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Mother-Daughter Travel Without Driving Each Other Nuts Apr. 19, 2014

Travel and Adventure

By Jennifer Coburn Spending one-on-one time together while exploring a new place is the quickest way... Read More

Don't Gang Up On Mother Apr. 13, 2014

House Calls

Dear Ms. Lank: I am one of five siblings, and we are all over 50. Four of us are married and have fa... Read More

Daddy's Home

Apr. 10, 2014

Happy Mother's Day, Mom! Mar. 31, 2014

Dear Doug

Q: Our mother is not in great health. We are planning a surprise family reunion for her on Mother's ... Read More

Free Range

Mar. 28, 2014

Andy Capp

Mar. 26, 2014

I Really Want to Be the Captain Mar. 18, 2014

'Tween 12 & 20

DR. WALLACE: Last semester I was selected to be a school patrol monitor. My mother didn't like the i... Read More

What's Fair to the Family Mar. 16, 2014

House Calls

Dear Edith: We are selling my mother-in-law's property. Family members expressed interest but did no... Read More

Governed by Rules, Not Men Mar. 12, 2014

Walter E. Williams

What kind of rules should govern our lives? I'd argue that the best rules are those that we'd be sat... Read More

In Praise of Phases of Life Feb. 20, 2014

Jackie Gingrich Cushman

Thursday is my mother's birthday; she would have been 78. This is the first year that she won't be w... Read More

Spring, Anybody? Feb. 19, 2014

Connie Schultz

Don't wish away a single day of your life, my mother used to say. This was her usual response whenev... Read More

Mother Concerned About Daughter's Boyfriend's Unwillingness to Commit Jan. 23, 2014

Mars and Venus

Dear John: My 39-year-old daughter has been involved with her 45-year-old boyfriend for three years.... Read More

The Real Housewife Scandal of New Jersey Jan. 23, 2014

Lenore Skenazy

Last week, a New Jersey state appeals court ruled that a mom who let her toddler sleep in the car wh... Read More

Wendy Davis, Mother and Future Governor Jan. 22, 2014

Connie Schultz

In 1990, before Ann Richards had even launched her successful campaign for governor of Texas, an ano... Read More

Momma

Jan. 15, 2014

Capital Gains Get Complicated Jan. 05, 2014

House Calls

Dear Edith: We have a rental property to sell. What is the current capital gains tax? And what is th... Read More

The Meaning of Lila

Jan. 03, 2014

The Barn

Dec. 27, 2013

It Gets So Quiet So Fast Dec. 13, 2013

Mona Charen

"Our house is as quiet as a tomb." So said a friend who's at the same stage of life &mdash... Read More

What Are E-Cigarettes? Nov. 23, 2013

'Tween 12 & 20

DR. WALLACE: My father smokes over a pack of cigarettes daily. He is totally addicted to tobacco. I ... Read More