Family

Q: I am pretty sure my friend is in a relationship with a guy just because he supports her financially, and I don’t consider it that different from prostitution. He is older and not particularly...

On the day my oldest child graduated from preschool, I startled myself by bursting into tears in a hallway lined with crayon drawings. I felt an instant sense of nostalgia. A teacher with older...

When my husband, Michael, came home from work, he found me sprawled on the comforter of our bed, my face buried in my laptop. I was trying to arrange a blind date. I typed hurriedly into Facebook...

It first happened to me at age 25. Somewhere between galloping to Gangnam Style and stepping forward and back to the Electric Slide, I heard Beyoncé come on the speakers and call out to all the...

Yanking the cord, the lawn mower roars to life, spewing bits of grass and gasoline fumes. Pushing the mower forward, row after row in neat lines across the lawn, I am hot, sweaty and cursing the...

Kids have it hard these days. It doesn’t seem like it when they’re playing on their $500 tech gadgets, but they do. Twenty-first century living is taking its toll, and many kids are finding it hard...

I’m forever looking for clever ways to streamline my closet, declutter my junk drawer and organize the mail. As a mom, though, my favorite tips are those that are not only useful but also easy to...

When the angry words darted over my head as I worked on my coloring book, I barely heard them. When I stepped over my father like a lumpy carpet, passed out in the hallway, inches from his bedroom,...