"Oh, we didn't do that in our day, and you turned out just fine!" Women have been giving birth and raising babies since the beginning of time, but how we do it has changed quite a bit. From placing babies on their backs to sleep, and removing bumpers from the crib to keeping tots in rear-facing car seats (or car seats at all!) for as long as possible, a lot has changed since our parents were the Read more

Add Grandma to the list of rentable clothes, products, and services geared toward parents and kids. Rent-A-Grandma is a new employment agency specializing in placing women over 50 years old with families looking for babysitting or light housekeeping services. Operating under the tagline "Always Trust Your Grandma," Rent-A-Grandma believes that its employees — averaging around 60 years old — Read more

Life's not a competition, but we often find ourselves comparing our actions to those of other moms around us. One mama we spend a lot of time comparing ourselves to is our own. While some wish to re-create their own mother's parenting styles, others use their experiences as a basis for creating better childhoods for their own kids. For some it is an idealized version of their own childhood that Read more

It's a boy or it's a girl, but who should tell the new addition's siblings? If mom and dad are in the midst of all the new baby bliss and hospital (or home birth) hoopla, is it the job of an outside party — a grandparent or family friend — to inform the big brother or sister? Some parents are particular in how they want to debut the news and others just believe in letting the information Read more