I think not. Step-parents are under so much pressure. The Stepmom's Toolbox has a great mix of articles. I would check it out.

Two Katzes I like... Katz's Bagels in Chelsea, MA, which are amazing         And the "Catz" version of Bring in the Cats             What Katzes do you like?

Like money, time can be used for either investments or expenses. As you probably know, investments are activities that bring a return. The major time investments include: planning and management, relationships, self-care, health and fitness, education, a spiritual or meditative practice, community work, and what I call "replenishing recreation" (e.g., ...

Donating a kidney was one of the best things I ever did, and I would do it again in a flash. Here's the story of how I did it. If you ever think you might want to donate, email me and I'll do my best to support you.

A moving New York Times essay about how most men didn't have it so great during the Mad Men era. But the fact remains that most men had vastly more choices than most women, back then (and, to a lesser extent, now). Many jobs were closed to women, and classified ...

Every time I check out a substantive New York Times article, I do this: 1) skim the article 2) go to the comments and sort them so that the ones most recommended *by readers* (not the paper's editorial staff) come first. 3) read the most popular comments carefully, and learn ...

I hope none of my friends eats veal, but if you do, here's where it's from. A tiny, newborn calf separated from its mother and raised in terrible isolation. This should be (but alas isn't) a scene from a horror movie. These are all unwanted male calves from dairy cows, ...

Last year, I wrote about Amy "Tiger Mom" Chua, who wrote a book celebrating her abusive parenting practices, which she said were both typically Chinese American, and yielded a better outcome than supposedly permissive mainstream American ones. ("Better outcome," of course, defined narrowly as a compliant child who excels in ...