Parents

How Do I Love Perimenopause? Let Me Count the Ways

Parents / Georgia Garvey / Nov 01, 2025

Menopause is so hot these days.

All the cool kids are doing it, a coincidence that marks the last time I will be counted as either cool or a kid.

I suppose I'm not, technically, in menopause. I'm in the preemptive stages -- something I have learned is called "perimenopause," from the Greek word "peri," meaning "around," and "menopause," ...Read more

Kids Need Play, Not Donuts

Parents / Lenore Skenazy / Oct 30, 2025

Because my kids are in their 20s, I didn't realize until recently how common it has become to end a game or even practice of baseball or soccer with a treat like candy, cookies or donuts.

To me, that sounds heavenly, since the games can be boring and cold, and boy, do I love donuts. But for the kids? I worry not that they are getting an ...Read more

Family guide to new movie releases

Parents / Parenting News / Oct 29, 2025

'STITCH HEAD'

Rated PG for action, thematic elements and mild rude humor.

What it’s about: An animated riff on the Frankenstein story sees a mad professor’s assistant, Stitch Head, learning to embrace his differences and “monstrousness” after a stint in a circus freak show.

The kid attractor factor: The animation style and kid-...Read more