parenting

If You’re Not My Kid, Please Don’t Call Me “Mom”

The dentist peered in my child’s mouth, then turned to me. “Hey, Mom, you did a good job, no cavities!” I brought my kids for a check-up...

These Days, Even Conservative Dads Want Daughters to Lean In

Appeals court judges who have daughters are more likely to make liberal or “feminist” decisions in gender-related cases than are judges...

Are We Having Fun Yet? Jennifer Senior’s Smart, Historically-Informed Take on Modern Parenting

In All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenting, Jennifer Senior asks why American middle-class parents so often find parenting...

Innovations in Marketing to Pregnant Women: Sears “Baby Book,” 1907

In 1907, Sears came up with a fantastic new idea for marketing to pregnant women: it hired Mrs. Eliza Emerson Goff to organize all its...