But as college applicant pools grow, more and more kids are receiving the dreaded skinny envelopes from colleges and parents must learn the right response to comfort a child whose been rejected.

NPR: Ask Amy: Responding to the Thin Envelope

Perhaps our roles have changed slightly, with me taking the reins in the kitchen, but the joy I get from the process sends me right back to my days as a child pacing the dock.

WSJ: Endless-Summer Baked Blue Crab

In Hawaii, there have been legal moves in recent weeks to give parents the right to take home a placenta from hospital - because of a native Hawaiian belief that the placenta is part of the child.

BBC: NEWS | UK | Magazine | Why eat a placenta?