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Q. When I got a divorced, I moved to another town with my now-9-year-old son. His father continues to live in our family home and maintain the same friends, which includes my best friend and her husband who also have a son my son’s age. They are best friends, too. When my son visits his father, he wants to play with his old friend, but when my...Read more

Against our daughter’s better judgment, she sometimes asks if we can homeschool her youngest when she has a scheduling conflict.

Her concern is not that we don’t cover the material; her concern is that we modify and augment the material or sometimes deviate entirely from the material.

We call it enrichment.

The last time our student was ...Read more

Just over four months after Planned Parenthood affiliates were defunded by the Trump administration, California injected another $90 million lifeline in “reproductive healthcare” grants to the state’s seven affiliates — among the largest in the United States.

The latest funding comes as a result of legislation, Senate Bill 106, passed ...Read more

Stan Andrews begins life as Stan Anekstein, the son of Jewish immigrants in the Bronx. He loves drawing. He loves movies. He wants a wider life than the one he sees on his block. The authors show how this restless kid becomes a gifted pilot in the US Army Air Corps, flying more than forty combat missions in the Pacific during World War II. Those...Read more

Queer Gothic fiction is dangerous in the best way: it whispers, it seduces, it drags you into dark hallways where desire hides in shadow and power shifts with every glance. The following novels are about women, outsiders and anyone daring enough to claim a voice in worlds built to silence them.

If you want stories that haunt, thrill and make ...Read more

Q: My child comes home from her other parent's house with stories that sound absolutely ridiculous. I don't want to dismiss what she tells me, but I also don't know what's true, what's exaggerated and what might be made-up. How am I supposed to sort through that without overreacting? What's good ex-etiquette here?

A: When children live in two ...Read more

I was puzzled when the husband announced he was going to burp the house. I asked if he thought it would need a diaper change, too.

“You know, burp the house,” he said with an air of disbelief.

I didn’t know. I couldn’t get my head around patting a two-story house on the back.

He said burping a house is based on the German practice of ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Both chambers of the California Legislature voted Monday to send a $90 million grant package for women’s health clinics to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk, moving quickly to shore up the state’s reproductive health programs against cuts pushed by President Donald Trump’s administration.

Assembly and Senate Democrats ...Read more

"Bad Baby" is the first book of a thrilling new series by author Stephen Martin. It opens when the brothers John and Merlin Cooper were in their teens living in a farm in Florida when they receive the news about their father’s death. This happened in the year 2001, specifically, that other day that will leave in infamy for Americans. However, ...Read more

Brandon M. Rogers’ debut novel, "The Safe Place," follows Tristan, a man whose polished life hides secrets, unresolved grief and a lie that began when he was 6. The story begins in New York City, with Tristan newly married to Jocelyn and already slipping back into old patterns — long nights, pills, avoidance. A medical crisis lands him in a ...Read more

While preparing her four sons to take a dream family vacation in the Caribbean last month, Carolyn Piro carefully reviewed every detail to get them ready.

She also contacted the Royal Caribbean cruise line about accommodations for her children, because her oldest, Sean Curran, has autism, and two other sons also have developmental disabilities....Read more

'PILLION'

No MPA rating

What it’s about: A young man finds himself in the thrall of a mysterious biker as they enter into a dominant/submissive relationship.

The kid attractor factor: This is a very mature and sexually explicit drama — not for kids and not much appeal for them.

Good lessons/bad lessons: Lessons in self-exploration can be...Read more

Q. My recent breakup was a big one. I spend most of my time trying not to let the kids see how broken-up I am that their mother left. Valentine's Day is right around the corner and they're buzzing about it. The teacher is bringing in special treats, they're talking about exchanging cards, and the house feels full of electricity. I'm doing my ...Read more