Recently, I conducted an experiment. I noticed a scrap of paper on our stairs and started to pick it up. As the mom I tend to notice messes in our family of six before anyone else does, it seems.

Anyone with kids may recall those wild toddler "meals" in which the food went flying, ending up all over the floor, the furniture, you, your child's face and body. The ratio of food offered to food ...

Kids' bedrooms rarely stay photo-ready, but some patterns quietly guarantee that the mess never really goes away. When you understand the specific forces working against you, from your child's ...

In 2015, Pope Francis told a crowd of young people in Paraguay to go out into the world and “make a mess.” There is some dispute about whether he was speaking spiritually or literally. I think the ...

Parents who constantly find themselves wiping food off the high chair, the table, the walls, the ceiling and even the dog after a meal should take heart. A new study suggests that in making all that ...

There are endless ways to categorize people: Are you a Stone or a Beatle? A Coke-drinker or a Pepsi-drinker? Chaos Muppet or Order Muppet? But perhaps no distinction is more polarizing than Neat ...