The other day, I received a newsletter from my daughter’s elementary school.  One section caught my eye, “If your child has had a problem with another student on campus; whether before school, during school, or after school, you are asked to...

It's all Katie Couric's fault. I'm a full-time out-of-the-home working mother.  I have two little boys under 5.  I have an often demanding job and a total of 1.5 hours of commute time daily.  I have a giant mountain of laundry that never...

My husband Stewart and I have a difference in opinion on what constitutes bad language. He gets really upset if I "drop the F-bomb." Granted, I don't think it's a good thing to be using expletives around kids all the time, and I really think my boys...

Motherhood, really parenthood, brings with it so many joys, so much laughter, but also trials and challenges.  There is also the development of “momspeak,” that is the secret language that no one teaches you, that you suddenly remember your mom...

My husband handed me the Sunday paper this morning as I was about to sip my first cup of coffee.  There, on the front page, was an article about the ethics of mom bloggers writing about free stuff they get from companies.  The article was...