Babies are smart. They can tell the difference between a responsive face and a blank face, wiped clean of emotion.

“Job Killer.” Those are the two words you are most likely to hear uttered by most American CEOs when confronted with proposals to enact family-friendly work policies.

Somehow I got the feeling at an early age that I had to do something important with my life.

Children refuse to compromise. Adults learn how.

Working moms, and increasingly working dads, don't want a government handout, but they do need a hand up.

We continue to blame the poor for their own condition. They are lazy. We do not want to know that the poorest of the poor are toddlers under three years of age.

If months were marked by colors, November in New England would be colored gray.