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more about #families LadyFabulous: The other day I was telling my sister that I'll probably have a robot child spliced with a robovac. That way it will clean up after itself. more » Le Kangourou de Kataroo: I haven't gotten past my imaginary wedding to the very real boyf yet, but I do imagine how he's going to propose and how it will feel to be standing a... more » Gnatalby: I fantasize about practically everything, but not a future family, precisely. For some reason the idea of ever being married and having kids seems de... more » MakeMeSmile: My powers of imagination flourished as a child when I'd use them to take me away from the stress of living with my family. As a child I used to dream... more » mocena: I love that everyone does this! I love to envision things about my future daughter, and my mother does too. She talks all the time about wanting to ... more » nerdypsychlady: I do this a lot and I'm just glad I'm not the only one. In my head Nerdypsychman and I have 2 daughters, Andromeda and Linnea Katherine. Lately I've ... more » HereComesMyBaby: While I sometimes fantasize about this stuff, I more often than not catch my family members and friends fantasizing about who my future husband will b... more » vwbugirl: I don't do this anymore. Instead of it taking me to a place full of hope and warm feelings it takes me to the realization that for some people these t... more » thebonapartey: I've always imagine myself with a man like Charles Darwin or Indiana Jones. A man a lot like Robert Redford in Out of Africa. I want an adventurous an... more » outrageouschaos: My ex-roommate and I went on vacation together and imagined fake husbands to dissuade undesirable dudes. Mine was a landscape architect named Liam. I... more » Leah Marie: Today a gorgeous young pharmacist filled my birth control pill prescription. He asked me how to pronounce my name, and then repeated it. Then I compli... more » jezemale: I love that Mindy Kaling pictures a possible future husband as an architect named Alex. I've always imagined my future boyfriend (I don't plan on get... more » so5minutesago: I used to dream about this all the time, but the line between fantasy and reality was very firmly drawn. Then, about a year ago, I met a guy at a con... more » CheBellaVita: Yup. Definitely have been doing this for a while. Actually, not for a while, since the last guy I had a serious crush on was the first one I'd ever im... more » booboolee: I am a baby-namer. I am also one of those who dreams of children and not husbands. Avalon Clementine and James Ronin are going to be a duo of explorer... more » IndigoCharm: When I was little I really wanted an artsy, loving mom and father, and 8 siblings and to live in a huge house near a fairy ring. Erm... Now I wish I c... more » clever.username: I did used to imagine my future family. (When the ultrasound technician told me it was a girl, I didn't even react. Because of course it was. Duh.) An... more » danista: I will be a successful, upbeat and quirky hairdresser, my husband Kelly will be a stay at home dad lookin' hot in an apron, I will come home to him an... more » JLady: I do this all the time. Not in a creepy way, but in a wistful way. I very much want to be a mom and wife one day, and I like to think/daydream about w... more » rbdfoxes: I have created my whole future family on my Nintendo Wii as "Miis." There's myself, my husband, and our 8 kids, including Jasper, Marianne, Violet. more » -
#familyaffairs
Mindy Kaling Explains Her Slight Obsession With Imaginary Families
In a very sweet and funny essay for the New York Times, Mindy Kaling describes her habit of imagining her future family, admitting that she's created several different versions of her potential future family throughout the years. More » -
#wordplay
When You Open Your Mouth And Your Mother's Voice Comes Out
A few months ago, I came home to find my dog rolling around in a pile of garbage, celebrating his destruction with the dance moves of Templeton from Charlotte's Web. The first words out of my mouth were "For Cripessake!" More » -
#familymatters
5 Tips For Dating Your Family
For many, the day after Thanksgiving and the upcoming holidays can be minefields of familial awkwardness. Luckily, many of the same tips useful for snagging a man can be applied to your own relatives. More » -
#fatherlyadvice
To Benefit Kids, Give Dads Their Due
Bad moms, good moms, moms who drink — the media is so mother-centric these days that it's easy to forget many kids also have a male parent. But according to the New York Times, we ignore dads at our peril. More » -
#kidstoday
Does Society Really Hate Kids?
