childhood

Does Bullying Your Kid for Bullying Work?

Harsh punishment doesn’t actually stop kids from bullying, but that sort of nuance was lost on Bryan Thornhill this week, a Virginia dad who, in…

There Are Too Many Lego Sets and Not Enough Kids to Build Them

Time to freak out. The Lego Group, makers of the colorful building blocks, posted only $5.8 billion in sales last year. That’s an 8 percent…

When Tommy Becomes Tom: The Art of Ditching the Childhood Nickname

There comes a time in the life of every Timmy, Jimmy, Tommy, Mikey and Billy when they must decide whether to become a Timothy, James,…

My Son Is Gender Creative

Every day this summer before sewing camp, Matt Duron would take his younger son, 10-year-old C.J., to the craft store. The only boy in the…