My friend Blake has been teaching in Tokyo for the past 19 years, coming back to the U.S. on most of his academic breaks. This […]
A Philadelphia mother has been arrested and charged with stabbing her 16-year-old son inside their Oxford Circle home on Tuesday morning. The boy was stabbed […]
In two weeks, both of my daughters are leaving for college, and I am very worried about my 14-year old-son, who will still be with […]
It’s a grim time for children in the region. One child was killed and other badly injured in a weekend stabbing attack in Camden; that […]
When my editor asked me to write about circumcision this week, in response to a new statement on the subject by the American Academy of Pediatrics, […]
We’re not sure if this falls under the heading of “Bad Parenting” or “Times Are Tough All Over”—maybe a bit of both. In Upper Darby, […]
Mothers Against Drunk Driving are also apparently against stupid T-shirts that reference alcohol consumption. The MADD organization is all upset over Urban Outfitters shirts that […]
Nils Pickert’s son likes to wear dresses. But when the family moved from Berlin to a smaller town in southern Germany, the little boy drew […]
When I first wrote about now 10-year-old January Schofield, the little girl had been recently diagnosed with schizophrenia and was on heavy-duty psychiatric medications. Her […]
We’re at our rental place at the Shore, the same rental place we’ve stayed for 25 years, and the kids next door are screaming. Full-on, […]
Mia and Tracey Levesque have a successful web development business, an eye on going green – and a beautiful daughter named Josephine together.
Over the weekend, the first of my friends from high school became a grandma. Actually, she became a “Loli,” because she hated the way “Gran” […]
The most difficult days of my life involved death—my mother, a brother, a brother-in-law who was like blood family to me, a pair of miscarriages. […]
This has to be the most Jersey thing that’s ever happened in the world. An “early childhood academy” (see: fancy preschool) in Freehold is holding […]
A new video called Love is Love tells the story of a marriage, while advocating for marriage equality in the U.S. and around the world.
