Study: Women are better at parking cars than men
Men love to think that they’re better than women at parking cars—in fact, my own husband enjoys shouting out instructions when I’m pulling our VW Jetta wagon into a space. But it turns out this...
View ArticleAn 8-year-old girl’s thoughts on why women are awesome
What makes being female so wonderful? That’s the question an 8-year-old girl was asked to answer in school recently. This smart little cookie grabbed her pencil and scrawled this “unexpected” list of...
View ArticleDad chronicles parenting through witty messages written on Post-it notes
When Chris Illuminati’s wife left him home alone with their new baby boy, Evan, for the first time, she handed him lengthy instructions. The list inspired Illuminati to write down a snarky message...
View ArticleHow the Marx Brothers got my family to laugh together
From three seats away, I could hear my 9-year-old son laughing, sweet flurries of giggles flowing freely. I looked over at him and his eyes were watering as if he’d been chopping onions in the kitchen....
View ArticleWatch Jimmey Kimmel make kids cry with annual Halloween prank
The past two years late-night talk show host and comedian Jimmy Kimmel has asked parents to tell their kids that they ate all their Halloween candy and capture the horror on video. The compilation...
View Article25 things S.F. parents do?
Sometimes when I’m at the park with my kids and I notice that the mother standing next to me is also slathering her toddler with paraben-free California Baby Sunscreen and serving Annie’s organic bunny...
View ArticleWatch as kids dispense sage dating advice to adults
David Keystone was at an event a few years ago and couldn’t muster the courage to walk up and talk to a pretty girl across the room. Fortunately, an 8-year-old boy seated at his table offered him some...
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