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The Frozen Pizza Disaster Oct. 10, 2015

Katiedid Langrock

Yes, I am often barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen, but please don't confuse that with being domes... Read More

Tracking Kids Like Felons Oct. 01, 2015

Lenore Skenazy

Pretty much every week, there's another tech company out to solve a problem that does not exist: how... Read More

The Supermarket Study Sep. 11, 2015

C Force

It's back to school across the nation. Time to let the learning and teaching begin anew. It's also t... Read More

Parents, Not Gadgets, Should Teach Kids How to Eat Sep. 10, 2015

Froma Harrop

It had to be a joke, a parody, I thought while reading of a new electronic gadget claiming to entice... Read More

Why Home Schooling? Sep. 02, 2015

Walter E. Williams

Many public primary and secondary schools are dangerous places. The Justice Department's Bureau of J... Read More

Parents Don't Need to Be Perfect, Court Rules Aug. 27, 2015

Lenore Skenazy

All hail a huge victory for common sense, decent parents and a country otherwise gripped by "worst-f... Read More

How Helicoptered Kids Grow Up to Become Hypersensitive College Students Aug. 20, 2015

Lenore Skenazy

There's an idea taking root on college campuses that students cannot be exposed to any ideas, words ... Read More

GOP Rat Pack Begins to Bite Aug. 05, 2015

Roger Simon

Fourteen Republican presidential candidates, some onstage and some by electronic hookup, gathered in... Read More

The Right of Kids to Walk to School Jul. 23, 2015

Lenore Skenazy

Who's that peeking out from behind the blinds as the kids pass by the house? Could it be the kind of... Read More

Baby On the Way: Are You Ready for Your New Financial Reality? Jun. 03, 2015

Ask Carrie

Dear Carrie: We are expecting our first child soon and trying to get financially prepared. We know ... Read More

Mall Mehness Feb. 14, 2015

Katiedid Langrock

I'm not really a mall person. Never have been. I had no tween need to buy the uber-popular electroni... Read More

Measles, Vaccines and Autism Feb. 10, 2015

Thomas Sowell

The current controversy over whether parents should be forced to have their children vaccinated for ... Read More

What Makes Rand Paul Strange Feb. 10, 2015

Froma Harrop

Sen. Rand Paul believes that vaccinating children should be up to the parents, an increasingly unpop... Read More

Mommy Truce Feb. 04, 2015

Connie Schultz

In the early '90s, I used to perm my hair into spring coils and wore padded shoulders that gave me t... Read More

Technology Is a Great Challenge to Parents Dec. 31, 2014

Sylvia Rimm on Raising Kids

Q: How has your counseling and advice changed as the negative aspects of technology have become a ne... Read More

Threatened Parents Dec. 25, 2014

Lenore Skenazy

"It happened about 1,600 times in the last school year: Bus drivers in Hillsborough County arrived a... Read More

Some Children Fall Apart Easily Dec. 14, 2014

Sylvia Rimm on Raising Kids

Q: My oversensitive children get extremely upset when they have to start their homework and get angr... Read More

Video Game Addiction a Scary Problem Dec. 03, 2014

Sylvia Rimm on Raising Kids

Q: My two granddaughters are 10 and 12. Their school provides iPads for students, and they constantl... Read More

If Our Grief Were Colorblind Dec. 03, 2014

Connie Schultz

Hundreds showed up Wednesday morning for the funeral of 12-year-old Tamir Rice. Tamir was black, and... Read More

Technology Is Here to Change Nov. 19, 2014

Sylvia Rimm on Raising Kids

Q: What are your feelings about technology and the impact on children? How much technology is enough... Read More