As a 5’2” mother who birthed and carried these boys around in my arms for years afterwards, these pubescent growth spurts are shocking.

Or, Everyone Everywhere All at Once This began as the summer of Mahjong. In May and June, while my oldest son was waiting for a job to...

Recently our Forced Family Fun took a sinister turn. Actually, we couldn’t agree on whether what we were doing was a prank or a gift. My...

Recently, our oldest came home from his freshman year of college for fall break. I was like a fisherman doing catch-and-release. I picked...

When your child needs you but you're hundreds of miles away...

My children are taking revenge, and they are wielding my own weapons against me. Each summer, I give my younger boys “Challenge Books” to...

(It's more fun that way.) Recently, my husband and I took up tennis. Some of you have been playing some sort of sport or exercising with...

Or, "Pick Your Paper Wisely" Recently two of my oldest son’s Forced Family Fun choices came together in a highly unsatisfying way. My...

Each night before I go to bed, I stand in the hall outside of my boys’ bedroom doors and loudly announce, “Here for hugs!” For years—and...