family life

As listeners and readers of Manic Mommies will know, I recently forced my husband to move his disaster of a home office upstairs to the space formerly known as the guest room. (Because, to [...]

Touchy question, I know, and one that could even offend. But it’s a subject worth discussing with your vet, as excess weight can lead to health problems down the road. In our household, Mr. [...]

Summer may just be ending, but I’m already thinking about February. And April. And 10 random early release days scattered throughout the academic schedule. Specifically, I’m thinking about what we’re going to do with [...]

Though many would disagree, I’d say there are many benefits of living in New York City, and the relative absence of natural disasters is one of them. That, and the at-your-fingertips ability to have [...]

On a recent episode of Manic Mommies (which, for those who don’t know, is the weekly podcast I co-host with my friend and fellow Real Simple blogger, Erin Kane), we ended up discussing music. [...]

Jodi Andersen-Spen, author of The Latchkey Dog, How the Way You Live Shapes the Behavior of the Dog You Love, defines separation anxiety as “anxious behavior triggered or stimulated by the signals of separation.” [...]

Back by popular demand, a new pet photo to caption! Seriously, keep those captions coming in — your comments have been very clever! To set the scene: A man and his dog at breakfast, [...]

The setting? A cemetery in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The rest is up to you. Let the photo captions begin!