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There are so many things to be paying attention to and concerned about during the coronavirus pandemic. We are facing something we have never experienced before, with huge health ramifications right now that are sure to grow, and economic ramifications that will last for a long time, with no end in sight. And we are […]

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Young women seeking inspiring role models on how to build a satisfying life need look no further than the female presidential hopefuls.

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Your kid’s in their late 20s. Maybe flirting with their 30s. You know, millennials. They’re forging ahead in their career or graduate school or basically anything else that seems to indicate they are on a path toward self-sufficiency (and what parent doesn’t want to see them nail that?) and a meaningful life. They’re adulting! There’s […]

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Former First Lady Michelle Obama caught some flack recently when she compared what our country’s going through under Trump to living with “divorced dad.“ We come from a broken family. We are a teenager where, you know, we’re a little unsettled, you know, and having good parents, you know, is tough. Sometimes you spend weekends […]

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The variations on a theme of family our would-be Democratic presidents are presenting can only help those who have chosen a similar path — or would like to.

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If conservatives continue to tell women not to have abortions, how will society support those women when they actually listen to them? Because they’re going to need that help.

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The transition into motherhood impacts a woman in numerous ways and the decisions that are made in the first critical weeks after birth have long-lasting and often unhappy consequences for a marriage.

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People are worried about Brad Pitt. Although he’s newly single and available now, ever since he and Angelina Jolie split in 2016, there’s been a kerfuffle about his dating life. “Who would have imagined in the year 2018 women would be scrambling to deny reports that they were dating Brad Pitt?” asks E! Online. More […]

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Do we need marriage? The answer might be Iceland. For much of history, marriage mattered. It was a way to make sure property could be passed to heirs, alliances could be forged (often to avoid wars), children could be reared, society could be assured that caregiving would be taken care of and a lot of […]

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You’re in love with your partner and your partner loves you and you strongly believe that if two people love each other, then there’s no reason why they shouldn’t have a child together. Except your partner doesn’t want children — now what?  That’s the dilemma Heather Harpham faced, which she writes about in her memoir […]

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