I was reading Tricia's beautiful Home Made Happy blog the other day and she made reference to parenting wisdom gleaned from parent-char...

I have a fantasy each Christmas of my children taking time to carefully consider each other's likes and craft sweet, thoughtful presents...

I don't know if you are like me, but I have about a billion pictures in my iphoto library, and have not printed out pictures in about fo...

Our little friend Lolo just turned 5. She's my daughter's first and best friend. We decided to have tea for her because we adore her...

Dear Melissa, Today is the first day of summer vacation for us, which feels crazy as I am right now typing wearing a coat. I love summer vac...

Dear Melissa, That "aarg" is my very weak tiger roar because I just finished reading Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother . The book is...

Dear Melissa, The other morning my husband walked by the bathroom door, where the seven year old and four year old were locked in together (...

Dear Melissa, The other day I got the chance to preview the galleys for fantastic J oel Henrique's upcoming book, Made to Play. They we...

Did you read the recent "Chinese mother" articles in the Wall Street Journal? One article praised strictness, saying that childre...