Family – The Durango Herald

How does birth order influence your personality?

Where you fall among siblings may affect your personality and, later, your parenting

DATE: Oct 31, 2016 | CATEGORY: Family

Postpartum depression is more than the ‘baby blues’

Durango woman uses her experience to help moms cope after giving birth

DATE: Jun 22, 2016 | CATEGORY: Family

Four Corners parents log long miles for kids’ activities

Being a parent requires endless dedication. Dedication to keeping your child alive, healthy, fed, educated and happy. Then, there are the extracurricular activities. For those of us living i...

DATE: May 25, 2016 | CATEGORY: Family

She thinks her friend is dating a gross guy for his money

Q: I am pretty sure my friend is in a relationship with a guy just because he supports her financially, and I don’t consider it that different from prostitution. He is older and not particul...

DATE: Apr 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: Family

What children can teach us about change, growing up

On the day my oldest child graduated from preschool, I startled myself by bursting into tears in a hallway lined with crayon drawings. I felt an instant sense of nostalgia. A teacher with ol...

DATE: Apr 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: Family

My husband and I were nearly friendless – and I got desperate

When my husband, Michael, came home from work, he found me sprawled on the comforter of our bed, my face buried in my laptop. I was trying to arrange a blind date. I typed hurried...

DATE: Apr 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: Family

Are you the only single guest at a wedding? Here's how to really live it up

It first happened to me at age 25. Somewhere between galloping to Gangnam Style and stepping forward and back to the Electric Slide, I heard Beyoncé come on the speakers and call ...

DATE: Apr 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: Family

After my divorce, tasks as simple as mowing the lawn felt huge

Yanking the cord, the lawn mower roars to life, spewing bits of grass and gasoline fumes. Pushing the mower forward, row after row in neat lines across the lawn, I am hot, sweaty and cursing...

DATE: Apr 7, 2016 | CATEGORY: Family

Six ways good parents contribute to their child’s anxiety

Kids have it hard these days. It doesn’t seem like it when they’re playing on their $500 tech gadgets, but they do. Twenty-first century living is taking its toll, and many kids a...

DATE: Apr 7, 2016 | CATEGORY: Family

Parent hacks to the rescue

I’m forever looking for clever ways to streamline my closet, declutter my junk drawer and organize the mail. As a mom, though, my favorite tips are those that are not only useful but also ea...

DATE: Apr 6, 2016 | CATEGORY: Family

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