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What To Do with Leftover Halloween Candy

In our house the Halloween candy typically lasts straight through until Christmas. This is because our children, who are usually so hesitant to walk even […]

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The End of Down Syndrome?

This week, a new prenatal test came on the market in Boston and 19 other cities across the country that allows pregnant women to provide […]

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Common Sense Wins Again: Kids Under 2 Should Not Be Watching TV

Common Sense Wins Again: Kids Under 2 Should Not Be Watching TV. It was true in 1999, and it’s still true today: Television isn’t good […]

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The Massachusetts Corn Maze Survival Guide

Earlier this week, a family visiting the Connors Farm in Danvers, Mass., had to call 911 after getting lost in a corn maze. Corn maze […]

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The Complete Mini-Me Halloween Handbook: Do I Really Have to Dress Up Just Like My Kid?

The Wishcraft Halloween costume catalog arrived in the mail last week. Jezebel has already opined about the high cost of the costumes here, saying: “Vampires, […]

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Should Harvard Teach the Golden Rule?

We’re no strangers to sibling rivalry (read: all-out brawls) in our household, so when my mother came to visit not long ago, she quickly realized […]

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Helicopter Parents, Take It Easy

In August, we were winding down a day at the beach when our eight-year-old son started scaling the rocky face of a steep hill behind […]

Arts & Entertainment

An Open Letter to SpongeBob

Dear Spongey (I can call you that after all these years, can’t I?), It’s with great sadness (well, a modicum of sadness) that my family […]

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Back to School: Then and Now

Lenore Skenazy made a name for herself when she let her nine-year-old son ride a Manhattan subway, then wrote about it for the newspaper. Some […]

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Parents, Do Your Kids a Favor: Force Them to Rock

If Boston’s School of Rock existed when I was a kid, maybe I’d still be playing guitar today. Instead, I gave up after discovering that […]

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Riders on the Storm: How One Mom, a Grandma, and Three Kids Weathered Irene

We were packing our suitcases out in California when the news of Hurricane Irene started streaming across our laptops. With a flight to Boston set […]

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What My Son Learned Over Summer Vacation

With summer coming to an end, I have to wonder: Did my kids spend their three months away from school wisely? In one regard, I’m […]

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My 14-Month-Old Daughter, the Shoe Bomber

Last week the Transportation Security Administration announced that it’s testing a new system at Logan to weed potential terrorists from the friendly skies. The new […]

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How to Teach Kids Proper Online Etiquette for Breaking Up

How to Teach Kids Proper Online Etiquette for Breaking Up. A moderator wearing a T-shirt with the motto “Face it, Don’t Facebook It” certainly helps. […]

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Daily Feed: Mass. Behavior Enables D.C.'s Bad Manners (?!)

To Understand the Bad Manners of D.C., Look No Further Than Mass. Our school board meetings and sports teams (no, scratch that, the Patriots’ draft […]