The rescue workers found a terrier, cocker spaniel mix stuffed in the closet of an abandoned home. She had given birth to puppies and we picked out two.

This Harvard mom works in San Francisco and runs her own business. Go!

Ask Your Child to Pitch in

A UCLA study shows that U.S. parents can ask their kids to do more for themselves. Learn more.

Child Care for Swing Shift Parents

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the number of people working at least two part-time jobs has increased 14 percent since 2002.  At 8 p.m. on any given weeknight, nearly one in five Americans is working.

Happy Faces, a 24-hour child care center in Washington, D.C., caters to swing shift parents and some struggling to finish high school. Read more.

Newt and the Poor

When Newt Gingrich said, “really poor children in really poor neighborhoods have no habits of working and have nobody around them who works” he showed that he probably doesn’t even know someone who knows someone at the poverty level.  Most kids in poverty have a parent who works.  Learn More. 

Women of the GOP- please wake up about this guy and his sanctimonious definition of family.

He wants to leave the decision of birth control and condoms to the states. This is a great article.

All Mitt Romney needs to do is chill out in the back and watch as this guy blows himself up.

As details emerge about the days leading up to the death of a beautiful and talented global celebrity, it appears that Whitney Houston and daughter Bobbi Kristina had switched roles as parent and child.

While I loved the remake of “Freaky Friday” with Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis,  this real life version between Whitney and Bobbi Kristina is soaked with tears and tequila.  In an Oprah interview, Bobbi Kristina described holding her mother’s hand through the tough times and how their relationship was more like sisters or girlfriends. Reports have circulated about them doing tequila shots together and the day before Whitney died, she was reported to have skipped through the Beverly Hills Hotel and Bobbi Kristina was asked to reign in her behavior.

Someone in AA once told me that addictions are wrecking balls and although, it’s painful to watch any parent crumble, celebrity and stardom are not an excuse.

Parent up.

It’s good discipline for kids to make their beds every day but parents need beds ready for that post Mocha-ice-blended sugar rush crash.

Save it for your mother. Delish!

Anthony Weiner shedding his lizard skin benefits women who want to run for office. Christiane makes a great argument.