After reading about a recent incident wherein a mother and her 2-year-old son were kicked off a flight due to the child's yelling, Dr. James C. Kaufman penned a piece for Psychology Today, asking "Why Does Our Society Hate Children?" More » -
#mamadrama
"She Is A Constant Reminder Of The Fact That My Youth Is Slipping Away"
Sibel Mehmet is jealous of her 17-year-old daughter, Yasmin. "At 38," she writes, "I'm finding it incredibly difficult to accept the fact that my 17-year-old daughter is the focus of the admiring looks I used to attract." More » -
#inpraiseofparents
On Mennonites, Identities, And Moving In With Mom & Dad
When English professor Rhoda Janzen moved back in with her Mennonite parents at the age of 43, she was surprised at how much she liked it. I've (sort of) been there.
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#clips
Maria Shriver, Valerie Jarrett Discuss The Changing Role Of Working Women On Meet The Press
Maria Shriver and White House Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett appeared on Meet the Press this morning to kick off Shriver's "A Woman's Nation" series. Today's incredibly interesting installment focused on the changing role of women in the work force. More » -
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#bookreviews
Prospect Park West: In Park Slope, Hell Is Other Parents
In the much-ballyhooed Prospect Park West, Amy Sohn welcomes her readers to Park Slope, where the women are mean, the men are asexual, and all the children wear kneepads.
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#theyfckyouup
Is Parental Approval Bad For Kids?
Withholding love from your kids when they misbehave seems like a bad parenting tactic — but according to Alfie Kohn in the Times, "giving more approval" when kids do well could screw them up too. More » -
#siblingsurvivalries
Is Birth Order A "Self-Fulfilling Prophecy"?
Middle kids rejoice — or despair: a child's actual birth order may matter a lot less than what parents think about that birth order. More » -
#8isntenough
Pimp My Womb: Do Fame-Seeking Families Constitute A "Crisis?"
A Tunisian woman who said she was pregnant with twelve babies appears to have been lying, perhaps to gain media attention. Have Nadya Suleman and the Gosselins established extreme fertility as a new and somewhat creepy route to stardom?
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#fashionlessons
The Residual Effects Of Back To School Shopping
The Back To School shopping season is upon us, stirring up memories of freshly sharpened pencils, unsullied Trapper Keepers, and the days of having our entire wardrobes selected by our parents. The latter, of course, had its pluses and minuses. More » -
#themomsquad
Are You Turning Into Your Mother? Science Says You're Not Alone
According to EurekAlert, a new study out of Ohio State University claims that women tend to follow the parenting example of their own mothers more than men do, bringing into question how men actually learn how to parent. More » -
#whatsinaname
Guy Takes Wife's Name, Causes Confusion
"Whether or not anyone else understands, my new name is a declaration of love. And it's a choice I made because I'd rather learn to give my power away than wield it, oblivious, until it's too late." More » -
#siblingrivalry
Does Birth Order Really Matter?
Are first-borns really smarter — or more stubborn — than their siblings? A piece in the London Times questions whether birth order really affect IQ or personality as much as some have said. More » -
#dadisrad
Happy Father's Day, Dad
I was supposed to be a boy. The doctor had told my mother to expect a small blob with male bits in early 1981, based on some wacky 80s unscientific guesstimation that apparently did not include an actual sonogram. Whoops! More » -
#lostandfound
Woman Finds Long-Lost Son After 27 Years Thanks To Facebook
The last time Avril Grube saw her son, Gavin, he was three years old. As her marriage broke down in 1982, Gavin's father, Joseph, "took him to Blackpool for the weekend and never came back." More » -
#thepurpleheart
The Quieter Side Of Memorial Day
There are two things I know for certain about my grandfather: that he fought in the Battle of Okinawa in World War Two, and that his favorite movie was "The Day the Earth Stood Still." More » -
#theydontfckyouup
Spare The Rod, Or Not: Scientist Says Parents Have Little Effect On Kids
Despite the ever-more complicated efforts of many American parents, independent researcher Judith Harris says moms and dads don't really have much influence over how their kids turn out. More »
