Yesterday, I noted a sure sign that summer is nearly over: There were commercials on TV for ingredients to make school lunches. Published July 17, 2012
By Lisa A. Flam - Associated Press
Coaching one's own children is tough line to walk for parents, who make up the majority of coaches working with the millions of youths playing sports every year. Published July 16, 2012
By Laura Wides-Munoz - Associated Press
Donald J. Sobol, author of the popular "Encyclopedia Brown" series of children's mysteries, has died. He was 87. Published July 16, 2012
For a man known in political and media circles for his prodigious application of the "f-word" (as a noun, an adjective, a verb, an adverb — most likely all eight parts of speech), Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel sounds like the veritable schoolmarm when recently scolding that city's murderous gangs. Published July 10, 2012
California state Sen. Mark Leno believes that adults in nontraditional families — such as when there is a gay couple as well as a biological father or mother — ought to have parental rights conferred on all parties engaged in the business of "parenting." Published July 3, 2012
By Rebecca Hagelin
Parenting is tougher than it used to be. And if California is any indication, parents soon may have to fight for the right to exercise any influence — not to mention authority — over their children's sexual behaviors. Published June 10, 2012
By Candice Choi and J.M. Hirsch - Associated Press
Disney says its programming will no longer be sponsored by junk food. Published June 5, 2012
By Rebecca Hagelin
Are we raising a generation of summer slackers? Published June 3, 2012
It's a sad reflection on our times that auspicious occasions such as high school, college and even graduate school commencement exercises routinely include inappropriate behavior, not only on the part of graduates but, disconcertingly, by their families and friends. Published May 29, 2012
By Rebecca Hagelin
The liberal machine known as the Obama administration continues to accuse the Republican Party — and conservatives in general — of waging a war on women. It's a nonsense claim, and women aren't buying it. Published May 27, 2012
By Mike Stobbe - Associated Press
Half the nation's overweight teens have unhealthy blood pressure, cholesterol or blood sugar levels that put them at risk for future heart attacks and other cardiac problems, new federal research shows. Published May 21, 2012
By Rebecca Hagelin
Culture Challenge of the Week: Poll-Driven "Principles" Published May 20, 2012
For as well as I know my only son, I never really understood him until I read John L. Parker Jr.'s "Once a Runner." Published May 15, 2012
By Carole Feldman - Associated Press
On a route once traversed by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, shouts of "on your left" ring out as cyclists pass runners, in-line skaters and families out for a stroll with children and dogs. Published May 2, 2012
By Sue Manning - Associated Press
Snarf was underweight with a heart murmur and a possible ulcer when he was rescued from a Kentucky puppy mill. He had hookworm, fleas and ticks, infections in his eyes and ears, red skin and patchy hair. Published April 30, 2012
