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Baggage check: Friend is a major flake, and a sister's children are 'nightmares'

Q: A good friend of mine is a major flake. I love her dearly, but I no longer can afford the luxury of letting her cancel plans on me, which she does more than half the time. I have started ...

DATE: Jan 13, 2016 | CATEGORY: Family

The smart economics of Norway's parental leave, and why the U.S. should consider it

An army, 40 strollers strong, grinds through the Norwegian forest. We are mamas uniformed in running tights and Technicolor tennis shoes (with a handful of papas thrown in), pushing all-terr...

DATE: Jan 13, 2016 | CATEGORY: Family

Are modern forces ruining my child's manners? Maybe. Or else it's just that he's 9.

We have a manners problem in my family. My 9-year-old son eats alarmingly fast, often without utensils. It’s repulsive yet mesmerizing, in the same way I imagine watching a lion eat a freshl...

DATE: Jan 13, 2016 | CATEGORY: Family

White mother of black son makes impassioned plea

The night after a grand jury declined to indict the white police officer who shot and killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice at a park in Cleveland, Maralee Bradley, a white mother of six, including ...

DATE: Jan 9, 2016 | CATEGORY: Family

A traumatic first birth carries over to a new pregnancy

“We need to go to the hospital ... now,” I managed to say to my husband in between pushes. I stepped out of the birthing tub in our home, got dressed and managed to waddle down the stairs an...

DATE: Jan 9, 2016 | CATEGORY: Family

What does it take to go from 'single' to 'in a relationship'?

If you made a New Year’s resolution to log on to a dating site or app and find a significant other, how’s that going for you? Getting into a relationship takes more than just crea...

DATE: Jan 9, 2016 | CATEGORY: Family

Getting creative when you can’t afford child care

At the start of my 10-minute break during a two-hour writing workshop, I looked down to check my phone. I had three missed calls and five text messages, all from the friend who was supposed ...

DATE: Jan 9, 2016 | CATEGORY: Family

Grown sisters don't respect their mother

Q: My eccentric mother has weird beliefs about conspiracy theories and the way she conducts her daily life. My grown sisters treat her like an embarrassment and ridicule her when we get toge...

DATE: Jan 9, 2016 | CATEGORY: Family

Don't try to socialize your shy 3-year old

Q: My 3-year-old is somewhat shy and introverted. She socializes well enough at preschool, but on the weekends she just wants to hang out with family. As an introverted person myself, I’m fi...

DATE: Jan 9, 2016 | CATEGORY: Family

For Muslim parents, a guide to talking about extremism with their kids

In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, California, parents and teachers struggled with some hard questions: When is it appropriate to talk to kids about the k...

DATE: Jan 9, 2016 | CATEGORY: Family

For middle-age moms like me, divorce can be the best aphrodisiac

We were sitting on the Little League bench ostensibly to watch our 11-year-olds play, but instead we were doing what we moms typically did – grumble about parenting, aging, work, menopause a...

DATE: Jan 6, 2016 | CATEGORY: Family

How should a gay woman respond to a gift donation made to an anti-LGBT organization

Q: My brother (and sister-in-law) made a donation to a religious organization in honor of my wife and me (a married lesbian couple). The gesture was very kind, and the charity does some good...

DATE: Jan 6, 2016 | CATEGORY: Family

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