There are few things more inviting than a cool, clear pool on a hot summer day. But a new federal report will have you thinking twice before dipping a toe in the water. Fifty-eight percent of pool filter samples taken from Atlanta area pools last … [Read more...]

Parenthood: it’s 50 percent happiness, 50 worry, and 100 percent exhausting. Your kids are the center of your universe, and that’s the definition of stress. Little balls of energy, darting around of their own accord, constantly demanding this … [Read more...]

Where were the parents? This is the question that’s bothered me since hearing about Steubenville, Rehtaeh Parsons in Canada and now Audrie Pott. Audrie is the 15-year-old girl in California who hanged herself in her mother’s bathroom eight … [Read more...]

Chris Dodd, current chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America, to launch a new campaign that includes more information about films in MPAA ratings boxes to allow parents to make more informed decisions about the movies their kids … [Read more...]

On March 23, my colleague Mark Finkelstein noted how MSNBC's Melissa Harris-Perry considers the unborn child a "thing" which takes a "lot of money" to "turn into a human," costing thousands of dollars to care for each year of his/her life. Now it … [Read more...]

Busy parents with young kids love the iPad, but what is it doing to kids' brains? … [Read more...]

Supermom. Wonder Woman. Queen of the Castle. Or, in less colorful terms, A Great Mother. Every mom strives to be one, and most mothers, in effort to always be the best, are also too critical of the job they’re doing. Raising kids is a very … [Read more...]

Let’s face it: Kids can be really dumb. I know, because I was once a kid. In kindergarten, I accidentally tied myself to a playground tetherball pole, leaving myself stranded and dangling when the recess bell rang. In sixth grade, I permed my … [Read more...]