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The fearless father who threw himself on a suicide bomber, saving lives in Beirut

A father, with his young daughter watching, sacrificed himself to save others when terrorists struck Beirut last week. The day before the horrific massacre in central Paris left t...

DATE: Nov 19, 2015 | CATEGORY: Family

Five lines that will out you as a snob on a first date

Washington is the snobbiest city on the East Coast – and that translates to dating, too. Singles name- and credential-drop in online profiles, while flirting and, of course, on dates. As a r...

DATE: Nov 17, 2015 | CATEGORY: Family

What makes an ad for 'period-proof' underwear too risque?

The founders of Thinx set out to change women’s lives by creating the perfect “period-proof” underwear. But when it comes to advertising a menstrual product, sometimes things can get a littl...

DATE: Nov 17, 2015 | CATEGORY: Family

What it's like to bring your mom to work

NEW YORK - “Shhh, Mom. Lower your voice. Mom, you’re being loud.” That’s how Natalie Kitroeff, a reporter at Bloomberg, spent a good bit of Bring In Your Parents Day last week. Kitroeff’s mo...

DATE: Nov 13, 2015 | CATEGORY: Family

No empty nest: Young women live with mom and dad like it’s 1940

Young women are living with their parents or relatives at a rate not seen since 1940 as more millennial women put off marriage, attend college and face high living expenses. A Pew...

DATE: Nov 13, 2015 | CATEGORY: Family

After two-year wait, some adopted children reach U.S. from Congo

After a wrenching delay of more than two years, a few American families celebrated on U.S. territory Wednesday with children adopted from Congo who were finally granted long-stalled exit per...

DATE: Nov 13, 2015 | CATEGORY: Family

If she didn't plan their social life, they wouldn't have one

Q: I am tired of being the designated spouse to take care of our social life. Remembering his brother’s birthday, planning trips, responding to invitations – it always falls to me. It is a s...

DATE: Nov 13, 2015 | CATEGORY: Family

Weighing tactics in the homework wars

Q: My second-grader has started resisting doing homework. I am unsure what approach to take while also giving him time to relax and play. If I offer incentives (no TV/game time or dessert un...

DATE: Nov 13, 2015 | CATEGORY: Family

What do you do with a useless engagement ring? Here are 5 ideas

If you scrimped and saved to buy a sparkling engagement ring for your beloved, but the relationship didn’t work out, what would you do with the ring? You could hold onto it until ...

DATE: Nov 13, 2015 | CATEGORY: Family

My boyfriend refuses to sync with my sleep schedule

Q: My boyfriend and I are on the road to serious commitment, but one sticking point is my resentment about his refusal to change his sleep habits to spend more time together. I work long hou...

DATE: Nov 7, 2015 | CATEGORY: Family

What realizing we weren't a dog family taught me about being a parent

My mom said what I needed was companionship, what I needed was a puppy. She knew I had been struggling with my kids, 8 and 10, who were approaching their tweens with sass, impudence and eyer...

DATE: Nov 7, 2015 | CATEGORY: Family

My mom knew just what she wanted to wear at her funeral

“I’ve changed my mind,” my 89-year-old mother announced one Sunday some months ago. “I want to be buried in my own clothes.” When she and my father had drawn up their burial contr...

DATE: Nov 7, 2015 | CATEGORY: Family

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