The Parenting Weblog

Have you already finalized plans for this year's summer vacation?

If you have young kids, Florida family vacations are probably the easiest to arrange and most enjoyable for the entire family. …

Note: I am currently based in Asia.

A few days before we were set to fly to Thailand for a week's holiday, I was so close to canceling the trip. Not only was Thailand included in the list of coun…

Traveling with an infant? Most hotels now provide baby cribs free of charge, sure, but unless you're staying at one of the better-starred hotels, you might want to consider bringing your own trave…

Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Image# 1929195You've seen the cookie fall. And the little hand reach down to pick it up. Horrified you continue to look on bas your child pops the cookie in her mout…

One of the highlights of our vacation was driving up to Corolla on the high end of the North Carolina Outer Banks where we took a jeep ride on the beach and dunes. There you can see the wild horses …

I have found a new circle of hell.

It is the circle that involves moving into a rental beach house without your husband, who doesn't come down for a few more days. The journey starts with your d…

We are down on the Outer Banks of North Carolina for a relaxing week in a lovely house.

Our first day we slept late and eventually took Hwy 12 down the Outer Banks. By the end of the day, we'd vi…

You don't see the old 'Mom's Taxi' joke as much as you did when I was a kid. The parent act to lampoon – the sports pack Mule. The bags that parents carry about with newborns with the …

We got an interesting email that might appeal to some of you:

My name is leah Gritton and I work at an advertising agency in Los Angeles. Bugaboo is one of our clients. I was wondering if you could h…

Summer has arrived here where we live and the temperatures have been hovering around the 100 degree mark the past few days. We are going to get a small reprieve and just low 90s for a few days – yippi…