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This is an education I wish my children didn’t have to receive. But this weekend, in our hometown, we were reminded that it is necessary.

  • Allison Slater Tate
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Dr. Andrea advises a reader who suddenly cares about her breakup after a month of apathy, and a mom with an envious 12-year-old.

When life imitates art, funny art, between a dad and his daughter.

  • Nevin Martell
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"Society has changed, men have changed, our values are better balanced now."

  • Bonnie Miller Rubin
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I feel naive for thinking it possible to move against the rigid gender roles still entrenched in modern America.

  • Billy Doidge Kilgore
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Big news stories of the past week have heightened the debate over proper parenting.

Society secretly categorizes single mothers in gradients of respectability depending on income, race and how you became a single mother.

  • Kimberly Seals Allers
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Teens will probably be entertained by this slick, smartypants sequel.

  • Jane Horwitz
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As a novelist and mother, I often think of reading and books as one way to get to teach children about morality, bravery and other important issues. Here are a few suggestions.

  • Suzanne Nelson
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Our kids are watching us so closely. Even if we are not talking about money, they see how we handle it, how we interact with it.

  • Mia Geiger
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Controlling children in a confined space and keeping them quiet for hours is not for the faint of heart. Here are some tips I've gathered from a lot of plane travel with small children.

  • Lindsey M. Roberts
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We offer advice on how best to travel with children on airplanes.

I stayed focused on the little being inside of me. She was a symbol of recovery, a reminder that even though I had put my body through hell it was still capable of creating a mini miracle.

  • Mallary Tenore Tarpley
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Join us at 11 a.m. to talk all things parenting.

"Like a Trojan horse, cuteness opens doors that might otherwise remain shut."

Both children ask the guests to watch them do tricks, dance, play piano and more.

If your child lets you know something is wrong, the first thing you should do is feel a little sorry for him.

  • Michelle Icard
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What are we parents doing to keep our kids from being successful as human beings?

Less than two weeks after a gorilla was killed when a boy fell into an enclosure, the Cincinnati Zoo has reopened it to visitors with a higher barrier and added knotted rope netting.

The boy's babysitter faces a murder charge after police said she gave him an adult dose of Benadryl to put him to sleep.

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