Family

Oh, baby! Two top White House advisers expecting

Communications director Jen Psaki, left, and legislative affairs director Katie Beirne Fallon say President Obama has pledged to support them…

April 11, 2015

Adventures in Motherhood

Finding everything we need on trip to desert

We pass dozens of vaguely familiar dirt roads, at which earlier versions of Dan and I parked an ’86 Honda,…

April 4, 2015

Family

U.S. foreign adoptions reach lowest mark since 1982

The department’s report for the 2014 fiscal year shows 6,441 adoptions from abroad, down from 7,094 in 2013 and about…

April 4, 2015

Family

Parents seeking urban lifestyles for kids

Families are leaving suburbs for the city – Denver, too

March 28, 2015

Family

‘Heather Has Two Mommies’ revised, updated

revamps groundbreaking 1980s book about lesbian mothers

March 21, 2015

Family

Will ‘over-sharenting’ mean the end of privacy for our kids?

Social media has made “sharenting” easier than ever. But just because you can do it, should you? A new national…

March 21, 2015

Adventures in Motherhood

Being a mother – in this moment and the next

“Do you think he’s changing?” I asked Dan recently. “How so?” He wondered. Like he needs us less, like he’s…

March 14, 2015

Family

Tinder’s age tax part of online dating’s age problem

This week, the company rolled out a premium, paid version called “Tinder Plus,” which lets users manually change their locations…

March 14, 2015

Family

Maryland decision on ‘free range’ kids roils parents

Parents let children walk on their own

March 7, 2015

Authentic Aging

Where are you on the scale of vanity, aging?

So I decided to do some thinking and questioning before I just reacted so strongly; something I’m practicing more and…

March 7, 2015

Family

Allow children space to follow their passions

“Coe-uhl, don’t tell us!” Rose roars, her feet kicking out of a handstand, crashing down on her rat’s cage. Snark…

February 28, 2015

Family

Family celebrating one month with identical triplets

Lauren and Michael Whiteley sit with their boys Nolan, 2, left, Lucas, 3, and identical triplets Alexander, Timothy and Nicholas…

February 28, 2015

Family

Bill to ease gender switch on birth certificates

Supporters: Having ID that matches name, appearance may help cut harassment

February 21, 2015

Family

Parenting Q&A: When constantly saying ‘no’ means woe

I don’t know how old your children are, but the nos are seemingly endless around the time when the child…

February 21, 2015

Authentic Aging

Well-being or survival: What do we want?

It reminds me of how childbirth has also become medicalized in the past 30 years. It is rarely natural, without…

February 7, 2015

Family

The way to your Valentine’s heart may go through Mom

With Valentine’s Day coming up, it’s something to think about: Winning over Mom may sound old-fashioned, but it’s still a…

February 7, 2015

Adventures in Motherhood

Life is equal parts precious, out of our control

She made our wedding cake 12 years ago – zucchini with thick, chocolate frosting. I took a walk with her…

January 31, 2015

Family

Making the planet a better place for all of us

Malala may be the most talked-about young activist, but many other kids have tackled large problems. The recently published book…

January 24, 2015

Family

Saudi single women challenging tradition

number of those who aren’t married alarming clerics

January 24, 2015

Family

Pull up a chair in South Dakota

Nowhere do families make more time for each other than in South Dakota, where 93 percent of respondents in a…

January 17, 2015

Family

Too young to walk someplace alone?

Maryland couple faces investigation after letting their kids walk alone

January 17, 2015

Adventures in Motherhood

Too much time lingering over past misses present

“Wow, they’re really ramped up over those balloons,” I told Dan one night, wincing as balloon-batting bodies crashed into each…

January 17, 2015

Family

When a perfectionist storm is a regular thing

Ah, perfectionism. Not just the paralyzing domain of children, I have also seen adults suffer terribly, too. So, let’s decode…

January 10, 2015

Authentic Aging

Grief: An uncertain process we all experience

Our society doesn’t invite grief and suffering out in the open. Death has become distanced from everyday life. We don’t…

January 10, 2015