Closet of Dreams vs. the Reality of Parenting A strapless rubber dress? Not after three kids. A closet cleanout leaves room for reality -- and new dreams.
I Must Be Doing It Wrong Because if everyone else loves something and I hate it -- or even if I'm just "meh" -- I assume that my technique must be...
How Do You Tell Your Kids That Your Family Isn't Normal? "You should write a book about how daddies just come and go and come and go," my 6-year-old daughter told me the other day.
Why Military Parents Do What We Do Must-Have Parents lean out in a lean-in world. We're stepping back when the world tells us to push forward. We're throwbacks.
5 Things I Appreciate About Military Families As we gear up for Military Appreciation Month, here are five things worthy of special appreciation.
Lean In, Lean Over or Lean Out? I recently read "Lean In" by Sheryl Sandberg after about 100 people told me that I should. But does it apply to military life...
The Moment the Family Annoyances Became Keepsakes Oh, how I cherish the nagging annoyances of my family today.
Are Must-Do Parents the Most Stressed? Forbes Magazine recently released a list of the 10 Most Stressful Jobs for 2016. It probably won't surprise anyone reading...
Best. Summer. Evah. Cheap! Making summer vacation plans? Here's how to have an epic roadtrip, save on museums, hotels, amusement parks and more.
What's Your Childcare Backup Plan? A Must-Have Parent must have a backup childcare plan. Make that plans -- with an s. Because things will go wrong.
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
