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A collection of 13 moms, three dads and 16 kids ran in unpredictable circles across the floor of the FlynnSpace in Burlington last Friday afternoon, waving their arms, smiling broadly and barely avoiding collisions, while a 6-year-old girl plinked idly at a piano and a toy ball arced overhead.

"Try sideways . . . now try backwards . . . now change direction suddenly," came a series of commands from just off the floor, issued in a voice that managed to cut through the din.... Read more

BURLINGTON — When Fletcher Allen Health Care announced in September that it would be axing the Claire M. Lintilhac Nurse Midwifery Services, the news took patients and nurses by surprise. Even the program’s namesakes didn’t see it coming. The decision meant that FAHC would no longer provide 24-hour nurse-midwife services to several dozen expectant mothers.... Read more

VERMONT — Meredith Tomlinson of Colchester is one lucky single mom: This spring, she’ll fly to China to pick up her second adoptive child. But for other prospective Vermont parents, adopting foreign babies is proving to be an increasingly frustrating endeavor.... Read more

The holiday season is rough on parents. On the one hand, they’ve got their children’s remarkably well-informed “wish lists” to consider. On the other, they’ve got global warming and safety hazards. Was that toy made in China? Think of the emissions between there and the local store! Oh, and what were those lead-tainted toys again? How can one be sure they were all recalled?... Read more

Montpelier’s Langdon Street Café is a funky hangout with worn, mismatched furniture and thrift-shop décor. A dark-roast aroma fills the air, creating something like a permanently caffeinated climate. The place is wired electronically, too, for laptoppers and live musicians. All this ensures the patronage of grown-up hippies and hipsters, but Langdon Street is family-friendly as well, offering a toddler-sized table and chairs and kids’ games in a cozy nook.... Read more

With babies at their breasts, a small group of mothers camped out in front of Applebee’s restaurant at University Mall last Saturday afternoon as part of a silent protest against the company’s policies regarding public nursing. The local feed-in was a response to an event that occurred at a Kentucky Applebee’s, where a nursing woman was asked to cover herself.... Read more

Like many a 5-year-old, Tristan Timpone is going through a wizard phase.

But the boy is one of a growing number of Vermont children who practice a particularly esoteric strain of magic. Just ask his mother. Or his occupational therapist. Or his speech pathologist.... Read more

VERMONT — In the spring of 2006, two-thirds of all college graduates across the country said they were moving back in with their parents after graduation. According to a survey conducted by CollegeGrad.com, the nation’s largest entry-level job search engine, the triple whammy of a competitive job market, student-loan debts and the rising cost of housing drove most new grads back to the nest.... Read more

When I was pregnant with my daughter last year, I nearly burned my parents' house to the ground. I mistakenly lit the gas burner under an electric kettle for a cup of tea, then left the kitchen. I did other mindless things, too. I cut off a significant portion of my hair. I inhaled a Friendly's caramel cone sundae right before dinner. And I foolishly believed that my active life would return to normal once I had the baby.... Read more

Humorist David Sedaris once described an elementary school Christmas play as "bone-crushing theater, the type our ancient ancestors used to oppress their enemies before the invention of the stretching rack." Parenting 101: A Musical Guide to Raising Parents has modernized theatrical torture at Burlington's Waterfront Theatre. Sedaris' mock review in "Front Row Center with Thaddeus Bristol" is a scathing exercise in sarcasm.... Read more