As 12 people senselessly lie dead and scores of others are wounded in the aftermath of the Colorado movie theater shooting, we must understand the myths that are shaping our young boys into men and the crises these societal rules of conduct are causing, starting with depression... More >>

Parenting is the toughest job in the world, but also the most rewarding. Remaining calm is not only good for our own mental health, but also a wonderful lesson to our children. Children often act the way their parents act... More >>

Edamame and shiitake mushrooms are very common to Japanese cooking. Including shiitake mushrooms in an edamame puree is a great way to introduce your baby to the distinctive taste of umami. Okonomiyaki, a Japanese-style pancake, is also very popular with kids... More >>

Have you ever felt that this parenthood journey you signed up for was not exactly what you thought it would be? You see pictures of celebrities taking their young children to the park or on other outings looking blissful and beautiful, and you wonder why these stars look so happy and you are not, right? More >>

My kids now say, "Ewwww!" whenever we drive past a McDonald's. Those pictures of warm, tasty nuggets on billboards don't deceive them now that they've seen how they're really made... More >>

Here are some quick tips to save time and energy by changing your habits... More >>

I expected 'Brave' to be a tough, girl power film, and it is. What I didn't expect is for 'Brave' to go so far as to be anti-male and anti-marriage to push its feminist message. More >>

If it weren't for the great soundtrack and fresh twist on the songs, I wouldn't recommend this movie at all... More >>

Running away with the circus and many more adventures have the 'Madagascar' friends shrieking, soaring, and train hopping across Europe, their third continent in as many movies. More >>

I watched the most horrendous (but telling) video on Fox News last week.The video was taken from one of America's finest military airplanes, which was getting ready to send a missile to kill terrorists while they were working on planting a roadside bomb.' You can hear the pilots talking about the target and informing the base as to what they were about to do.All of a sudden, one of them aborts the shoot because a young boy has come on the scene, delivering something, it appears, to the bombers.' Our guys halt their attack, and then watch as the boy moves away.' You hear one of the pilots kind of "cheering" the kid to leave the site, so they can then destroy the terrorists and their bomb.'Suddenly, there's a huge explosion.' It appears that the bombers have accidentally blown themselves up, saving us some ordnance.' I don't know if the casualties included the boy.' I do know that the terrorists' religious and political commitments to murder include killing their own women and children as part of their world vision.I was proud for the whole world to see (assuming other news outlets played it) that our commitment was to protect the innocent whenever possible.'It made me proud to be an American. More >>