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You Must Understand Resilience is A Process Not A Thing

...Hawaiian myths explain the weird natural features including the tiny, tear-shaped lava rocks that lie all around on the volcano’s sides, named “Pele’s tears” after the Hawaiian fire goddess. The...

5 Things a Working Parent Can Do to Cultivate Summer Joy

Summer can be total bliss. On the other hand, as a working parent who doesn't get to slow down simply because the temp rises, it can feel a little daunting.

Jon Snow's Parents Reveal Family Tree

This is a twist that many fans — particularly book readers — have been waiting to see validated for quite some time. And in the world of Thrones — where so much is dependent upon family name — it w...

Job Seeker tips for Moms to get Back to Work

Hey mom, savvy tech companies want you! Here's how to un-pause your career if you're looking to go back to work after kids. Nearly a third of women in the workforce take a pause in their career at...

How Could I Give You Only Half of My Heart?

Everyone promises you'll love all your children just the same. The truth is, it's hardly possible. But there's no question you'll have enough to go around.

Many Professional Golfers Thank Their Fathers for Shaping Their Lives

Many Professional Golfers Thank Their Fathers for Shaping Their Lives

Forgiving my Father on Father's Day

This June - this one - I’m telling the story of how my father made a glib holiday into a tormented metaphor, an ugly tale. I am setting this story free.

How One Year in a Muslim Country Helped Me Quit Drinking and Become a Better Parent

Sometimes it takes moving to the other side of the world to realize we're not at home within ourselves.

Parenting Through the Heartache of the Orlando Attack

In the wake of the Orlando tragedy, it can feel as if there is no good left in the world. Look to your children, let them remind you that love wins.

To the Mothers: Your Efforts Never Go Unnoticed

The work of mothers never ends. The hours are long, the circumstances nearly impossible. We see you out there, mamas. Your efforts do not go unnoticed.

One Woman's Story of Being a Parent and an Addict

Like Prince and the millions of Americans who take prescription painkillers every year, I began taking them for their intended purpose: I was in pain.

It's Time For Mad Men (And Women) to Stop Scorning the Stay-at-Home Mom

It’s been a year since "Mad Men" ended and I’m still thinking about poor Betty Draper – the ultimate cautionary tale for stay-at-home moms.

10 People Who Are My Everyday Heroes as a Parent of Young Kids

As a parent, I rely on the daily help of many people who likely see themselves as doing nothing extraordinary. Thank you, everyday heroes.

9 Caddyshack Quotes I Use Everyday as a Dad

Parenting is such a roller coaster ride. There are times when we need to be serious, times when I need to teach my boys, and a time to laugh.

The Bad Handwriting Is On the Wall    

Some people call me Visa or Lira or Lina. My name isn't difficult to pronounce; my handwriting is impossible to read.

The Ones We Wanted to Stay

We can do this, all of us who’ve lost the ones we wanted so badly to stay. We can keep them alive, we can introduce them to our children, we can carry them in our stories.

8 New Tina Fey-Inspired Words For Your Parenting Dictionary

Oversharenting, Dad-bod, manny, mommy-jacking- it seems like everyday, someone is creating a new word for parents to add to their lexicon. I have no use for any of them - so I invented my own.

Celebrating Family Trips to a Favorite Bookstore

The human connection can be seen in every part of a bookstore; there is so much more that happens beyond buying a book.

In Defense of Caillou

Parents loathe Caillou, and I'm no different. But while his issues are banal to adults, and his whining maddening, to toddlers he's a comforting retreat.

This Is How We Can Appreciate Our Teachers Everyday

Here are facts to share next time you hear someone say that teachers "have it easy," are "overpaid," or are "never fired."

Brooklyn-Based Tween Garage Band Lives Our Rockstar Dreams

Formed by a handful of 11-year-old musicians bursting at the seams with high-energy, creativity, and passion for rock, funk, and ska music.

Missing 100 Days of School. A True Story. 

Missing 100 days of school should have pointed toward the end of the story, but instead it was only the beginning.

Rare Photos of 19 Year Old Prince on the Verge of Superstardom

Awesome photos of 19 year old Prince taken outside Minneapolis’ Old Schmitt Music Headquarters in 1977 by photographer Robert Whitman.