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An open letter to my son on his 16th birthday

By LORI LANDAU, NEW JERSEY MOMS BLOG | Today at 5:16 a.m.

A few days ago you took me for a drive in our car. Just before you backed out of the garage, you spent a moment adjusting the seat and the mirrors so that it fit you. As you fiddled with the seat control, you probably weren't thinking about the fact that the ride ahead would require an adjustment for me too.

  • The rise of the Naughty Fairies

    By ANGELA O., SILICON VALLEY MOMS BLOG | Today at 5:16 a.m.

    Everyone's heard of the Tooth Fairy. Maybe even the Sugarplum Fairy, of Nutcracker fame. Our household is starting to crowd up with fairies of all sorts. But...does it have to be filled with only the good ones?

  • How I know I'm a mom

    By KARENTV, NYC MOMS BLOG | Today at 5:16 a.m.

    Dropping my son off at school one morning, he suddenly and urgently expressed the need to blow his nose. At that very moment, the bell rang. After frantically searching for a tissue to no avail, I took a deep breath, pulled up my sweater, and had him blow his gross green boogies right into my undershirt. I'm well versed in the routine of wiping a nose with my sleeve, rolling up said sleeve, and repeating that all day long (don't ask why I never seem to have tissues on hand). But a full on nose-blowing into my shirt? That moment, for me, punctuated the realization that "I am a mom".

  • Family portraits

    By FLORINDA PENDLEY VASQUEZ, LOS ANGELES MOMS BLOG | Today at 5:16 a.m.

    Not long ago, my stepson brought a flyer home from school. It informed parents that on the evening of Picture Day, the photographers would be back at the school to take family portraits for those who were interested. Of course, the flyer came home the night before this was supposed to happen, so there wasn't much time to plan. Besides, he and his sister would be at their mom's house the night of the photo event, but the notice came to his dad and me, since it was sent home on one of his days with us.

  • The road to a healthy family is paved with organic food

    By MONICA ENG, Chicago Tribune | Today at 5:16 a.m.

    Cary, Ill., mother Laura Weaver juggles a part-time job as a teacher, 3-year-old twins and a 7-year-old son, but she still manages to serve healthy organic dinners on a regular basis.

  • Family Meals Matter: Meatless meals are healthy meals

    From MealsMatter.org | Today at 5:11 a.m.

    One simple way to serve healthy meals on a budget is to reduce the amount of meat you consume. Even planning one or two meatless meals per week can help families save money without sacrificing taste or nutrition. This week's Featured Family Meal menu and additional side dishes are built around vegetables, milk and dairy foods like cheese and grains instead of meat.

  • How to find discounts on driver's insurance for teens

    By BEATRICE E. GARCIA, McClatchy Newspapers | Today at 5:11 a.m.

    The safest way to keep teens safe is to keep them off the streets and highways. But once they get behind the wheel, they need insurance coverage.

  • Six ways coaches can prevent problems with parents

    McClatchy-Tribune | Today at 5:11 a.m.

    Many good and knowledgeable youth coaches are run out of coaching because of having to deal with athletes' parents. It gets to the point where it is not worth their time to coach and put up with parents who are unhappy and unreasonable.

  • New beauty products will make girls feel like princesses

    By: ELIZABETH CHERNEFF, McClatchy-Tribune | Today at 5:11 a.m.

    What if you could embrace your inner Disney princess and be part of the ultimate modern-day fairytale?

  • Reader tips, tricks for stretching food budgets

    By NIESHA LOFING, McClatchy Newspapers | Today at 5:36 a.m.

    It's a dreaded question in many households: what's for dinner?

  • Heroine names: Worthy women and cultural icons with notable names, part 2

    nameberry.com | Today at 5:11 a.m.

    We looked at trailblazing women in Part One of this column - bold and courageous achievers who would prove worthy namesakes for a daughter. Now we turn to those with major accomplishments in the arts - a varied mix of writers, artists, and musicians of the far and fairly recent past - many of whom seem to have appropriately creative names - whether they were born with them or not.

  • Dirty Laundry: Childhood dreams revive our own

    By AISHA SULTAN, St. Louis Post-Dispatch | Today at 5:11 a.m.

    Why do adults love to ask children what they want to be when they grow up?

  • Well-mannered baby becomes wild child at the dining table

    By MARK ST. JOHN ERICKSON, Daily Press (Newport News, Va.) | Today at 5:11 a.m.

    Owen the ogre made his first appearance at his grandmother's dining table.

  • Touch-free soap dispenser helps keep your bathroom germ-free

    McClatchy-Tribune | Today at 5:11 a.m.

    Being a mom is a dirty job especially when duties include diaper changing, face cleaning, and nose wiping. Problems can arise when clean up isn't as clean as expected.

  • Mom's business taps into flour power

    By NIESHA LOFING, McClatchy Newspapers | Today at 5:36 a.m.

    Shonna Martin knows the hard work that goes into owning a bakery.

  • DVD review: Kids will love watching how a school bus is made

    By DEBORAH GEIGIS BERRY, FamilyFun magazine | Nov. 2 at 8:18 a.m.

    Just like millions of other children, my kids, Cady, age 10, and Hudson, 8, ride a bus to school each morning. Yet we never really thought about its mechanical marvels until we watched "How'd They Build That? School Bus."

  • Make a printed-palm tree

    By CATHERINE NEWMAN, Disney FamilyFun magazine | Nov. 2 at 5:11 a.m.

    Help your tot commemorate autumn with this change-of season collage, which uses fallen leaves to decorate a lovely handprint tree.

  • 9 to 5 to 9: Food fight? Nah, I'll just wait for the surrender

    By DEBRA LEGG, debralegg.com | Nov. 2 at 5:11 a.m.

    There are picky eaters, there are picky eaters who border on neurotic and there are wannabes.

  • Dirty Laundry: Preteen costumes are truly scary this Halloween

    By AISHA SULTAN, St. Louis Post-Dispatch | Nov. 2 at 5:11 a.m.

    If you plan on answering the door tonight, be prepared to see some skin.

  • Family Meals Matter: Celebrate fall foods with these warm family meals

    From MealsMatter.org | Nov. 2 at 5:11 a.m.

    Daylight Saving Time ended this week, with most of the country "falling back" an hour to return to Standard Time. This time change marks the end of the harvest, and store shelves and road side stands should offer wide varieties of squash, apples and pumpkin during this time.

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