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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]