As anyone who’s been a stepparent can attest, it can be challenging, frustrating, confusing, and rewarding. And all that work deserves a little recognition. So, in honor of National Stepfamily Day (bet you didn’t know it’s today!), we reached out …
The American Psychiatric Association has a hot potato on its hands as it updates its catalog of mental disorders — whether to include parental alienation, a disputed term conveying how a child's relationship with one estranged parent can be poisoned …
Newlywed? Congratulations! Hope the wedding was grand. And now...let the fighting begin. Marriage is a lot of things—a source of love, security, the joy of children, but it's also an interpersonal battlefield, and it's not hard to see why: Take …
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Few events are as devastating as your children rejecting you after divorce. Sometimes it seems as if nothing you do can get through to your children. The following steps may help guide you through this time. Take care of yourself …
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The dance of dating has rules which provide common expectations between two strangers and limit the number of uncomfortable situations. After all, it can be disastrous when a man and his date have very different expectations about when he will …
You've decided to seek a divorce. Your nerves are frayed. The in-laws are asked pointed questions. The children are beginning to act up in all-too-transparent ways. To top it off your pleasantness is in the midst of an earthshaking landslide. …
A couple million sets of U.S. parents just realized a dream: They sent sons and daughters off to colleges. Most immediately set their sights on a new dream: attending graduation ceremonies at those colleges. But right about now, some are …
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Each morning, Paul Ikonen of Waterford bids his wife good-bye as she leaves for work at Mutual of Omaha in Novi. He then turns his attention to his own job, where he answers to a boss who is both demanding …
Surviving hard economy in Michigan, more dads stay at home Read more »
It is Friday afternoon and Ned and Nancy Flaherty are being picked up from school by their mother, Kathleen. They look much like any other family. Nancy, 11, is chatting about swimming and Ned, 13, is complaining about homework. But …
Death and taxes may be prominently linked, but many Americans face divorce long before death, and a divorce can be almost as, well, taxing. If you're careful, it's possible to divorce and not face major tax bills. But a surprising …