Stone tablets are so yesterday.

A professor from Princeton recently shared that his Ivy League students had to have the Ten Commandments explained to them. Yes, that is the same New England college where the famous Jonathan Edwards was once president.

For the record, I went to Princeton. Once. I walked the campus when one of our kids lived ...Read more

Q. Now that school has ended, our 5-year-old daughter has the chance to go to her father’s in the mornings before he goes to work at noon or go to extended learning at her school where she can play with kids and do crafts. I decided to ask her what she wants to do and she said, “Go to school,” so I signed her up. Her father is furious ...Read more

Dear Kid Whisperer,

I live in a neighborhood with a lot of families, and we often end up with other people's children playing at our house. Having these playmates is great for my 8-year-old daughter, but not so great for me, because I end up parenting everybody else's kids. Is it appropriate for me to use the same behavior strategies on other ...Read more

CHICAGO — Isabela Torres Reyes often finds herself waiting thoughtfully before she speaks — something she didn’t always do six months ago. At the start of the school year, the recent DePaul University graduate was so eager to share her thoughts that she sometimes jumped into conversations early. Now, after completing a 10-week dialogue ...Read more

Whenever I’m cooking with gas, which causes people who eat what I cook to have the same thing, I’m afraid I will not only burn the burgers but be blown to smithereens, after which I will rest in pieces.

That’s why I feel much safer now that I have a new grill, even though I had to reassemble part of it and ended up with a couple of screws...Read more

CHICAGO -- There’s something addictive about it. Sitting in bed late at night watching one 30-second clip after another. Bright, blue light illuminating the room.

Whipping out a camera the moment a restaurant server brings a meal or a favorite performer appears onstage. Succumbing to the urge to scroll Instagram the second conversation grows ...Read more

About 19% of American households — roughly 24.6 million people — either have no bank account or struggle to access traditional banking services. This isn’t just a financial inconvenience; it’s a barrier that costs families thousands of dollars annually and limits their ability to build wealth.

Unbanked households have no checking or ...Read more

GOLETA, Calif. —For a few minutes, the atmosphere inside Captain Fatty's Brewery in Santa Barbara County was quiet, different from the usual Friday night clamor.

On this late May evening, the 15 men gathered there were contemplating tackling something few had previously had the courage or skill to take on. Austin Nieves, a recent transplant ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Many of Uncle Pappy’s social media videos start with a shirtless old Florida man in a lily-pad-filled pond sharing messages of positivity, philosophy and a love for nature. In the last two years, his Instagram audience has grown to 1.1 million followers.

In January, the previously anonymous content creator shared a clip ...Read more

Supertunia Mini Vista Pink Cloud petunia is having its debut year -- or, thanks to Susan Middleton Turner in south Georgia’s zone 9 Miller County, its breakout year. Susan’s house looks like a movie set, and you would have to think that Supertunia Mini Vista petunias play a starring role.

Last year it was the award-winning Supertunia Mini ...Read more

Dear Anna,

This feels like a ridiculous question, but here goes. I’m a 22-year-old trans woman, early in my transition, who’s only out to a small circle of close friends. Most of my friends are women, and they’ve been incredibly supportive as I’ve started figuring myself out.

Recently, two different friends — separately, not together...Read more

Fights, disagreements, squabbles — whatever you want to call them, they are part of any relationship (romantic or otherwise). And, I’d venture to say, they are part of any healthy relationship. Disagreements can’t (and shouldn’t) be avoided, but is there a way to disagree productively?

Today, we have two questions regarding ...Read more

Divorce rocked the lives of Marcela Cabay and her daughter, who was a preschooler at the time. But counseling didn’t come until years later, when Cabay noticed her daughter was tensing up every time a storm rolled through or whenever they were preparing to be apart.

“She was experiencing just a lot of anxiety, really starting to think worst...Read more

New fossil discoveries are reshaping scientists’ understanding of a pivotal chapter in human evolution, revealing that several human ancestor lineages lived side by side nearly 3 million years ago.

The findings, published in separate studies in the journal Nature, come from the Afar region of northeastern Ethiopia, one of the world’s ...Read more

Q. My ex’s boyfriend just moved in with her. We share custody of my 6-year-old daughter. We were at her ballet recital and I overheard him chastising my daughter for something. I’m not crazy about the idea of her boyfriend disciplining my daughter. What’s good ex-etiquette?

A. Hearing another adult correct your child can feel surprisingly...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. -- For 20 years, you could see their faces: An 8-year-old girl with chopped bangs and sad, brown eyes; a tall teenage boy with a shy smile; a 13-year-old girl with glasses, beaming between her three younger brothers.

Professional photographers teamed up with Heart Galleries across the country to provide portraits of children who ...Read more

Dear Kid Whisperer,

What if a student completely refuses to participate in a Delayed Learning Opportunity? I don’t mean he just sits there until he eventually starts doing it, but instead runs out of the room and out to recess, or something along those lines?

Answer: While this is a challenge, it may be the best opportunity anyone will ever ...Read more

It dangled, wiggled and squirmed on the hook. It was click bait and I clicked. No pause, no hesitation. Click. Just like that.

I’ll tell you what hooked me. Mature women. They had me at the word “mature.”

Well, let’s back that up. They actually had me at “Hosin garlic noodles.” It was a recipe for a weeknight meal. When you’ve ...Read more

You know you’re old and washed up as an athlete when you hurt your arm playing Wiffle ball.

That’s what happened when I was the pitcher in a spirited game with my grandchildren, who not only hit home runs off me but ran so fast around the nonexistent bases in my backyard that when I tried to throw them out at home plate, I threw out my arm ...Read more

CHICAGO -- Standing on a second-story Bronzeville balcony Sunday evening, a couple watched from above as the grassy area between their apartment building and the CTA Green Line tracks came to life in a way it never had before.

They saw people of all ages come flocking in costumes: one dressed as an inflatable dinosaur and others as bananas, ...Read more