Bye-Bye, Baby Weight
Celebrity moms make it look effortless, but dropping post-delivery pounds can be challenging. Here's what to expect, what to do, and how to cope.
Expert Strategies to Help Your Child Cope With Stress
So much for a carefree childhood. Today, even little kids are susceptible to adult-size stresses. Here's where the stress comes from, and what you can do about it.
How to Manage Your Personal Energy
It's great to be generous, but do you know how share without running empty? Here's how to give freely while safe-guarding the resources you need to thrive, grow and change.
Smart and Simple Grocery Store Swaps for Healthy Choices
Want to feed you and your family right? Start at the supermarket. This eight-week guide provides the shopping know-how you need to give your cart a healthful overhaul — without facing a mutiny from your family.
Good to the Core: Apples
It's apple season. What better way to celebrate than by making family-friendly apple dishes with your children?
Kids & Carbs
Reduced-carb diets are helping millions of people lose excess weight. But what's right for some adults may be all wrong for their children.
Edu-Ventures
Had enough of theme parks and prepackaged vacations? Maybe it's time your family tried something smarter.
Man Alive: Fitness Inspiration for Husbands and Fathers
Somewhere between being breadwinners, role models, and lovers, many married men lose track of their commitment to fitness. Here's what men can do to reclaim their health and vitality, and why it matters to those who depend on them.
How to Properly Spot Someone at the Gym
Learn how working with a spotter can help you ratchet up the intensity of your free-weight routine.
Mother Knows Best
Not long ago, I came across a quote from an unknown source that read: “Sound really does travel slower than light. The advice parents give to their 18-year-olds doesn’t reach them until they’re about 40.”
Fitness as a Family Value
For far too long now, the pursuit of fitness has been equated with individual achievement. In the media and general culture, fitness has typically been about performance (who can go farthest, fastest), or it's been about possession – washboard abs and seductive good looks. The body as object.