I enjoy reading a good biography now and then. My current reading material, “Consider the Fork,” (Basic Books, $26.99), isn’t the history of a person, but of cooking and eating tools. Written by British food writer and historian Bee Wilson, it shares the evolution of those simple forks, spoons,...
CHICAGO — An infant’s first laugh is among the most intoxicating moments in parenting. When each of my sons laughed for the first time, I felt like they’d come to life all over again. I felt like Descartes: It laughs; therefore it is. And then I reminded myself to stop calling the baby it.
If you are the sort of parent who overthinks...
We have all been through it and, at best, a breakup is a difficult situation. Here are some tips and advice to help you make it through this rough patch.
1. You are not going to be thinking clearly for a few days or even weeks. This kind of depression can make you want to act out, isolate yourself or do things that may...
Lean in.
No, lean out.
There’s nothing more important than having family dinners together.
Family dinners are overrated.
The normally frenzied volume of advice on work and family balance seems to have reached, in the past few weeks, levels that threaten our sanity.
First, there was Facebook executive Sheryl...
Have you ever found yourself about halfway into an argument with your spouse, and realizing that you were wrong?
You get that feeling in your gut that says, “Uh oh. Well, I’m gonna win this one anyway because he/she always thinks he/she is right, and it’s time to teach him/her a lesson! I’m doing my partner a favor in a way, right?”...
