Parenting
No Parents Allowed
A year ago I was fretting that our kids would never know the true joy of outdoor play in winter. On one particularly bleak afternoon, […]
'Tis the Season to Overparent
Theories abound about why our generation of parents has become a generation of control freaks. Here are two interesting takes from interviews I did while […]
New Study: Mom's Multitasking is a Full-Time Job
While doing research for my December feature story, “Welcome to the Age of Overparenting,” in which I come clean about my struggles as a helicopter […]
Overparenting Archetypes
The six different overparenting archetypes.
Welcome to the Age of Overparenting
See Jane. See Jane walk downstairs. Clap, Mom and Dad, clap! See Mom and Dad clap, clap, clap. For everything Jane does. Welcome to the age of overparenting.
Traveling with Kids and Learning to Enjoy the Ride
For us, Thanksgiving weekend meant, among other things, many hours in a packed car with three kids under the age of nine. This was not […]
Parents Are Bit Players in a Larger Drama
When a majority in a society notice an increase in tension, uncertainty, or malaise, they search for a reason. Americans are especially prone to implicating […]
Are We Over-Managing Our Children?
“Trying to control the future is like trying to take the master carpenter’s place / When you handle the master carpenter’s tools / Chances are […]
The Need for Freedom from Adult Supervision
Partly because of overprotective parenting, children are deprived of free play today as they never have been before outside of the times and places of […]
Eight Ways to Avoid Helicopter Parenting
What’s a helicopter parent? Someone who hovers more than you do. Seriously, nobody tries to be a helicopter parent. But parenting is the toughest job […]
Developing the All-Around Child
At the annual College Board conference this fall, the dean of admissions at Harvard, William Fitzsimmons, revived some parental panic. According to The New York […]
Make These Cute Holiday Desserts and Feel Better Instantly
What is it about parenting and holidays that has us wanting to make adorable pumpkin-muffin turkeys like these? Or sugar-cone tepee treats likes these? And, […]
Anti-Vaccine Group Crosses the Line with Chickenpox-Laced Lollipop
Just when you were wondering if you should throw out the rest of that Halloween candy, here’s an idea. In an ironic twist in this […]
Penn State is the Tip of the Iceberg
Child pornography images are crime scene photos, and the thriving black market for them can only be supplied one way: through the rape and torture of more children.
Aren't We Beyond Saying Mother Needs a Little Helper?
Yet another way our generation disappoints: We don’t even choose cool, generation-defining drugs. In an article in The New York Times this weekend titled “Sleep […]