Father Who Beat Daughters With Cable Wire For Twerking Should Be Charged With Child Abuse
I am shaking, eyes filled with water, heart racing, alternately horrified, disgusted and absolutely pissed after watching the viral video of a father beating his...
Bump the Princeton Mom Letter: What I Want MY Daughters To Know About Love at College
Here’s what Susan Patton, a nice, Upper East Side Jewish mom who graduated Princeton Class ’77, wants my daughters to know: when they get to...
{Dr. Ivor Is In} Birds, Bees, and Body Changes: Talking To Tweens & Teens About Puberty
By DR. IVOR HORN The first time I was interviewed about this subject my oldest child, a girl, was 9 years old. She is 13 now and...
How To Kill A Bug In 50 Screams Or Less (When Your Man Refuses To)
Okay—y’all know how I feel about bugs. I don’t do bugs. Like, ever. Forreal, forreal? I’ll burn down the house to keep from squishing one...
Louis Armstrong Had A Child: A Daughter Claims Her DNA—And, Finally, Her Legacy
By SHARON PRESTON-FOLTA Dear Dad, I thought that telling our story would bring me some peace. I laid that burden, too, on time—thought that the...
Sex After Birth: Majority Of New Moms Wait Longer Than Six Weeks. Duh.
Yet another “duh”-worthy study on women and pregnancy claims that a majority of new moms wait longer than the six-week doctor-ordered minimum to have sex...
Beyonce Gushing about Blue Ivy’s Smarts Reminds a Dad of the Day He Met His Daughter’s Genius
By NICK CHILES Hearing Beyonce gleefully tell Oprah about the brilliance of her baby girl Blue Ivy reminded me of the heady, joyous days of...
The Best Newborn Photo Ever: A 13-Year-Old Adoptee Gets the Baby Pictures He Never Had
Baby pictures are hard to come by for adoptees, especially if they’ve spent years in the foster care system. Maybe the birth parents didn’t have...
Black Moms and Breastfeeding: CDC Says Stats Are Rising, But We Need More Support
Oh baby! The numbers of African American mothers breastfeeding is on the rise and more black mothers are forgoing formula for the breast for longer...