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Move Up? Move Out? Families Squeeze In

When we were 5, we had a room just like this -- only it wasn't a closet, it was the entry hallway. In a space about 4 feet by 6 feet, our bed, one dresser and a whole lot of shelves were stuffed in a...

6 Food Mistakes Parents Make

Try to recall some of the things you ate as a child. Do you remember those foods fondly, or are you clutching your stomach right now thinking, "I can't believe I ate that!" As someone who downed a Do...

The Selby: Christina, Swaim and Lowe Hutson

Photographer Todd Selby takes the photo home tour a bit deeper. On his Web site, The Selby, we enter the homes and studios of artists, designers and other creatives -- but more so than just their ho...

Blogging WSJ: On the Virtues of Making Your Children Do the Dishes

Do your kids do as many chores as you did? The average 6-12 year old spends about 24 minutes a day helping out around the house - a 25% drop from 1981 - and probably an even steeper drop from your ...

Blogging NYT: So Young, and So Gadgeted

"Everyone knows that babies crawl before they walk, and that tricycles come before two-wheelers. But at what age should children get their first cellphone, laptop or virtual persona?" Of course, when...

Blogging the LA Times: Remember 'Go Outside and Play'?

The thinking behind this column by Rosa Brooks is not exactly news: children today are overscheduled and overly controlled, which is leading to an epidemic of childhood obesity and turning kids to vio...

Blogging NYT On Vacation, Close to Home

As the summer travel season winds down, we noticed an increased trend of "Staycations" among our friends and family. (Truth be told, we hate the word!) At the beginning of the month, the New York Ti...

Blogging Cracked: 20 Baby Products Great For Traumatizing Infants

Cracked was one of our favorite reads as a kid, so every now and then we spend a couple hours perusing the comedic site. Their article "20 Baby Products Great For Traumatizing Infants" had us chuckli...

Blogging NYT: Rooms to Stop the Young From Straying

While many of the core situations remain the same, clearly today's teenagers have lives which are quite different from the ones we had at their age. Parents, being fully aware of the fact, are lookin...

Blogging NYT: TV Background Noise Disrupts Child Play

You may be strict about not letting your young children watch television, but you might be surprised to learn that even the background noise of tv can affect your child's ability to focus. ...

Blogging NYT: Mystery on Fifth Avenue

Is the biggest mystery in your house that funky smell in the attic when it rains? When the Klinsky family moved into their 4,200 sq. foot apartment on Fifth Avenue in New York father, Steven, thoug...

Blogging MSNBC.com: Avoiding High Gas Prices With a 'Staycation'

It's probably too early in the twenty-first century for us to be complaining of portmanteau fatigue. (We blame Bennifer and Brangelina.) Despite that, we're still intrigued by one of the latest buzzwo...

Blogging Wired.com: The Environmentalism of Wall-E

According to Wired writer Brandon Keim, "The decade's most powerful environmental film doesn't star Al Gore or Greenpeace activists, but a trash-compacting, Hello Dolly-loving robot with a cockroach f...

Blogging NYT: When Perfect is Not the Goal

The title of this recent article in the New York Times is "When Perfect is Not the Goal", however, we think this is just perfect! Pamela Bell enlisted her children Elenore, 13, Anabel, 11, and Will, ...

Blogging The Globe and Mail: Thursday's Special: Dinner Without the Kids

The idea seems so brilliant that it's kind of amazing it isn't more widespread: upscale restaurant joins forces with nearby cafe to offer a relaxing, high cuisine meal to the parents and safe, fun chi...

Blogging the Boston Globe: They May Be Young, but They Know What They Want

How many 11-year-olds can say they have complete design control over their bedroom and the items that go in them? More and more, the answer is -- well, more and more. In the article, They May Be You...

Carlin House Tour at Traditional Home

Traditional Home recently featured a renovated '50 ranch house, decorated by interior designers Laura Forbes Carlin and Alison Forbes. The home, which Laura shares with her husband Scott, is a great...

Blogging Parenting.com: Must-Nots

Going along with our green theme and the idea that often, less is more- we found this forum over at Parenting.com. We all see the "Must-Have" Lists for baby, but one reader over at Parenting wanted ...

Blogging The NYT: The Noise Children Make

(Photo by Michael Nagle for The New York Times) Most of us, at one time or another, have dealt with the noisy neighbor. But what if you're the noisy neighbor? The New York Times reports on the incr...

Blogging Time Magazine: U.S. Kids Pack on the Pounds

In 1900, the average weight of a college-age male and average woman in the United States was 133 and 122 lbs. respectively. By 2000, the numbers had risen to 166 and 144 pounds. The data collected s...

Blogging Cookie: Rachel's Colorful Shreveport Abode

This should wake you up on a Friday afternoon. We tend to be partial to white, but for those braver souls, check out painter Rachel Stuart-Haas's very cool and colorful home. She tells Cookie Magaz...

Blogging Cookie Magazine: Where to Get Rid of Your Stuff

Those TV shows where they declutter people's homes always make it look so easy. We have no problem putting stuff we need to get rid of in piles...it's where it goes afterwards if it's not ready for ...

Blogging National Geographic: Photo Camp

While perusing the Web site of National Geographic, we learned of a wonderful program they have created called National Geographic Photo Camp. The camp, which is aimed towards teens in underserved co...

Blogging the New York Times: When Mom and Dad Share It All

How equal is your relationship? According to a recent survey, in the average American household where both parents work full-time outside the home, the wife does 28 hours of housework and the husband ...

Blogging NYT: Beloved Characters as Reimagined for the 21st Century

While perusing the pages of the New York Times the other day, we happened upon a most unfortunate sight. It was Strawberry Shortcake -- a childhood favorite -- staring back at us from the newsprint ...

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