Families in the Loop

Parents, Uncensored

When Potty Training Starts Early: Ready or Not Here We Come

~By Stephanie Sprenger, Mommy, for real. A few months after my oldest daughter turned 2, we began the...

I’m a Super Mom, and So Are You

~By Kerri Denton, Elbow Deep in Someone Else’s Sh*t Before having kids, the term “super mom” brought...

Parents & the Internet: Are We Addicted to Bad News?

~By Amy Wruble, Carriage Before Marriage “Don’t go on the Internet today,” my fiancé Dave texts...

Flying with an Infant: It Can Be Done

~By Leah Campbell, Single Infertile Female I love to travel, but one of the things I dreaded most about...

Farts & Marriage: The Reality of Living With a Guy

~By Andy Goldstein, The Dadconteur Recently, I decided my wife needed a treat: A whole weekday out...

After A Dad’s Suicide I Wonder: Do My Kids Know I Love Them?

~By Kristine Castagnaro, It’s Not Wine, It’s Mommy Juice! An acquaintance of mine committed suicide...

Veronica Mars: Mom’s Guilty Pleasure, Minus the Guilt

~By Justine Tan, HereWhereIHaveLanded.com One evening, after the kids went to bed, I did the unimaginable:...

Redshirting Kindergarteners: Will It Help My Child?

~By Amanda Mushro, Questionable Choices in Parenting I thought the worst part of having an August baby...

News & Gossip

Is Your Kid a Sibling Bully?

All siblings fight. Argue. Scream. Cry. Then, at least typically, they make up and toss popcorn into each other’s mouths while watching a movie. But for...

Should We Let Our Kids Be Bored?

Summer flashback: warm, sunny mornings that started with my mother nudging me out the back door saying “See you at dinner!” Could you imagine that...

Don’t Want Wrinkles? Use Sunscreen

Spending tons of money on anti-wrinkle, anti-aging creams? Fuggedaboutit. A new study, published in Annals of Internal Medicine, claims that slathering on the...

Bully’s Parents Make Her Wear Thrift Store Clothes

What would you do if you discovered your 10-year old daughter was bullying a classmate so badly the other girl was afraid to go to school? This was the...

After Bangladesh: Gap, Walmart & Others Refuse to Sign Safety Accord

Fourteen large American retailers have refused to sign a new international safety pact, called the Bangladesh Factory Safety Accord to keep garment workers...

The U.S. Government Is Failing Military Families

How much does President Obama care about military families? Not enough, according to an article by Jeremy Hilton on Time.com. In 2010, military families sued...