Why Do I Have Homework? My biggest problem with homework is not so much that it's a waste of my son's time, but because of what it requires of me.
Why Solo Parenting Really Isn't Shift Work Early in my solo parenting time, I looked at my time as a shift. As in, "I'm on duty now and my husband can take the next...
How to Rock Must-Have Parenting How can you be the primary parent while working an outside job and retain that piece of yourself that you just can't lose?
How Do Over-Achieving Parents Justify It? Lots of blogs and articles cite the dangers of over-parenting, even as we admire the dedication the over-parenters put in.
An Open Letter to Parents Who Pick Their Kids Up Early Save your strength. Don't make parenting any harder than it has to be.
An Open Letter to Our Service Members As Must-Have Parents, we don’t talk about our partners, the Must-Do Parents, enough. And we don't give them enough credit.
Are Children With Military Parents Missing Out? Like most parents, I'm plagued by the idea that my Army husband and I might be screwing up our kids.
Are You Competing in the Parent Games? For most Must-Have Parents, summer is the season of the slog. We just have to get through it.
Why You Should Placehold, Not Gatekeep Placeholding is hard because the thing that makes us successful as Must-Have Parents is our ability to tackle stuff on our...
Do You Feel Like a Mouse in a Maze? No one has ever done this style of adulthood before. That's why our lives seem so stinkin' hard, why we question our...
Soldier Dies on Fort Leonard Wood Rifle Range The Army identified the 18-year-old on Monday but has not provided details into the circumstances of his death.
Trump Celebrates West Point Alumni Group Canceling Award Ceremony to Honor Tom Hanks President Donald Trump celebrated news on Monday that an alumni group from West Point canceled an award ceremony set to honor...
Records Show the VA Failed to Treat a Father’s Common Infection. Now He’s Paying the Price. Anthony Walker always liked to think of himself as “the man.” He always liked to think of himself as “tough Tony.” But that...
South Koreans Feel Betrayed over Detainment of Hundreds of Workers at Plant Raid in Georgia South Korea’s foreign minister departed for the U.S. to finalize steps for the return of several hundred South Korean workers...
A Military Approach to Drug Busts Upends US Efforts and Raises Legal Questions The Trump administration has indicated more military strikes on drug targets could be coming, saying it is seeking to “wage...