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Parents ask: How do we handle the odd girl out?

My 11-year-old daughter has been friends with a pair of twins since kindergarten. She has more in common and fun with one than the other and so would like to invite her to things without the...

DATE: Nov 29, 2014 | CATEGORY: Family

40% of new U.S. marriages are remarriages

Newly released report also shows remarried men more likely to have younger spouse

DATE: Nov 22, 2014 | CATEGORY: Family

Texas to allow inmate weddings in prison

HOUSTON – Texas plans to allow marriage ceremonies inside prisons between an inmate and an intended spouse who isn’t incarcerated, officials disclosed Tuesday. Inmates in Texas hi...

DATE: Nov 22, 2014 | CATEGORY: Family

Do an autistic kid a favor by holding him accountable

When TJ was in fourth grade, he was in a performance of “Peter Pan.” He and three boys were the tail of the crocodile, standing this close to each other. And TJ licked K’s head. W...

DATE: Nov 15, 2014 | CATEGORY: Family

Bringing parents to work bridges generation gap

SAN FRANCISCO – Seta Whitford-Stark was dumbfounded last year when she found out her daughter Amy quit her job at an employee-recruiting agency to work for LinkedIn, an Internet company that...

DATE: Nov 8, 2014 | CATEGORY: Family

Love this life – even when seasons change

The garden no longer needs watering or weeding. Insects are no longer a threat – yesterday, I watched with a little wistful fondness a grasshopper springing around the lettuce. It’s almost l...

DATE: Nov 1, 2014 | CATEGORY: Family

With gay marriage comes question: I do or I don’t

LOS ANGELES – When gay marriage became legal in Pennsylvania earlier this year, Elissa Goldberg was ready to say “I do.” Her longtime partner’s reaction, however, was “I’m not so sure.” ...

DATE: Oct 25, 2014 | CATEGORY: Family

Survey details vast scope of teen dating abuse

NEW YORK – From violence to verbal taunts, abusive dating behavior is pervasive among America’s adolescents, according to a new, federally funded survey. It says a majority of boys and girls...

DATE: Oct 25, 2014 | CATEGORY: Family

Attorney denied hearing delay brings baby to court

Immigration lawyer on maternity leave

DATE: Oct 18, 2014 | CATEGORY: Family

Number of U.S. kids in foster care up after long dip

After dropping for seven consecutive years, the number of U.S. children in foster care rose slightly last year, according to new federal figures released Monday. The annual report...

DATE: Oct 11, 2014 | CATEGORY: Family

Jail for not paying child support can be ‘debtor’s prison’

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – Dwayne Ferebee, 36, father of four, has been sent to jail four times over the past 12 years on civil contempt charges for failure to pay his court-ordered child support...

DATE: Oct 4, 2014 | CATEGORY: Family

Parents divided into drifters vs. planners

NEW YORK –When it comes to pregnancy and childrearing, behavioral economist Isabel V. Sawhill sees a cultural divide between the planners and the drifters. The senior fellow at th...

DATE: Sep 27, 2014 | CATEGORY: Family