents Were in Charge?
I just read the second news story in as many weeks about a new trend in parenting: the family as corporation. The idea, according to […]
“Lean In”? How About Butt Out, Sheryl Sandberg?
So I get home from work on Friday all ready to do a little relaxing, and what should I find in my mailbox but the […]
Dolce & Gabbana Baby Perfume: For Your Sexiest Infant
Why not? CBS 3 reports: “High end fashion house Dolce & Gabbana claims they’ve bottled the sweet smell of an infant in its new fragrance […]
32-Year-Old Man Sues Parents, Says They Made Him Fail Life
Desperate times call for desperate measures. Or maybe it’s only that desperate people grasp at straws … and lawsuits. Bernard Bey, a 32-year-old homeless man from […]
Dispatch From the Penn Alexander Parents Protest
It’s 5:30 p.m. and a group of 50-odd parents are filing down the steps of Penn’s Houston Hall. “They’re agitating,” one young father says to […]
PA High Schoolers Suspended For Particularly Lewd “Harlem Shake” Video
Today in Harlem Shake news: 13 high school kids from Brownsville, PA, south of Pittsburgh, have been suspended for creating their own edition of the […]