No matter how much you try to protect your children, there will always be things you can not control. Last week, two young children, Leo and Lulu Krim, were allegedly stabbed to death by their nanny in their home in Manhattan. The children’s mother discovered the bodies as Yoselyn Ortega, the nanny, began to hack […]
This originally appeared on The Good Men Project. Republished here with permission. JD Roberto wishes he could avoid sending his 5-year-old son mixed messages about his sexuality. The most hands-on, intimate, and enduring relationship in a man’s life is the one he has with his penis. Yes, ladies, you might be tired of hearing about our […]
This originally appeared on Undercover In The Suburbs. Republished here with permission. My mother died of brain cancer almost eight years ago. I spent 18 months as her caregiver, researching treatments, flying her around the country for the best possible care, fighting with doctors, and just being there as she faced death on a daily […]
This originally appeared on The Good Men Project. Republished here with permission. Telling men to act “like a man” isn’t doing anybody any favors. So stop. When I was a boy, I remember hearing “Walk Like a Man,” by Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, on the regular rotation of my parents’ radio. I wasn’t alive when […]
Over time, priorities change and schedules fill up, so friendships have to shift accordingly. I’ve been told many times that my relationships with my female friends will change as I go through life. The first time I heard this was when I was in high school, getting ready to move on to college, and I […]
Lynn Beisner describes the harrowing internal debate over whether or not to report her 14-year-old daughter’s grossly inappropriate encounter with a male friend. At the end of my daughter’s first year of high school, she asked to throw a party. She had really struggled that year, taking advanced placement classes with kids in their senior […]
Unless you truly find joy in wearing makeup, Emily Heist Moss says: to hell with all the truth-covering face paint. Let me tell you some facts about my face. My eyelashes are not long enough. My cheeks are not pink enough. My lips are not shiny enough. My skin doesn’t subtly shimmer; it is not […]
Jenn Leyva’s a big fan of Lady Gaga, but says body positive activism goes beyond the cries for help from thin, blonde women. Lady Gaga has a new Body Revolution campaign. It seems that after taking flack for gaining weight, she’s on the offensive, posting pictures of herself in her underwear with text talking about […]
