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Patient Parenting

Practices and routines are perfect for the winter months

For children, it’s been back to school for a while now, but I think we’ve all flirted with those last…

November 9, 2013

Family

Is sharing your bed with baby safe or risky?

Scientific community still debating whether practice is dangerous

November 9, 2013

Adventures in Motherhood

Counting our blessings while winter is on the horizon

I found myself belting out “Total Eclipse of the Heart” along with Bonnie Tyler in the car last night, nostalgic…

November 2, 2013

Family

Parents still turn to troubled youth ranches

Tierra Blanca Ranch is a facility for troubled youths near Hilsboro, N.M. There are few options for parents with troubled…

November 2, 2013

Family

More victims of online abuse reach out for help

Sarah Ball, a victim of cyberbullying during her high school years, maintains a Facebook site called “Hernando Unbreakable,” an anti-bullying…

October 26, 2013

Family

Quintuplets reunited, home ‘bursting at the seams’

Their living room is lined with infant carriers. Boxes of formula are stacked high in their tiny kitchen. On Sept.…

October 26, 2013

Family

Fertility clinics helping more gay couples

Procedures allow for increased sharing of biological role

October 19, 2013

Adventures in Motherhood

When it comes to this life: ‘Each day, each hug is a gift’

I’ve been thinking about this as I rub arnica oil over Col’s eight gnarly head-stitches, as my children climb into…

October 19, 2013

Patient Parenting

The challenges of parenting kids with gay, lesbian tendencies

Most overt sexual-behavioral characteristics are suppressed until puberty, ages 8 to 15. Before this critical time in human development, children…

October 12, 2013

Family

In China, woman sues children for support

Zhang Zefang, a 94-year-old woman who sued her own children for not taking care of her, sits on her bed…

October 12, 2013

Family

Uncoordinated sports parents take heart

may not be how athletic you are, but instead, how supportive

October 5, 2013

Adventures in Motherhood

There’s nothing in the world more important than our lives

Crash. Silence. “Col?” Silence. Cory, Dan’s brother, rushes to the playhouse. He shouts “Col!” as if he’s found Col doing…

October 5, 2013

Family

Exxon to offer benefits to same-sex couples in U.S.

The company says it will recognize “all legal marriages” when it determines eligibility for health-care plans for the company’s 77,000…

September 28, 2013

Family

Guide dog dies after saving owner’s child from car

On Monday, Dave Furukawa, who is visually impaired, was walking his young son to school along with Simon. As the…

September 28, 2013

Family

French Senate: Ban child beauty pageants

Oceane Scharre, 10, left, was selected Mini Miss France in 2011. She sits with Miss France 2011 Mathilde Florin.Mini Miss…

September 21, 2013

Family

Parents often neglect to properly buckle children

The survey by the child advocacy group Safe Kids Worldwide and General Motors Foundation finds that more than one-fifth of…

September 21, 2013

Family

Okla. custody dispute compared to S.C. case

In both cases, a South Carolina couple has attempted to adopt a tribal member born in Oklahoma and placed up…

September 14, 2013

Adventures in Motherhood

A key to parenthood is learning the yoga of letting go

I’ve been here on a million weekdays, and it’s always the outdoor PlayStation for the baby-toothed set, but today is…

September 14, 2013

Patient Parenting

How often we eat may be as important as what we eat

The advice to have five or six small meals daily has become common in recent years. This keeps the metabolism…

September 7, 2013

Family

Mom of ‘rainbow’ son comes out in new book

Lori Duron, right, has written a book about her son, C.J., in her book Raising My Rainbow: Adventures in Raising…

September 7, 2013

Adventures in Motherhood

Late-season trip to mountains: This life is all I ever wanted

Late-season mountains: The mosquitoes are mostly gone, wildflowers are mostly gone (save for bright purple gentians popping in the sea…

August 31, 2013

Family

Some men opting to become single fathers

Trey Powell holds his 6-month-old daughters Kylan, left, and Ashton in their home in Seattle.Elaine Thompson/Associated Press “I feel so…

August 31, 2013

Family

Older brides shell out for gowns, garters, DJs

Sara Musillo, left, assistant store manager at David’s Bridal in New York, assists Yolanda Royal, 64, center as she tries…

August 24, 2013

Family

‘Boyfriend Tracker’ app raises hackles in Brazil

A woman poses for a photo using her smart phone in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2013. News…

August 24, 2013