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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

Do you have a parent heading to assisted living? This research can help you.

My father moved into an assisted-living residence last fall. When I visited him several weeks later, I was surprised and intrigued to learn that he had an assigned table and ate with the sam...

DATE: Mar 12, 2016 | CATEGORY: Family

In a moment of grief, the kindness of strangers

Dear Strangers, I remember you. Ten months ago, when my cellphone rang with news of my father’s suicide, you were walking into Whole Foods prepared to do your grocery shopping, ju...

DATE: Mar 12, 2016 | CATEGORY: Family

Parents are hiring this man to search their kids' rooms with a drug-sniffing dog

When James noticed that his teenage daughter had taken to spending time with a new group of friends and that there was an unsavory odor in her room, he became suspicious. The Kent...

DATE: Mar 12, 2016 | CATEGORY: Family

Why I let my children read books about upsetting things

“Mommy, did you know a man shot a lot of little kids in a school a few days ago?” my oldest son asked during dinner. I sputtered, choking on my mashed potatoes. It was December 20...

DATE: Mar 8, 2016 | CATEGORY: Family

Dating apps are expanding their reach: Swipe for friends on Bumble or match-make on Tinder

Ever hand your phone over to a married friend – or your parents – to swipe through Tinder for you? Or wish you could swipe your way to a BFF instead of a boyfriend? There are alre...

DATE: Mar 8, 2016 | CATEGORY: Family

We broke up – but when we landed in the ER, that didn’t matter

He was the first man to break my heart. We dated casually this past summer, and I’d fallen harder and faster for him than I could help. He liked me, he said, but didn’t want anyth...

DATE: Mar 8, 2016 | CATEGORY: Family

Distinguishing defiance from anxiety: What to do with a child who worries

I should’ve recognized the signs earlier. Looking back on my oldest son’s first year of life, I hear Star Wars’ “Imperial March” playing in my head. If I’d been a seasoned parent, I might ha...

DATE: Mar 8, 2016 | CATEGORY: Family

People think I’m ‘lucky’ in love – but hard work has a lot to do with it, too

“You’re so lucky.” I hear that a lot from the women in my life. Whether it’s aimed toward my marriage, my writing career, my house, my ability to be a stay-at-home mom, it’s a dec...

DATE: Mar 5, 2016 | CATEGORY: Family

I turned to an online dating site to see if my husband and I were still a match

“It’s over,” my friend cried through the phone. Her 10-year marriage had imploded. I could hear the clanking of glassware being packed in boxes in the background as she recounted the painful...

DATE: Mar 5, 2016 | CATEGORY: Family

Posing with a fish on Tinder makes you a bigger catch

There are plenty of fish in the sea – and on Tinder. But what do you do if you’re not getting tons of bites? If you’re a guy, you might reel in more matches with an image of yours...

DATE: Mar 5, 2016 | CATEGORY: Family

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