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I’m sitting in my office, working on this week’s column, but I’m also watching the…

So, I’m watching this super addictive new reality show called The Monitor. It’s about the…

I’ll admit it, babies kind of scare me. At first glance they seem cute, small…

I came downstairs, placed the baby monitor on the counter and put on the kettle.…

One afternoon when I was 23 years old, I went to look at a dog.…

My son sloshes through knee-deep water, one hand holding mine, the other arm pointing out…

My one-year-old son had just found my cell phone in the bathroom drawer where I’d…

Every parent has a box story. A tale of childish delight and imagination inspired by…

The other night, my one-year-old son lost his mind because I wouldn’t give him the…

“He just popped!” It was a phrase my husband and I probably used more than…

It began as an adorably spontaneous act of comedy and quickly became an inconvenient dilemma:…

A Toddler’s Investigation of a Puddle Using the Scientific Method Observation My one-year-old son toddles…

Here are 15 'very serious' tips for the new mother: 1. Begin by practicing the…

We were already in a rush, as was our default in those early parenting days.…

Daydreaming about what to name my baby had to be the single most time-wasting hobby…