Family

Newlywed man, 95, dies after wife taken away

‘He lived for her, and she lived for him. ’

January 3, 2015

Local News

Tracy Barnes has last baby of 2014

Olivia arrives at 8:24 a.m.

January 1, 2015

Local News

Colorado’s 1st baby born in Durango

Rose Gosney arrives 2 minutes into the new year

January 1, 2015

Family

Wonkblog: The rise of single motherhood in America

The implications of this seismic shift in family structure are broad and deeply debated. Research suggests that children with two…

December 27, 2014

Family

Americans aren’t marrying – is porn to blame?

points to availability of free online pornography as a possible culprit

December 27, 2014

Family

Looking for kids’ books? You can’t miss with these 5

Into the Unknown: How Great Explorers Found Their Way by Land, Sea, and Air, by Stewart Ross, illustrated by Stephen…

December 20, 2014

Adventures in Motherhood

Gift of gratitude better than any material present

We celebrated the first night of Hanukkah with butternut squash-potato latkes topped with green chile and chokecherry-applesauce, cheap red wine…

December 20, 2014

Local News

Foster Care celebrates with its families

Pippa and Ranon Two Crow attend the annual La Plata County Foster Care/Adoption Program Christmas party with their Grandmother Carolyn…

December 15, 2014

Family

As we age, it’s important to love the questions

from absorbing other people’s knowledge… The trouble is that it’s always other people’s knowledge. – Peter Kingsley, In the Dark…

December 13, 2014

Family

The challenge of explaining police misconduct to kids

children know that officers aren’t all bad, but sometimes they get it wrong

December 13, 2014

Adventures in Motherhood

Life’s challenges can present opportunities

Col drags himself inside, kicked out by the chill from his current practice in the hunting arts: throwing a sharpened…

December 6, 2014

Family

Should breast-feeding moms ‘perhaps sit in a corner’?

These are questions being hotly debated here after an incident at Claridge’s, one of the London’s poshest hotels. Earlier this…

December 6, 2014

Family

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

I wish I could tell you, “Why, yes! There are three easy ways to handle this situation, and no one…

November 29, 2014

Family

Asexuals seeking to raise awareness

Roger Fox, 31, of Bethesda, Md., arranges get-togethers for the MidAtlantic Asexual Meetup. “We’re not pushing for specific rights,” he…

November 29, 2014

Family

40% of new U.S. marriages are remarriages

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

November 22, 2014

Family

Texas to allow inmate weddings in prison

Inmates in Texas historically have been allowed to marry by proxy, meaning someone stood in for the prisoner at a…

November 22, 2014

Adventures in Motherhood

Hope is for kids to wake up curious every day

Raising a boy is a continuing education for me. I’m hugely invested in maintaining closeness with Col as he grows,…

November 15, 2014

Family

Do an autistic kid a favor by holding him accountable

And TJ licked K’s head. While under the tail of the crocodile. Another friend, who knows TJ very well, scolded…

November 15, 2014

Authentic Aging

Choosing death brings up many questions

In these later years, our expectations shrink and our capacities diminish. We do less and less to accommodate our physical…

November 8, 2014

Family

Bringing parents to work bridges generation gap

LinkedIn employee Riley Sisk, right, sits with her parents Margie, at left, and Jon during the company’s second annual “Bring…

November 8, 2014

Local News

At home with quadruplets

Creek mom doing well with four infants

November 8, 2014

Family

Love this life – even when seasons change

Right now all the changes are so fascinating – trees glowing like candles, and next week skirts of yellow leaves…

November 1, 2014

Family

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

The couple had been together more than 20 years, which Anndee Hochman figured already made them good as married. They…

October 25, 2014

Family

Survey details vast scope of teen dating abuse

More than 300 people participate in Barry University’s College Brides Walk, with many walking 7.5 miles in bridal gowns to…

October 25, 2014