Columns & Collected Essays

Last spring, I wrote an article about having a summer birthday party for my daughter Zoe with several members of her preschool class. I...

Imagine, if you will, a suburban household at 8:15 a.m. Let’s just pretend that the house exists on a quiet, shady street, in the middle...

I used to think jumping up and down on a trampoline with three year olds was fun. But approaching the 50th time, I started getting a...

News flash! According to a new, long-term US study, people who are married with children are not all that happy. Now that’s not exactly...

In case you didn’t read it or don’t remember, Part I of this series took a hard look at the somewhat misguided preparations I made for my...

A few weeks ago, I put an ad on Craigslist for a babysitter-slash-housekeeper. Given the current economic climate, I was quite optimistic...