Family

Moms, know that you are doing an incredibly important thing

It is a huge choice to have children and one not made lightly, as least hopefully not. I love that…

May 10, 2014

Weekly hike allows us to watch life unfold in present moment

Scrapbooks of embarrassing moments fling open in my mind (Hello, elementary school!) when Col sees the snake – greenish brown…

May 3, 2014

Family

Teen finds meaning in 1950s popularity guide

For Maya Van Wagenen, though, digging up a previous generation’s teen scene actually helped her. She survived the middle-school blues…

May 2, 2014

Family

Tentative deal reached in breast-milk lawsuit

could get $75,000 for refusing to have liquid scanned by TSA

April 26, 2014

Family

Half of foreign adopted children from Asia

The report – the first from the Census on adoptions since 2003 – finds that 2 percent of the nation’s…

April 25, 2014

Adventures in Motherhood

Sometimes it’s good to get out in the desert and simply ‘be’

There’s always that feeling, zooming away from home, car crammed with stuff, that we’ve forgotten something vital. That our busy…

April 19, 2014

Family

Pro sports becoming more open to paternity leave

Major League Baseball only league to offer players a standardized policy

April 18, 2014

Family

How far should you go to live your dream?

Family’s around-the-world sailing trip with baby spurs debate

April 12, 2014

Adventures in Motherhood

‘Peaceful parenting’ a practice worth deepening

“The one part I didn’t like?” announces Rose without provocation, “is that I didn’t get more cookies.” A small, cramped…

April 5, 2014

Family

Matchmaker U: Colleges try to engage married alums

Miami University/Associated Press<br><br>An unidentified couple were among hundreds who returned to Miami University to celebrate their Miami Merger in Oxford,…

April 5, 2014

Family

‘Burger King Baby’ finds her birth mother

started search by posting a photo on her Facebook page

March 29, 2014

Family

How Disney films unlocked autistic boy’s emotions

Owen Suskind was a typical toddler until age 3, when his developing language and social skills vanished. He was diagnosed…

March 29, 2014

Family

Judge rules moms can keep dads out of delivery room

Superior Court Judge Sohail Mohammed said all patients are allowed to decide who can be at their hospital bedside –…

March 22, 2014

Family

Is the ‘Ban Bossy’ campaign good for girls?

not so much, critics say of Sanberg/Girl Scouts project

March 22, 2014

Adventures in Motherhood

Trust siblings to work out their own mysterious karma

I feel something hot and sharp catch in my sun-bathing throat, something like indignation and protest; something like the words:…

March 15, 2014

Family

Student who sued her parents returns home

18-year-old had been seeking child support, tuition payment

March 15, 2014

Patient Parenting

When it comes to education, is universal preschool a good thing?

It’s a bipartisan effort (amazingly!) with several mayors and governors wanting to fund it with taxes on the wealthy. The…

March 8, 2014

Family

Teen suing parents won’t get immediate support

Rachel Canning had sought immediate relief in the form of $650 in weekly child support and the payment of the…

March 8, 2014

Adventures in Motherhood

For daughter, information is like a wide, swirling storm

“Who drew that picture?” Rose asks about a sketch of a woman smoking, her eyes at half mast. ”Do you…

March 1, 2014

Family

Want a divorce in Utah? You may have to do this

In this Feb. 14, 2014 photo, Ryan Campbell looks on while having lunch with his son Chase in Lehi, Utah.…

March 1, 2014

Family

Bit by bit, macho stereotypes lose ground

But that was before feminism, gay-rights activism, metrosexuals. Husbands took on a greater share of housework and child care. The…

February 22, 2014

Family

Should you ask your busy kids to do chores?

children’s schedules become fuller, parents torn about assigning tasks

February 15, 2014

Adventures in Motherhood

Sometimes, being seen without judgment can be enough

And yet, I want to be compassionate, a safe haven for my children to express all their feelings, even the…

February 15, 2014

Patient Parenting

Love shown early in childhood is critical to aging adults

In some recent research, I ran across an interesting study, known as the Harvard Grant Study. This is the longest…

February 8, 2014