Babble

I kind of consider the 70s as a real meat and starches gorgefest. Sure, I was just a little, little kid during that decade, but I remember lots of steak, lots of refined sugars, lots of sweetened iced-tea and Kool-aid. Basically, lots and lots and lots of food. But I'll be damned. Turns out, Americans...

The Times article about parental over-involvement at summer camp mentioned a job that was new to me. To combat the plethora of parental phone activity, some camps employ a "parent liaison." What does this person do? Field calls from moms and dads who, shall we say, need someone to talk to....

Inspired by a recent New York Times piece about parents of children who go to sleep-away camp, here are a few tips for those who want to emulate their behavior. Note that all of the incidents described here are mentioned in the Times article. 1. Don't tell the camp about your child's medications...

Those shiny granite countertops in your kitchen may be emitting harmful radiation, as well as radon, a radioactive gas. Yes, you read that correctly. According to a piece in today's New York Times , "there have been…reports of 'hot' or potentially hazardous countertops" in recent...

I've tried to write a summary of this story but I haven't been able to come up with a better intro than this one (from the New York Times ): When the men of the Phoenix Country Club saw their feeding ways in peril, they did not tarry. Some sent nasty e-mail messages, hectored players on the fairway...

An article in the New York Times Style section discussed a group of men who got together for breakfast after dropping their kids off at school. The men are Manhattan-based primary caregivers, and one of them describes their jaunts as "like 'Sex and the City' with coffee instead of cosmos...

In an effort to lower costs - and, incidentally, a gallon of milk's carbon footprint -- designers of a new jug have left some people crying over little puddles milk spilled all over the counter. The milk is the same, but the jug looks and functions a bit differently . It's square, for starters...

Everyone who thought bananas were this wonderful and inexpensive food that we stumbled onto here in the States – you were wrong. Very wrong. At least that's what Dan Koeppel said in the New York Times this week. His OP-ED piece , "Yes, We Will Have No Bananas," is currently the most emailed...

Political Nanny would like the primary-weary to look on the bright side: never have so many been so engaged so deeply in national politics. That's the silver lining around the frustrating/PTSD-inducing/longer than expected Democratic primary cloud. Even Pennsylvania 4th-graders in this New York Times...

I was all set to start railing on yet another trend in little girl beauty -- hair highlights -- when it dawned on me that I was, what, in 5th grade when my hair was processed for the first time. Not highlights, a crappy perm. And not at a salon, but my mom and a box of Ogilvie. So messing with girls'...