Toddler
Good Boys vs. Bad Guys
My little boys just want to be the “bad guys” all the time. How do I keep their play appropriate and safe?
Big Kid
An Open Letter to My Teenage Sons
I have high expectations of you. I have no doubt that you will live up to them all, but in the wake of recent news events I feel like I have to verbalize them.
Big Kid
Has Feminism Killed Chivalry and Good Old Fashioned Manners?
I hear people talk about kids now-a-days and how they are rude, unhelpful, and reeking of self-entitlment. Here are 10 ways your kids can practice good manners.
Young Child
Talking to Children About Violent News Stories
I have been asked how I am talking to my young children about the shootings in Arizona. My answer is, I’m not.
Big Kid
How to Punish Your Tween, Survivor Style
What happens when you leave your tween son’s punishment in the hands of his siblings? Hilarity, that’s what.
Baby
Baby Boys 101
I’m expecting a son after having two daughters. What am I supposed to DO with a BOY?
Big Kid
Man Smell
Guest contributor, Laura Bennett has come to realize she is facing male puberty at home. And in her case, she’ll have to deal with it for the next DECADE.
Your Life
How to survive being the only female in the house
Being a mother to four boys, wife to one husband and owner of one male dog has taught me quite a few things about boys.
Young Child
Boys on this side,girls on the other: is single-sex public education a good idea?
The New York Times magazine this week covered the single-sex public education movement. Of course single-sex education is nothing new—just ask parochial and private school students. But as stories crop up of how our school system fails boys and girls, the idea of segregating students…