Becca Dilley remembers the first time she saw newlyweds leaning in for the traditional kiss while arms rose from the sea of guests – holding iPads aloft to record the moment. “I have yet not to find it hilarious.”
We know a lot about how babies learn to talk, and youngsters learn to read. Now scientists are unraveling the earliest building blocks of math – and what children know about numbers as they begin first grade seems to play a big role in how well they do everyday calculations later on.
“Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose.” – Bill Gates
Q: The couple my husband and I spend most of our time with is now divorcing. Truth is, he’s been a player for years – we knew but they had two little kids and we felt telling her would contribute to breaking up their family, so we kept quiet. She found out anyway and has left him, and my husband wants to remain friends with him. I don’t. I’ve seen what his actions have done to his family and I want nothing to do with him. How do I get my husband to stay away from him?
Your preteen child’s pals listen to seriously raunchy music. Are you a prude to discourage her from listening?
Our family’s Easter celebrations have ranged from the traditional to the creative, but as long as the family is together, we always have fun. Here are my suggestions to make your Easter extra special:
For April Fools’ Day or a birthday, gross out the gang and giggle a lot at this fabulously yucky bash.Enjoy some foul play
Don’t ask me how I managed to forget about spring break. I must have blocked it out, like a bad memory or tragic event. Once again, I was without a plan, without a list of camps on speed-dial and without a clue as to what to do with the kids for a week.
Not all bitterness is bad for you. Jen Lancaster’s fury over being fired in the 2001 dot-com bust led to a personal blog that launched her career as an author, starting with the acerbically humorous chronicle of her financial/identity crisis, “Bitter is the New Black” (NAL Trade, $15).
Anyone who has — or has been around — 2-year-olds knows that they can be chatterboxes. Or uproariously hilarious. And, at times, endearingly sweet.
You don’t even have to be a wee bit Irish to tap your inner leprechaun.
Caregiving is exhausting. Grueling. Draining. Wearing. Simply strenuous.
One day in 2011, Virginia Koerber, Lake Villa, Ill., recalled, she “woke up with a new life.” At 65, she got divorced.
She keeps the baby clothes arranged by size in the guest room. The hand-knit caps are stacked on a table near the door. And the white wicker bassinet is always within reach.
Since the Dec. 14 massacre of 20 children at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., mental health experts, the media, bereavement counselors, grieving parents and others have wondered what wickedness lurked in the mind of Adam Lanza.
You want to encourage your daughter to befriend the elementary class outcast. Smart? Possible?
Going to Toy Fair is always a bit overwhelming. To start with, hundreds of manufacturers from all over the world are showcasing thousands of products. Some are amazing, innovative and creative. Some are copycats or retreads, and some are just plain awful. But what’s especially fun is trying to predict which of the trends we’re seeing will actually become hits — and which will bomb.
It’s tough enough to find a babysitter who’s available when you want them to be, but to find someone whom you trust with your baby’s well-being and who’s dependable?
Mommy bloggers (and their daddy counterparts) agree about almost nothing. Some favor co-sleeping; others do not. Some favor banning video games; others do not. Similar disputes surround breast-feeding, vaccines, cursing and whether it’s OK to force-feed your child broccoli.
Maybe it was because they had met through an online dating service.
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