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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

These breakups really slayed: History's three biggest splits

Everyone has a story of the breakup that slayed them – maybe it was a first love or a first marriage. Jennifer Wright, author of the new book It Ended Badly, has dug up 13 breakups from the ...

DATE: Nov 6, 2015 | CATEGORY: Family

Son just wants to feel pretty

Q: I am wondering how to handle my 3-year-old son who only wants to wear his 5-year-old sister’s dresses and clothes. If I insist that he wear his clothes, he gets upset and breaks down in s...

DATE: Nov 6, 2015 | CATEGORY: Family

Once bullied, now empowered

Lizzie Velasquez felt the sting of bullying on the first day of kindergarten. “My parents raised me so normally that I had no clue I was different,” said Velasquez, 26, who was bo...

DATE: Oct 29, 2015 | CATEGORY: Family

Come on, moms. Let dads be in charge of the kids too.

I recently made plans to attend a national writer’s conference, leaving my husband, Christian, in charge of our four kids (boys ages 7 and 8, and girls ages 11 and 12). The children would be...

DATE: Oct 29, 2015 | CATEGORY: Family

What a selfie taught me about culture, freedom and confidence

My 9-year-old daughter pauses in the middle of our walk together and asks for my iPhone. Then she requests I take a selfie with her. I start to dismiss her question and turn it in...

DATE: Oct 29, 2015 | CATEGORY: Family

'Where's your costume?' An accidental Halloween love story

Singles spend a lot of time fretting about the biggest date nights of the year – Valentine’s Day and New Year’s Eve – but what about the holidays when you can meet those potential dates? Sam...

DATE: Oct 29, 2015 | CATEGORY: Family

Baggage Check: My sister only cares about me when she's depressed

Q: My sister gets clingy and needy when she is depressed, but when she snaps out of it she drops me and couldn’t care less about how I’m doing. I cancel plans so I can hang out with her, but...

DATE: Oct 29, 2015 | CATEGORY: Family

Is it offensive to wear the Caitlyn costume for Halloween? Depends.

Who gets to decide which Halloween costumes are acceptable and which ones go too far? I recently heard from two people asking whether it’s offensive to wear the “Call Me Caitlyn Unisex Adult...

DATE: Oct 29, 2015 | CATEGORY: Family

Forced to pick between love and her family, Terri Upshaw chose love

Sometimes emotion gets the better of Terri Upshaw, and she appears softer, more vulnerable, younger than her 55 years. Then she regains her composure and continues, in spare, straightforward...

DATE: Oct 29, 2015 | CATEGORY: Family

Kids with imaginary friends run risk of being ostracized

My son has an imaginary friend named Salice ... you know, like Alice with an S. I’m not sure where he came up with that one. To the best of my knowledge, there’s no Salice on any Disney Juni...

DATE: Oct 29, 2015 | CATEGORY: Family

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