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Intellectually Disabled and on the Sex Offender Registry Nov. 16, 2023
When Adam Nesteikis was 25 years old, his friend told him to pull down his pants in front of a young... Read More
Building the Path Toward Peace Oct. 29, 2023
I'm unsure when my avian shift started, from being a night owl to turning into one of those early bi... Read More
Parents Just Can't Let Go Oct. 26, 2023
Parents want to give their kids more independence but just can't bring themselves to do it. That's t... Read More
It Was the Best of Times and ... Well, It Was the Best of Times Oct. 21, 2023
As my physical therapist stretched my hip the other day, we talked about being Gen Xers. Parenting ... Read More
Why Kids Need Help Talking About Their Emotions Oct. 20, 2023
My son asked me on our way to school which emotions were the bad ones. I told him that emotions aren... Read More
Six-Year Sentence for Consensual Teen Sex Oct. 19, 2023
When Henry was 18, he had sex with a 16-year-old he met on a dating app who said he was 18, too. The... Read More
It's Another Installment of 'Parenting by the Decades'! Oct. 07, 2023
Hello, and welcome to yet another installment of "Parenting by the Decades," the streaming talk show... Read More
Trying to Keep Horrible Crimes in Perspective Oct. 05, 2023
Stunned joy is what most of us felt when we learned that Charlotte Sena, the 9-year-old abducted whi... Read More
Why Parents Must Help Kids Navigate the Online Gaming World Sep. 15, 2023
When I was a kid, video games had two options: play with a friend on a console or try to beat the co... Read More
Should She Have Helicoptered? Sep. 14, 2023
On top of everything else that is vexing about parenting, there's this: You will never know if you'r... Read More
Kids Don't Have to be This Anxious Sep. 07, 2023
What if one of the big reasons kids are so anxious is simply this: They're micromanaged by adults? A... Read More
Readers Weigh in on 'Mum or Never' Sep. 03, 2023
Dear Readers: Many readers wrote in regarding "Mum or Never," the letter from the woman who, at age ... Read More
The Questions of Freedom Sep. 03, 2023
My son apologized for not being part of the planning committee in his first-grade class. During the ... Read More
The Lawyer on the Playground Aug. 31, 2023
"Welcome! Play Safe" reads the sign at a Fairfax County Public School playground in Virginia just ou... Read More
Back to School, or as I Call It, Armistice Day Aug. 26, 2023
Today, the skies were bluer, the sun brighter and the birds' chirps sweeter. For today, my friends, ... Read More
It's Not the Critic Who Counts Because True Accountability Is Kind Aug. 25, 2023
"It is not the critic who counts," Theodore Roosevelt said in his famous speech in 1910. This speech... Read More
Rumors Are Running Wild! Aug. 18, 2023
DR. WALLACE: All summer I've been hearing rumors about my older brother from various sources. Some o... Read More
Ignoring the Judgments Is Just a Part of Being a Parent Aug. 12, 2023
Today was PJ day in our house, when we let the kids wear pajamas all day, no matter how silly it loo... Read More
Why I'm Teaching My Son to Meditate Aug. 11, 2023
It was my fifth-grade teacher, Sister Patricia, who first introduced me to meditation. She guided th... Read More
Put Poverty on Trial, Not This Mom Aug. 10, 2023
Tabitha Frank, a Hartford, Connecticut, mom whose 2-year-old son died from falling out a window whil... Read More
