If you’re single during the holidays, someone is bound to point it out. It might be your great-aunt Bertha, your overly concerned mother or even a well-intentioned married friend.... more

The holidays can bring families together in ways that provoke unwanted drama. So, it can be helpful to structure some of that free time. The controlled chaos of family game night can provide a repriev... more

I recently asked my 13-year-old son what the best gift I’ve ever given him was. He answered right away: “Life.” OK, fair enough, I said. But, set that aside.... more

Over the past two years, many politically split families have perfected the art of avoidance.... more

This is a Ramadan story about how I ended up crying in an IHOP.... more

Armaan Ahmad, 9, had some suspicions about the Tooth Fairy, so he set up a sting operation.... more

When the recording on the shuttle bus warned about deadly flash floods, I smiled at my children decked in their waterproof Gore-Tex bodysuits and repeated the message.... more

Sharon Wildey spends holidays, especially this one, calling mothers whose phones won’t ring otherwise.... more

Resolving to drop some extra pounds is a popular way to start the new year, but a bad relationship can also be weighing you down.... more

When it's time to take down the tree and pack the decorations, there are fresh memories of the holidays going into storage, as well. For some, those memories were made around secondhand trees.... more

It's impossible to escape Mother's Day.... more

The two 10-year-old girls must have been freezing outside the grocery store in suburban St. Louis, but it wasn't obvious to passers-by.... more

I used to prompt my relatives to say what they were thankful for before the Thanksgiving turkey was carved.... more