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Parents Push Back Against the Trump Administration's Latest Attack on Working Families Jun. 23, 2025

Rights & Resistance with the ACLU

The Trump administration has followed through on its promise to gut the Head Start program. Since Ap... Read More

Learning to Love From Afar Jun. 11, 2025

Dear Annie®

Dear Annie: I'm 63 years old, and I live alone in a quiet little house with my dog, Rosie. I like to... Read More

The Many Faces of Motherhood May. 11, 2025

Dear Annie®

Dear Readers: Mother's Day arrives each year draped in flowers, breakfast trays and hand-drawn cards... Read More

For the Mothers Who Didn't Have To Be May. 09, 2025

Holding Space for Good

Last weekend I visited my aunt and uncle. Their 30-plus acres tucked into the foothills of Appalachi... Read More

Feeling Second Best to His Mother Apr. 10, 2025

Dear Annie®

Dear Annie: I'm struggling with my mother-in-law, "Linda," and it's starting to cause tension in my ... Read More

A Mother's Heartache: Reaching Out to My Son Mar. 12, 2025

Dear Annie®

Dear Annie: I'm reaching out with a heavy heart and a mind full of memories. My oldest son, who once... Read More

How Do I Forgive a Mother Who Shows No Remorse? Feb. 01, 2025

Dear Annie®

Dear Annie: I'm a 47-year-old woman from Texas, and I'm not usually one to complain. I've always con... Read More

Torn Between Pain and Healing Jan. 27, 2025

Dear Annie®

Dear Annie: My relationship with my mother has been deeply strained since my grandmother's death fiv... Read More

Reacting to Mother's Dementia Jan. 18, 2025

Dear Annie®

Dear Annie: I just wanted to say thank you for keeping an open mind. I've noticed that, on different... Read More

More Tips Sep. 04, 2024

Single File®

Single parenting can be lonely, coming back to needy children and a partnerless home every night. Bu... Read More

Mother's Perfect Life Is Driving Me Crazy Jul. 24, 2024

Dear Annie®

Dear Annie: I am so jealous of my mother; it is ruining my life. It is all I obsess about. Three yea... Read More

In Praise of Mothers-in-Law May. 29, 2024

Dear Annie®

Dear Readers: So many of you were relieved that I printed a positive letter about mothers-in-law. Pl... Read More

Celebrating Mothers and Their Enduring Love May. 12, 2024

Dear Annie®

Dear Readers: Wishing you all a Happy Mother's Day. Below are some beautiful quotes to enjoy on Moth... Read More

Growing Up Is the Saddest Thing of All Feb. 24, 2024

Georgia Garvey

It occurred to me today that childhood is the long process of separating from your mother — fi... Read More

Mother's Secret Still Weighs on Me Feb. 03, 2024

Dear Annie®

Dear Annie: When I was 4 years old, my father went to work one day and my mother's "friend" came to ... Read More

Pillow Talk Dec. 26, 2023

Lost in Suburbia

Every once in a while, I get bitten by the redecorating bug and I feel compelled to refresh one of t... Read More

Real Men Don't Wear Meggings Dec. 19, 2023

Lost in Suburbia

Doting wife that I am, I was concerned that my husband would be disappointed that I'm not getting hi... Read More

It's All in the Bag Dec. 12, 2023

Lost in Suburbia

Someone once told me that God gave women handbags because he knew, of the two sexes, women would be ... Read More

My Magnetic Personality Dec. 05, 2023

Lost in Suburbia

Apparently magnetic eyelashes are a "thing." I realized this when I started getting a suspicious num... Read More

Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire Nov. 28, 2023

Lost in Suburbia

While I was driving in the car, I heard an ad on the radio for oven mitts. "Sometimes, taking pants ... Read More