Shelter -- A design opportunity -- Who are the people in your neighborhood? -- How much negativity is helpful? -- Registering : what you really need in the nursery -- The thousand-dollar question : what kind of stroller are you? -- The disgrace that is the U.S.'s leave policy -- How we think about work -- The truth about cats and dogs and babies -- Blogs and confessions -- TV or not TV? -- Scary stories -- Travels with baby -- Marital relations -- Those first weeks back from leave -- Cars and trucks and things that go -- Other people's kids -- Share and share alike -- The great sleep-training debate -- Anxiety-free potty-training -- Postpartum and post-postpartum depression -- Sex and marriage -- Language development craziness -- The almighty nap -- Danger! -- School days -- Becoming like our parents or not -- First friendships -- Cracking the whip -- How many kids should you have? -- Food -- Defending junk -- Booze and drugs (for you, not the kid) -- Time to eat -- A modest proposal : bring back home economics -- Snack attack -- Allergy alert days -- The evil turkey sandwich -- The breastfeeding wars -- Eating together as a family -- Love -- The name game -- When you're pregnant, it takes a village to judge you -- A reality check for working parents -- Here's to babysitters -- Birth stories -- Labor plans and realities -- Real abuse -- The hard parts -- Party time! -- In praise of stepchildren -- Separation anxiety -- Regretting your life -- Vaccination paranoia -- Taking the kids along -- The great circumcision debate -- Toddlers in love.