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Family Councils (Part 2) Aug. 22, 2018
All the planning and anticipation is paying off. The council is tonight. Phones turned off, young mi... Read More
Define 'Historic' Aug. 17, 2018
Tuesday's primary results were hailed as "historic" by a number of media outlets. "Vermont Democrats... Read More
Can a Non-Parent Give a Parent Advice? Aug. 16, 2018
After a long day at Disneyland, Ann's brother and sister-in-law put their 5- and 6-year-olds to bed ... Read More
Family Councils (Part 1) Aug. 15, 2018
Catapulted into young widowhood with a small son to raise, I was totally unprepared to be a single p... Read More
The Kids Aren't All Right Aug. 02, 2018
Childhood anxiety is giving us anxiety. Nearly a third of American adolescents meet the criteria f... Read More
What Are Your Child's Passions? Jul. 31, 2018
If you ask most young people today if they have any hobbies, you will receive one of four answers: ... Read More
The Allure of Neglect Jul. 21, 2018
"Thrives on neglect." This was the sign posted under a tray of cactuses and other succulents sold at... Read More
Give Your Kids More Time to Just Play Jul. 19, 2018
When the world's leaders gather at Davos, they talk about business, society and the future. This yea... Read More
Outrage Over Family Separation Inspires Celebrity Response Jul. 17, 2018
Maggie Gyllenhaal has a crowded list of things to do, topped by her HBO series, "The Deuce," for whi... Read More
Mr. Rogers and Parents at the Border Jul. 11, 2018
In these warm Ohio months, when my daughter was an infant, I'd strap her into the stroller most even... Read More
Wild Acclimation Jul. 07, 2018
I've been away from home for much of the past month for weddings and work meetings. On the way to th... Read More
How Helicopter Parents Get That Way Jul. 05, 2018
When you pick up a copy of Parents magazine, you expect to read information that is useful, not just... Read More
Democrats' Convenient Outrage Jun. 29, 2018
Democrats live in gargantuan glass houses. They attack President Donald Trump and the Republican Par... Read More
Can Immigrants Be Deported Without a Trial? Jun. 28, 2018
Last weekend, President Donald Trump argued that those foreigners who enter the United States unlawf... Read More
Let's Find a Balanced Solution to Immigration and Stop the Preening Jun. 22, 2018
Virtue signaling soared to new heights with the family separation issue on the southern border. Too ... Read More
The Needless Cruelty of Trump's Border Policy Jun. 21, 2018
In 1729, an Irish political writer named Jonathan Swift noted with sorrow the large number of hungry... Read More
Warning to Parents: You Are About to Do Something Very Dangerous Jun. 21, 2018
If you're wondering why parenting seems so fraught, go to a store such as Target or Walmart and chec... Read More
A Teenager's Visit to the Border, and the Mile That Changed Her Jun. 20, 2018
If she wanted to, 17-year-old Mary Grace Geise could pretend that what is happening to migrants at o... Read More
The Sex Traffic Panic Jun. 07, 2018
Open up Facebook and be prepared to be accosted by fear. Moms across America are writing breathless ... Read More
You Start With an Apology Jun. 06, 2018
I was raised during the Depression by a widowed mother with six children too young to work. Things w... Read More
