You were such a moral compass for me after my divorce. I raised my two boys alone, and decided early on to focus my attention on making them into great men, rather than trying to find a new man for myself... More >>

...Every once in a while you would say something extraordinarily 'golden,' so I would jot it down on one of the newspaper bundle 'toppers'... More >>

My two boys, ages 3 and 5, have a chore chart already. I know some people think I'm crazy, but when I was a kid, I don't remember a time when I didn't have chores to do. I like what it did for me as a person... More >>

My husband is a police officer who serves on the SWAT and helicopter teams. He is gone a lot, but luckily, we live within the city he serves... More >>

When I was a child, I was not taught how to 'do the right thing.' My parents were never married, and they didn't really expect anything out of me... More >>

...As a linguist, she has traveled all over the world, proud of her ability to navigate the ins and outs of living and communicating in foreign language countries. But through all her adventures, she never forgot that her ultimate goal was to marry and raise a family... More >>

It's up to us, as parents, to equip our children to move forward in life on their own when it's time. Whether we equip them as our parents did us, or we do it in a very different way, we have to remember that our children are tuned into everything we do and say... More >>

I saw your recent Facebook post about bickering siblings. My parents didn't tolerate any behavior like that and there were six of us kids. They ran a tight ship - a ship full of love, balanced with discipline... More >>

...This man stomped into my life, and on our second date told me I was going to be his wife. He then spent the next two years proving why I would be moronic to not choose him... More >>

Years ago, my husband and I agreed to divorce, but decided that the kids wouldn't go back and forth between two different homes... More >>