Some suggestions as to how to spend your Memorial Day weekend.
Forty years ago in the dark ages of air travel, in-flight entertainment was not nearly as advanced as it is today. Back when I was a kid, all they had were drop down screens from the ceiling that showed one movie. Today most planes have personal video screens at each seat with a hundred channels and thirty movies to choose from, as well as video games, dining options, and shopping. True, you have to get practically butt naked to go through security, pack all your toiletries in containers the size of a lipstick, and pay extra for just about everything, including your luggage, food, movies, and eventually, I’m sure, even use of the bathroom.
Weekly financial Q-and-A, with advice on moving and paying off a mortgage.
Rather than react, remember to use one of these simple phrases.
This week’s suggestions include watching the Preakness Stakes, going to see the new “Star Trek” movie, and more.
The other day I was sitting around eating bonbons and watching TV like I always do in my challenging job as a stay-at-home mom, when I happened upon an interview with a real countess. I’ve always been fascinated by royalty, so I thought I’d tune in and find out what she was the countess of. Since most countesses hail from foreign lands, I naturally expected her to have a British accent or at the very least, something distinctly European sounding. But when she opened her mouth, she sounded distinctly … like a New Yawker.
Weekly financial Q-and-A, with advice on working moms and on paying for college.
Like most humans of both the small and grownup variety, my older son tends to save his more pressing philosophical, scientific and spiritual questions for the end of bedtime, after the books have been read and the teeth have been brushed and the lights have been turned out, when there's nothing left to do but think and stare at the ceiling — or, in his case, the structurally insecure-looking underside of the top bunk bed. (It's fine, it's fine, it just has a few alarming-looking cracks and some duct tape and it makes this creaking noise when you touch or make eye contact with it.)
My own kids aren’t so hot in the kitchen. If I am stuck in the office come dinner time, I have them make something we have had good luck with in the past that they can make on their own without me having to call for a crime scene investigation.
With Mother's Day on Sunday, kids and Dad can work together to make and decorate nutritious oat waffles.
With all the focus on what we should say to Mom on Mother's Day, here's a humorous look at what not to say.
Mothers are bombarded with contradictory “expert” advice on everything from how to get children to sleep, to how to coach them through emotions. But motherhood’s unparalleled source of real influence is the power of her love.
Financial responsibility starts at home -- and kids are watching mama closely.
Mothers shape the future for their children. Well-known people from around the country share lessons learned from their mothers.
Hollywood doesn't shy away from making movies that highlight strong and resilient mothers, a trend that can be traced across several decades of Academy Awards nominations for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress.
Many movies treat female characters as little more than tools to advance male-dominated plots. See for yourself with a simple three-part test.
Sometimes, "I love you" can't convey what your mother means to you. Here are 15 things to say to your mom this Mother's Day.
In the two decades I have researched at the intersection of gender and security, I have come to realize that the love of mothers for their children is what keeps the whole world revolving.
Flowers and jewelry are great, but what moms say they really crave is time off from laundry and cooking, shared activities, meaningful conversations and a chance to get to know each other differently.
Parents asked what they could do to get their daughter to listen and clean up.
