It's scary to think how many babies are injured and/or killed by caretakers or parents who shake them. It's so true that a fussing baby can work on one's patience, but I just can't imagine how anyone...

As annoying as the Teletubbies were for me, I didn't have to watch them for very long because my kids were too old for them by the time they came out, THANK HEAVEN. There were some shows I really...

A great way to have fun with your kids or maybe even with your adult friends is to talk about words that don't exist but should. There used to be a couple of books of these made up words with all...

My son had surgery at 4 am this morning for a pneumo thorax. I cannot be very sure what this is but apparently there was air escaped from the aveolae of the lungs into the vacuum between the lungs...

I was watching an old episode of All In The Family tonight on TV where Gloria got married. At one point Archie and she have the father/daughter talk that includes their coming to the agreement that...

I know everyone says it, but I just can't believe that much time has passed between now and the time they were born! Today is my younger son's 15th birthday. In the last year he has surpassed me in...

Some people I know have raised their son, who is now 17, everything he asks for. If he wants special food, they buy it, or toys or electronics, or clothes. They don't let him go out on his own to buy...

I say its fine for my son who is 16 to have a tatoo. He's unusually mature for his age anyway. His father says absolutely not. I am willing to pay for this even. I think it's cool and I would even...

Maybe you remember your parents hanging your artwork on the refrigerator. My Dad actually framed some of the work that my sister and I did and hung it on the wall. What do you do to encourage your...

I totally fail to understand what good it does to suspend a kid from school. It's totally just a vacation for the kid and a pain in the butt for parents. If the parents work, the kid is just...