...My daughter and her 8-year-old just came to stay with my husband and me, as her addict husband is going through outpatient rehab and she felt unsafe in their home. More >>

This grandmother doesn't know what to do when her daughter keeps returning to her addict husband creating a destructive home life for her granddaughter. More >>

The Croods are the Flintstones of our time, a modern stone-age family (and I foresee the family Halloween costume of 2013, just like the Incredibles were a few years back). More >>

Every once in a while, a book or a movie opens our eyes to things we haven't thought much about before - things that really matter. This week I had such an experience when I went to a screening of a new documentary called "Girl Rising." More >>

If I had the opportunity to say one more thing to my father, it would be, 'Thank you so much for being the man you are and for raising me to be me.' More >>

When my second daughter was born (about 12 years ago) my mother and I got into some pretty heated arguments which eventually led to us not speaking for years. More >>

I grew up in a household where my parents absolutely played favorites and did nothing to hide it. There were 3 of us each separated by 4 years. The oldest, my sister, was never treated fairly by my folks. More >>

My parents did play favorites, or at least expected a lot more out of me as the oldest than they did the youngest, which I think is common. More >>

My childhood was interesting. Born in 1950 to older parents (Dad was 60 and Mom was 44 when I arrived), I had a sister 12 years my senior and a brother 4 years older than I. More >>

...I wrote this poem in honor of Mom and I think it honors Motherhood. I went to take care of her out of state for three years and we lost her a year ago. More >>