"Pick a song that you can stand to sing over and over, maybe for years," is advice that Elizabeth Wolf of Merrimac, Mass., gives new parents. "Doesn't matter how well you sing it. Over time that will ...

Bedtime can be a struggle in my house. When I tell my kids it’s time to brush their teeth and go to bed, sometimes they act like they’ve never heard of such a thing. (It’s more fun to play and stay up ...

There is a moment most evenings when the house softens. Dishes may wait in the sink, a stuffed animal is found at last, and the light in your child’s room turns warm and slow. Bedtime rituals are tiny ...