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When parents divorce, what about the kids?

Tips to help parents support their kids

DATE: Mar 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: Family

My parents’ divorce made me stronger

When the angry words darted over my head as I worked on my coloring book, I barely heard them. When I stepped over my father like a lumpy carpet, passed out in the hallway, inches from his b...

DATE: Mar 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: Family

Being a gay Christian isn't a contradiction. So why do my OkCupid matches flee when I mention church?

Since reactivating my OkCupid profile two months ago, I’ve received dozens of messages mentioning my religion. My identity as a Christian is important to me, so I let potential su...

DATE: Mar 17, 2016 | CATEGORY: Family

What to do about a coworker who won't stop staring

Q: A guy at work stares at me. He holds eye contact all the time, and he works near enough to me that if he is moving around his cube and I happen to look at him, I see him looking at me. He...

DATE: Mar 17, 2016 | CATEGORY: Family

Why I let my children see me and my husband argue

Dr. Phil says fighting in front of your kids is nothing short of abuse. It’s a good thing he wasn’t at my house this morning. I was so irritated with my husband that I removed mys...

DATE: Mar 17, 2016 | CATEGORY: Family

Why kids should go barefoot more (and probably adults, too)

During an unseasonably warm day this past winter, my husband and I walked with our three boys to the playground down the street from our house. The sunshine was toasty and the boys were quic...

DATE: Mar 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Family

Mom fed up with son's foul mouth

Q: My almost-6-year-old son has recently started learning that certain words and phrases are not nice and has, of course, been using them repeatedly. His favorites are “You are stupid” and “...

DATE: Mar 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Family

How to help kids weather the ups and downs

The morning starts out all wrong for one of my children. “Who left just two sips of juice in the container? What kind of person does that? I don’t like any of our cereal. Why can’t you buy t...

DATE: Mar 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Family

Tampon tax: Does being female in the U.S. carry unfair costs?

NEW YORK – Margo Seibert and Natalie Brasington don’t think women should have to pay a “period tax,” and like a growing number of other women, they are publicly questioning whether being fem...

DATE: Mar 12, 2016 | CATEGORY: Family

I can't understand what it's like to be a single mom

One night over cocktails with some mom-friends, I sighed and said: “It’s hard being a single mom.” I’d been complaining about how chaotic it was at home while my husband was away ...

DATE: Mar 12, 2016 | CATEGORY: Family

Dealing with the office mean girls

Q: I am the only male in an office with four women. Two of them are snakes in disguise. They talk about each other to me and then team up against me, whispering like high school girls. I thi...

DATE: Mar 12, 2016 | CATEGORY: Family

My happiness may never look like my mom’s – and that’s OK

My favorite photo of my parents and me is from 1989. My mom is rocking a poodle-like perm and a daisy-print dress. My dad is wearing a beige suit and a boyish smile. He’s holding a 3-year-ol...

DATE: Mar 12, 2016 | CATEGORY: Family

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