All Modern Parenthood
Stride Rite: Shoes that peddle gender stereotypesStride Rite is a popular kids' shoe store that garners online scorn for advertising campaigns that offer girls and boys stereotypical products and shopping experiences.
Adoption competency training: A new goal for mental health professionalsAdopting a child comes with many joys and many unique challenges. A new report pushes for specialized training for mental health professionals who work with adoptive families.
Pint-sized designer Jefferson Johnson develops 'Treehouse Wars' appA 9-year-old has developed his own app, 'Treehouse Wars,' with the help of his entrepreneur father, a game-creation website, and crowdsourced funding. Are mobile apps the new 'Tinker Toys?'
Diana Nyad: A lesson in perseveranceDiana Nyad completed a challenging swim from Cuba to Florida Monday in a demonstration of perseverance, bravery, and dedication fit to inspire adults and children for years to come.
David Beckham teams up with foul-mouthed chef Gordon RamsayDavid Beckham has announced plans to open a pie and mash restaurant chain with foul-mouthed chef Gordon Ramsay, disappointing this mom and her Beckham fan family.
Robin Thicke: Unteaching misogyny: How to talk to boys about Robin ThickeMiley Cyrus spurred a litany of online criticisms and guides for combating the not so subtle misogyny of her VMA performance with Robin Thicke聽this weekend leaving this youth pastor to wonder why Thicke escaped such criticism.
Colonel Meow gets Guinness hairiest cat title, scaring a housekeeping momColonel Meow, the feline Internet sensation, receives the Guinness nod as world's hairiest cat. Children will see a tiny living plush toy to cuddle, while parents looking into the jaws of housekeeping.
Back-to-school earn or learn debate: Should parents pay for good grades?Back-to-school time resurrects the perennial earn or learn debate about pay for good grades. This school principal and father ponders the outrageous fortunes of a childhood with parents who cruelly believed that kids should work merely for the reward of insight and joy and self-improvement ... and not for cash.
A Labor Day prayer for brotherhood, in America the BeautifulPoll shows a majority of Americans say they pray daily. As families head to church on this long Labor Day weekend, this mom holds up a prayer to consider: To honor the common, indeed sacred, sense of humanity of each person as a fellow traveler: I don't need to be like you to respect you; you don't need to be like me to respect me.聽
Blue Ivy steals Drake's thunder in case of mistaken identityThe Twittersphere erupted with speculation that Drake's new album cover features a portrait of Beyonce and Jay-Z's daughter Blue Ivy; Drake says 'no,' the illustration is of him as a child.
Twerking: Would you want to see Mom bust a move, Miley Cyrus-style?Twerking, Miley Cyrus-style, got this mom cogitating on 'danthropology' and the long line of dances kids are forbidden to do, from the lambada on back to Josephine Baker. Her basic rule for her kids is: Don't perform any move you wouldn't want to see your mom do in front of your friends.
Baby shower etiquette: Hint, it's not about the giftsBaby showers may bring to mind towers of pink and blue gifts, but presents should not take precedence away from the thrill and anticipation of a new baby.
Former 鈥榲ideo game czar鈥� weighs in on 8-year-old shooterNews that an 8-year-old Louisiana boy shot and killed his grandmother after playing a video game has reignited public discussion of the link between violence and video games.
Back to school: Curbing teen anxieties around fitting in and keeping upBack to school anxieties around getting the right "look" and managing complex academic and social calendars loom large聽as families gear up for the start of the school year.
Librarian tries to ban reading champ from contest; Can a kid read too much?Users of social media lashed out against the Hudson Falls, N.Y. library director this week for suggesting that a 9-year-old boy be banned from a reading contest for hogging the title.
The rise of America's 'big babies': young adults living with parentsAmerica's young adults are increasingly living with their parents, Pew Research data shows.聽
Lessons from a family on the road: Travel makes the heart grow fonderThe Toupin family gears up to head home after a month-long trip across the country. The highlight of the trip: just being together.
LinkedIn's new college info for high schoolers an A+ resource if teens tap inLinkedIn lowered the minimum age for registration to 14-years-old and added college information on the site's new University Pages.聽Professional networking is not just for grown ups any more.聽
Claude Debussy composed only in the company of his childhood porcelain frogClaude Debussy's "Clair De Lune," featured in today's Google doodle, was composed like all of his pieces in the presence of his favorite childhood toy 鈥� a porcelain frog.聽
On love and respect: reflections from an empty nestSending kids to college can raise feelings of loneliness for empty nesters, but can also be a time to reflect on, and reap the rewards of, parenting successes.
