One great way to save money on paper towels is to use rags more frequently. In this article, I'll briefly describe how to cut rags to get the most efficient use out of them. More >>

You changed my life. Seventeen years ago you were the voice of sanity in a sea of naysayers (even my own sister!) when I wanted to leave my job and stay home with my infant son. I did it anyway... More >>

...After a long night of getting up with my daughter who was not feeling well, I sat down to nurse my son and flipped on the TV - something I almost never do. The Anderson Cooper show was on with a debate between stay-at-home and working mothers. More >>

Do you spend much of your day trying to figure out how to get your kids to behave, how to stop the chaos, how to make them happy, and how to gain peace in your family? The answer may be surprising. You're doing too much. More >>

The new wave of store-bought fruit and vegetable juice blends cleverly hide mixtures of vegetable extracts, like tomato, celery, carrot, sweet potato and beet, behind the more prominent, sweeter flavor of fruits, such as apple, orange, grape, blueberry, strawberry and banana. More >>

Taking a deep breath after the busyness of the winter holidays doesn't necessarily mean you need to rely on weeks of (and the expense of) take-out food to restore your culinary energy. The following three-course economic weeknight menus (appetizers, entrees, and healthy desserts) are filled with gourmet touches that take just seconds each. More >>

Since my youngest turned 3, we've added "going to the movies" to our list of favorite family pastimes. So just in time for the holidays, when many more families reconnect by watching, renting or buying movies, here is my ranking of the children's movies I saw in theatres with my kids this past year. More >>

Often, we're told to stop staring when we linger in front of the refrigerator blindly staring into space pondering our next snack. That kind of loitering, we're usually advised, leads to mindless eating that can pack on the pounds. More >>

Recently I had the sad task of walking with a family as they buried their infant daughter after many months of preparation and anticipation. This child was a "miracle child" conceived by a couple after their other children had reached adulthood. More >>

Christmas and other holidays often boil down to just a few ingredients that give them their trademark flavor, like peppermint and pumpkin. Therefore, when you are in a pinch for time or funds, it's fun to think of ways such signature add-ins can, in fact, make the meal. More >>