Nothing lasts forever. You need to remind yourself of this when you are up at 2, 3, 4, 5 a.m. with a crying newborn or a baby that has an ear infection. You also should think about it when you have “terrible toddlers” who want to say “No!” to everything and throw occasional screaming-on-the-floor temper tantrums and…

Did you ever think about how the words that come out of your mouth affect people’s lives? It’s a funny thing… How often, in the course of dealing with your children do you hear yourself saying something like this: “Don’t ride your bicycle too fast…”  “Don’t stick that marble up your nose…”Don’t jump in that…

Here are some excerpts from a Letter to Dads:  Stop Letting Moms Win At Parenting posted today by Matthew Tobey, editor of  the Comedy Central Insider blog.   I thought it was worth sharing… Dear new dads, The arrival of your baby is an exciting time, but there’s an elephant in the room we need to talk…

Two days ago,  we were stunned when the Jury in the Casey Anthony trial found her “not guilty” of killing Caylee. I heard one juror say today that saying “not guilty” is not the same as saying “innocent” and some other things about “manner of death” and “reasonable doubt.” I found the following thoughts in…

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