Parent Question: How can we nurture the big sibling when a new baby wreaks havoc on their only child universe? Parenting with a Ph.D. Response:  From the moment he pulls that “I’m a Big Brother!” shirt over his tiny head, life as he’s known it is history. Now he’ll be expected to share everything:...

By Kristen Berthiaume If you’ve ever wondered what was going on in the beautiful, old green house on 19th Street South near UAB, allow me to give you a sneak peek. It’s the home of ArtPlay, the education and outreach initiative of UAB’s Alys Stephens Performing Art Center. I recently had the opportunity...

Photo from www.thehollywoodgossip.com Blue Ivy Carter, the long-anticipated, charmed progeny of Beyonce and Jay-Z, finally arrived on Saturday via C-section. I theorize she opted for a section so there was no chance a photo of her lady business would show up on the internet. Smart girl. Always thinking...

Parent Question: When you have an older child who is pretty independent and high-spirited, how do you discipline her and get her to bend without breaking that spirit and independence? Parenting with a PhD Response: “Bending without breaking” is a great way to describe the challenge you face. On the...

Photo Courtesy of igossip Well, well, well. Look who is making the most of her muffintop! Jessica Simpson just signed a deal with Weight Watchers for $3 million to lose the weight after her baby is born. I don’t know about you, but if I had that kind of money on the line, I’d  happily have...

By Harmony Hobbs: HOLY CRAP. If you are a parent of just one child, you may want to stop reading here, lest you be frightened out of having any more. Going from one child to two is hard, like really hard, like the OMG-I-may-not-survive kind of crazy hard that really cannot be explained. In order to understand,...

By: LK Whitney Jingle, jingle. Ho. Ho. Ho. Merry Christmas, y’all. I don’t know about you, but our household is six-feet-deep in a tinsel-tinged, yuletide coma: the tree glimmers and glows; the gifts, they keep piling up under the tree; our cheerful little children are giddy and bright with visions...

By Kristen Berthiaume I know what you’re thinking: you’ll sleep when the holidays are over. But, now that Christmas trees go up as soon as jack-o-lanterns are tossed on the compost pile, the holiday season has never been longer. Or busier. Burning the candle at both ends so you can soak up every...

By: Laura Kate Whitney “First moment of life = Life’s greatest gift” Who was it that said, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times”? Oh, yes. It was Dickens and he was introducing a plot that involved contradictions and war and the human spirit. That epic opening (of a book, I’ll...

By Kate Agliata: I recently took on a personal challenge to try and create a more efficient home, one that is also a better representation of us as a family and our desire to live green. While tackling each room one at a time, I’ve put a good deal of effort into de-cluttering household items that are...