All Modern Parenthood
Overweight people stressed by being called fat will eat more, study saysOverweight people teased for their weight – fat shaming – will actually eat more, a study says. For overweight peoples' family, friends, and peers, "just being honest" about fat gain can have consequences.
Crushed bugs in Dannon yogurt the tip of the odd food ingredient icebergDannon's strawberry yogurt is colored using an additive made from crushed bugs. Some are grossed out, but Dannon's use of crushed bugs in its yogurt isn't that bad, and it's not the only everyday food with an unusual-sounding ingredient.
37 miles of 'Hola Lola': Memories of a family road tripThe family road trip has been the joy and undoing of many parents. With the long hours of driving coupled with children's short attention span, parents are extremely vulnerable.
Cyberbullying study one of the first to research elementary school-aged youthCyberbullying studies are a dime a dozen, but not so for cyberbullying studies about elementary school students. One of the first of its kind was just released. How many 5th graders own a smart phone, again?
Balancing life and technology: It's Dot ComplicatedAre you a digital hoarder? Does your e-mail clutter rival your closet? Balancing life and technology isn't something that comes naturally – it's a skill to be learned.
George Alexander Louis: His Royal Highness Prince of Cambridge has a name!George Alexander Louis: William and Kate have announced the royal baby's name – His Royal Highness Prince George Alexander Louis of Cambridge.
Parents pay less for college, but think it's worth moreParents are paying less for college than ever before while also believing that a college degree is worth more than it once was, according to a Sallie Mae study.
Royal baby birth: A British mom talks about what it means to her childrenThe royal baby birth is check-out counter tabloid color for Americans; but for the British, it can hold deep emotion. One mom talks about her own evolution: from the knight in shining armor sensibilities of early childhood, to rebellious anti-monarchy diatribes as a teen, to the sense of national unity her kids witness with a new generation of royals.
Baby Einstein recall: Jumper problems raised in reviews since 2011Baby Einstein recall: Online reviewers complained about the "sun teether stalk" rebounding and hitting their child since 2011. The Baby Einstein recall covers about 400,000 jumpers.
A little prince is born, now how to raise him? Against the grainThe royal baby, the world's littlest prince, is here and now that we've seen him, let's talk about raising him. Here's to hoping the royal baby will be raised how Kate Middleton sees fit, and not necessarily how tradition dictates.
First glimpse of British prince brings comments about mom's postpartum bodyThe world's first sight of the royal baby wasn't cute enough for some Internet commenters who instead criticized Kate Middleton's postpartum body.
Road trip: If you rent a family an RV, they're going to buy one and go to SoCalLaurie Toupin and her family rented an RV last year. Now, after going through RV withdrawals, they've purchased their own and are setting out for the West Coast.
Juvenoia: The kids are all right, even on the InternetJuvenoia is an exaggerated fear of the effects of social change on youth. Even in an Internet age, the kids are going to be fine. They may even turn out better than us.
Royal baby boy: The awe-inspiring unimportance of birthRoyal baby boy: With 134 million humans born each year, birth is utterly ordinary. And, yet – as a microcosm for birth in general – it is of course totally momentous. We all can relate to the royals on occasions like this.
Heat wave and kids: A revisit to the lessons of kids forgotten in carsHeat waves, like the current scorcher, are reminders for parents: Stories of kids forgotten in hot cars are rare, but parents would still do well to take precautions to remind themselves of that quiet, sleeping baby in the backward-facing car seat.
Teen sexual harrassment: Starting a dialog with your daughterTeen sexual harrassment tips for talking to your daughter. Feel awkward, but be brave and talk about it, anyway.
Dad's second-a-day video: more viral adorabilityA second--a-day video by dad Sam Cornwell splices together one second of every day of his son's first year – and it has gone predictably viral. His son, Indigo, is the main subject, but the love shown by the characters who pop in throughout – dad, mom, family, and friends – makes it all the better.
Barbie sales are down, but here's betting she's not outBarbie sales have hit a slump – declining, but it's not the first time, nor the longest decline. The doll had a decade-long swoon in the 2000s, too, when she went nub nose to nub nose with Bratz.
Tooth fairy: Toy industry wants to monetize the "holiday moment"The tooth fairy is one of the least commercialized family traditions. Now 'The Real Tooth Faires LLC' brings what one expert calls "an amalgam of the worst trends in the toy industry ... every known money-making ploy in a pseudo-sweet ambiance ... full of gender stereotyping and sexualization.'
A kids' backyard playhouse and their arsenal of weapons plays on a granddad's memoriesA gaggle of grandkids used this playhouse; an arsenal of toy weapons made a granddad contemplate tearing it down.
