Most hospital bag checklists focus on what to pack for you and the baby. Fewer mention the paperwork, and there is more of it than most first-time parents expect, arriving fast in the days right...

The first night leaving your kids with a new babysitter usually comes with a flurry of last-minute texts: the WiFi password, when bedtime actually is, what to do if the dog gets out. A babysitter...

This is not a topic anyone likes thinking about, but having a child identification binder ready means one less thing to search for during the worst possible moment. Law enforcement and search organizations consistently say...

Most baby keepsake boxes start out organized and end up as a pile. It usually happens gradually: the hospital bracelet goes in first, then a few photos, then somewhere around month six everything just gets...

Last year, we were lucky enough to see best-selling author and New York Times family editor Bruce Feiler, who has done an intense study of what makes families happy, found models of what works.  One of...

With everyone bemoaning the loss of family time to screens, we have sought to replace weekend family movies with a game night. As with adults, sometimes there's groaning before everyone starts, but some popcorn and...

For all those physical mementos of childhood, Savor has you covered.  But most of us have a combination of physical and digital mementos – and for those digital ones – Tinybeans offers a great and...

We were already in awe of Paulette Light's ability to make parenting a brood of 4 kids seem easy when we learned about her amazing company, Momstamp.  It's basically an Angie's List for all the things...

  Honey, Did My Package Arrive? The Dreaded Thank You Note.   Call us old-fashioned, but we are firm believers in the thank you note. Not the Internet dashed off e-mail, not a text, but an...