My Family Blog

by Joey Lombardi posted in Mom Stories Driving to work the other day, I heard a story on NPR about the acceptance of stay-at-home dads. I chuckled and commented to my wife “is this still an issue?” And as if on demand, the radio shouted back at me that only 3.5% of stay-at-home parents are [...]

by Laura Larsen posted in Mom Stories And neither is my son! I think these mis-perceptions about men come from a greater overall awareness of sexual abuse: how to recognize it, and what to do about it, which really is a great thing. All kids should be taught the difference between good and bad touches, [...]

When it comes to hot dads, we want to spend the rest of our days with a guy who will make us laugh when it’s 3 a.m. and we’ve got one kid throwing up and the other one with a poop explosion. That’s why we say Steve Carell is a smoking hot dad. But what [...]

Main Photo:  Photo by: Working Mother Editor Fathers Day Our staffers’ husbands share their ideal Father’s Day. It would start with the kids sleeping until 7 a.m. (hasn’t happened yet), hanging out in bed with the family watching television until 9 and then playing outside together. If a banana split was involved at some point [...]

by Charlie Brooks posted in Mom Stories As Mother’s Day approaches, I’m reminded that it’s good to be a moderately competent dad. My wife is a stay at home mom, so she does everything. To prevent her from completely melting down, I sometimes start the weekend with a grocery run or shopping expedition that’s just [...]

by Denise Cortes posted in Life & Home We are crazy for sushi in my family. Usually, my husband and I try to sneak off by ourselves because a sushi dinner tends to be pretty pricey and I just can’t imagine what my bill would be if we brought all six of our kids with [...]

by Carolyn Robertson posted in Mom Stories When it comes to baby products, there can be a fine line between useful and utterly ridiculous. TweetPee, a new iPhone app being tested by Huggies in Brazil, just crossed it. Baby-related apps have been flooding the market in recent years: There are some that act as mobile [...]

by Chris Cook posted in Life & Home Did you know that ladybugs have two sets of wings? Or that there are 5,000 species worldwide? And that they chew from side to side? Well I do after being force fed that information by a catchy little tune called “Ladybug, Ladybug, Ladybu-u-ug” that I’ve listened to [...]

by Chris Cook posted in Life & Home Did you know that ladybugs have two sets of wings? Or that there are 5,000 species worldwide? And that they chew from side to side? Well I do after being force fed that information by a catchy little tune called “Ladybug, Ladybug, Ladybu-u-ug” that I’ve listened to [...]

by Laura Larsen posted in Mom Stories Ghost stories; grandparents visiting from beyond; children playing in cemeteries that no one but another child sees. Are they real? I’ve had plenty of supernatural-type experiences myself, and I probably excited my mother with the tales I’m sure I told (and she has her own to tell!) I [...]