CREATING INNOVATORS by Tony Wagner A must-read for all modern-day parents who hope to instill the qualities needed for their children to survive and thrive i...

Enthusiastic Kids: 1 Controlling Perfectionist Mom: 0 Actually, that zero is probably just one in a million (as in Mom: 1,000,000) but hey, life is a journe...

I’m a woman at her best with a To Do list. I have itemized lists for my start-up’s success, the dream house remodel, Christmas presents to buy, personal goal...

I’ve seen my future. I’m a senile old woman who gets kicked out of the nursing home because I keep scaring the other elderly guests with my shouts of imagin...

Here’s a short story about the difference between boys and girls. At dinner last night, my husband told our two kids the story of Larry Walters, a man who de...

The inevitable occurred. I caught my daughter’s germs and I’ve been laid up in bed for 2 days. Now, I’m trying to launch a website in 4 weeks so one can i...

My Daughter: “Mom, of all the famous ladies alive now, who do you like the most? Me: “Oh, that’s hard to say.” My Daughter: “But if you had to choose. Wh...

Okay. This time, I’ve really got it figured out. My sanity?! It’s all about the food. As a working mom, preparing & serving healthy meals for the family ...

Move over Malibu Barbie. HTML Barbie just bought some beach-front property and you’re getting evicted. The internet used to be limited to advanced web appli...

"I would like morning-time better if was at the night" -- my (8) year old son

Confession Coffee Hour. During their two week Spring Break, my children did not visit one museum, complete any big art project or experience one educational...

My son is 7 years old. He forgets that toilet paper shouldn’t be totally unrolled for fun. He forgets that tennis balls shouldn’t be hit against the side o...

I just read in the LA Times that: “[Adele has been] focusing her musical output on her baby son, Angelo." ‘I’ve been out of the loop, really,’ Adele said. ...

I’m tired of all the cheating. Harvard kids working their take-home exams (Reuters 2/2/13). Teachers hiring proxies to take their certification exams (NB...

Lesson #1: Be a REALLY good citizen if for no other reason than your past WILL come back and haunt you. In the reality of the internet, the most important le...

I’ve been working my way down my To Do list of “Not raising Sucky Kids” tasks – and last night, the kids made dinner. And yes, it was a smashing (aka “not b...

CHILDREN OF PARADISE: Successful Parenting for Prosperous Families by Lee Hausner Although this is officially "Out of Print," it's worth buying a used copy o...

NURTURE SHOCK by Po Bronson & Ashley Merryman A series of easy-to-understand essays that serve as a hotlist on how to raise your kids. They take assumption...

WHAT'S GOING ON IN THERE? HOW THE BRAIN AND MIND DEVELOP IN THE FIRST FIVE YEARS OF LIFE by Dr. Lisa Elio This is not the book for the insecure or sleep-dep...

THE NEW FIRST THREE YEARS OF LIFE by Dr. Burton L. White This is one of my two favorite baby guidebooks (and the gift I usually give to all new parents). I r...