From the Daily Babble: Bad Parent: Game Over Shelley Abreu "You be Ariel, and I'll be Prince Eric," instructs my three-year ol...

Every year, I have Daniel pick out a toy for "someone else." I tell him this "someone else" doesn't have mommy and d...

We've all seen them - we've all thought it: The kids who have everything and get everything they ask for and the parents we thenk ...

Daniel lost his first tooth last week. Being Daniel, the tooth didn't just fall out. No, my son pulled the tooth himself. Here's the...

Twice this year I've had pneumonia. While neither time has been a party, the last three days have simply wiped me out. And what to do wi...

Liz's post on "Please" and "Thank you" reminded me of a pet peeve of mine. Parents, please teach your children what ...

On the whole my daughter is pretty polite but we just realized we need to brush up on her manners. We need a refresher on "please,...

I'm trying to be a big girl about it, but I'm starting to lose my little girl. Today is Faith's 7th birthday and I am really fee...

We completed our home study Monday night. Two visits with a very nice contractor, in which we laid bare our souls and told our life historie...

Daniel has turned into a teenager on me. When I tell him to do something, there's this great big sigh. Or worse, this "hmpf" n...

In his new book, In Defense of Childhood: Protecting Kids' Inner Wildness, Chris Mercogliano argues that childhood is becoming "dom...

Even before Halloween the calendar at Wal-mart was counting down the shopping days until Christmas. Now with Thanksgiving on the horizon, sh...

Daniel is having a hard time realizing that two things can be going on at once. "Look at all the leaves, momma!" he said on our wa...

The batteries in my old laptop only lasted about halfway home from Atlanta the other day. Faith was distraught. "I just don't know ...

Kid spolier alert! Believers in Santa Claus read no further! Poll of the morning: Do you let your kids believe in Santa or not? If you do, h...

Apparently Halloween passing was some kind of cue for retailers and television networks to ramp up the Christmas message. I say "ramp u...

"Daddy, let's have a milk race," my son piped up at the dinner table one evening. Ewww, I thought. And when Chris turned down ...

Reading must be like riding a bicycle. Once you learn, you're off and running. For weeks I've been burdened by Faith's struggle ...

It's amazing how making a decision can change your attitude. For months now I've been feeling overwhelmed, busy, stressed out and ge...

I have posted about the name game before, but this floated across my desk and I had to pass it along. From the October 27 Telegraph: "L...