Sleep deprived parents the world over have found a book to which they can relate.  It is not written by Dr. Seuss and it won’t tell you how to become a better parent, but it just might make you laugh hysterically. Every parent has been there, the baby is up at 2:00 a.m. and there is no sign of sandman gracing the nursery.  You feed the baby, you rock the baby, you sing to the baby, you read to the baby, but the baby just won’t go to sleep.  After a couple of days, or, as was the case with our son, a year, that amount of sleep deprivation can cause one to think some crazy thoughts.  Now, while…

Fireworks are synonymous with the Fourth of July. When I was a kid, we went to only a handful of public fireworks displays. The Fourth of July was always a day for a family picnic that ended with a bang — a fireworks display that might not have been quite the elaborate spectacle lighting up the sky over the Lehigh River. There was something about the anticipation leading up to the burst of light in the otherwise dark night. Just a hint of danger in lighting your own fireworks added another layer of excitement. Light the fuse, run away and, then wait to see what will happen. Sometimes, there …

How can an infant raise a storm? Answer, when the parents won’t disclose the gender of their four month old child to more than six people. This has raised many questions. Will failing to disclose the biological sex of baby Storm have any impact at all on the social or emotional development of the child? How much impact does culture really have on gender identity, after all, isn’t it biologically determined? Should children have the opportunity to choose anything let alone their gender identity?  Canadian parents David Stocker and Kathy Witterick say they want Storm to discover him/herself by …