The Longest Shortest Time

Etiquette for the Childless Friend

People with kids and people without can’t seem to stay friends very easily. Ask Moxie’s Magda Pecsenye has some advice for keeping your bonds strong.

Hillary’s on Tape!

Listen to Mickey Capper’s interview with Hillary on Tape, and find out how a cadaver dissection, a pay phone, and a boombox all led to her first conversation with Ira Glass. Plus, her hatred of small talk.

We’re in Mutha!

Check out Meg Lemke’s interview in Mutha with Hillary on why she started LST, parental judging, and our natural birth series. The Longest Shortest Time may earn a small commission from products linked on this site. Using our affiliate links helps support our work.

5 Gifts You Could Buy…Or Make Out of Garbage

I’m a big fan of turning trash into toys. But I also get that it’s weird to put a bow on the recycling bin. Here’s a list of my favorite materials for homemade fun…with retail equivalents.

We’re in the New Yorker!

Speed Dating for Mom Friends is in Talk of the Town! Get the inside scoop on what people said on their “dates”—and what I dug up form the inside of my purse just before going onstage.

What Family Life Really Looks Like

It’s Like They Know Us skewers unrealistic stock photos of family life. Here’s what magazine spreads would look like if photographers shot OUR homes.

Speed Dating in Pictures

Missed Speed Dating for Mom Friends? Live vicariously through these images.

Instagram Sweepstakes Rules

We give things away on Instagram sometimes. These are the official rules.

Kid Invention: The Coffee-Teapot!

Pre-schoolers’ backpacks are full of nonsensical scribbles. But sometimes you dig up gems. What have you found in YOUR kids’ backpacks?

Speed Dating for Mom Friends: Brooklyn

Get matched with your new mama BFF with our first ever live event!