My teenage sister thinks she might be gay. How can I best support her?
Nadia’s teen sister recently confided that she feels attracted to females — how can Nadia best support her sister?
How libraries shaped my motherhood
When my baby was born, he and I became library story time regulars. In a little room with a disfigured Hungry Caterpillar mural and stained carpet, I learned the Portuguese lullaby I still sing my boys at night and at least six ways my knees could be horses.
Libraries: the new go-to destination for maternity photos
Tenley Clark took her maternity session to the happiest place on the planet…and it’s not Disney.
How offbeat occupants can challenge their conservative neighbors’ assumptions
Oh, you think I’m going to be rude and obnoxious? Well, I’ll show you by being the most disarmingly polite, well-spoken weirdo you’ve ever fucking met! Take THAT, complain-y neighbor!
What can we do to get our pets ready for a new kid in the house?
So, you’ve got a baby or new child coming into your home — how do you get your pets ready?
Get your teen back into reading (and get to know them better in the process!)
So, apparently something happens when kids hit thirteen: they no longer like reading. In 2007, the National Endowment for the Arts published a report on reading that found, among other things, “Teens and young adults read less often and for shorter amounts of time when compared with other age groups and with Americans of the past” and “reading is declining as an activity among teenagers.”
A homebirth accompanied by birds
Everyone that came to the house the day of Miren’s birth remarked on the birds. I know that, in and of themselves, they have no meaning. But in my mind, they became a symbol of all that I had gained… and all that I now stood to lose.
Painting your son’s toenails and other crimes against society
Thanks to Meg for emailing us about the media debate currently raging over a J. Crew ad showing a designer painting her five-year-old son’s toenails pink.