Family

PARENTING: Parents: Keep calm and carry on during upheaval Vital to a child's sense of well-being are parents who act competently in providing adequate provision and protection under any and all circumstances. by John Rosemond - March 31, 2020

READ TO ME: Sturdy girls star in these folktales from many lands Myriam Sayalero shares 14 stories in which smart, desperate girls and women save themselves or their families and, typically, land a virtuous prince in the proc... by Celia Storey - March 30, 2020

'I don't like you' joke fails to thwart two lovers Patrick Wilson called Leigh Ann Ferguson by name and flippantly said he didn't like anything about her. He didn't mean it. It was a joke, a trademark of his qui... by Kimberly Dishongh - March 29, 2020

DEAR ABBY: Counseling could help hubby acknowledge wife more often DEAR ABBY: My husband barely speaks to me. We both work full time and are facing the empty nest very soon. At home, I have to initiate even the smallest of smal... by Abigail Van Buren - March 29, 2020

READ TO ME: Clueless monster parents expect kid to eat bloobarsh Who could resist a steaming bowl of "frizzle frazzle hotchy potch," "mushy gushy bloobarsh" or "picklefishy verp"? This kid. by Celia Storey - March 23, 2020

High school bus ride sparks love of fellow student Ray Imbro was looking forward to a choir trip with his high school in Baldwin, N.Y., to Chantilly, Va., in 1977 because he and his friends thought they might ge... by Kimberly Dishongh - March 22, 2020