Psychologists and divorce attorneys know all too well about the “seven-year itch,” the phenomenon through which married people generally get sick of each other after seven years of matrimony.
But an essay this week on The New York Times “Motherlode” blog discusses a different kind of seven-year disillusionment: One with your kids.
The story, written by Alison [...]

Finally got around to reading an article about only children in a back issue of TIME magazine (full disclosure: they are a client). As an only child who is currently the parent of one kid, the piece certainly touched a nerve.
I’ll spare you the details, but the story cites “current” psychological “research” that suggests kids [...]

Still on vacation out here (more updates about that coming this weekend), but I had to share this great blog post by Sports Illustrated writer Joe Posnanski.
The piece is about lessons we parents can teach our kids about how MLB umpire Jim Joyce stole a perfect game away from Detroit Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga this [...]

Undoubtedly I will give L hundreds—if not thousands—of gifts over the course of our time on earth together. This week, however, apparently I gave her a present I wish I could take back: her first cold.
My symptoms arrived Wednesday evening, following a long run at the gym. Her symptoms came on in full effect this [...]