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There are days I feel like the last surviving gatekeeper to tradition. My mission is to keep the holidays from crashing into one another.

In my rich fantasy world, Labor Day is followed by Halloween, Halloween is followed by Thanksgiving and Thanksgiving is followed by Christmas. Never do they meet, mix or mingle. Welcome to dreamland.

The ...Read more

Q. My daughter comes home from her dad’s house telling me that her father lets her stay up until 10 o’clock at night and doesn’t cook dinner. She’s 6. She needs her sleep and nourishing food. I get so worked up; I don’t want her to go. And I don’t know exactly what to say to her when she tells me these things. What’s good ex-...Read more

"My Mountains: Our Family’s Story of Adventure, Mysteries, and Tragedy" opens on a blue-sky Colorado day and a text message no parent wants to receive.

From that first, shattering scene, author Chris Smith carries readers into a life measured not only by summits and trail miles, but by the stamina of a family learning to love through pain. ...Read more

In today’s most compelling crime fiction, the chase is never just about the killer — it’s about the fragile minds drawn into the hunt. These five thrillers plunge deep into the psychology of obsession, pairing haunted investigators with murderers who blur the boundaries between predator and prey.

Set against backdrops of small-town ...Read more

'ZOOTOPIA 2'

Rated PG for action/violence and rude humor.

What it’s about: Unlikely buddy cops Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde tackle another case of corruption in Zootopia, where all animals live together in somewhat harmony.

The kid attractor factor: The original is a beloved, Oscar-winning animated film. Kids will be drawn to the style, humor ...Read more

The founder of an anti-abortion group has been charged in connection with a shooting outside a Planned Parenthood in South Carolina earlier this month.

Mark Baumgartner, 56, was arrested Tuesday in connection with the Nov. 14 incident, during which a man was shot during a confrontation outside the Columbia Planned Parenthood, according to local...Read more

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The founder of an anti-abortion group who shot and wounded a man during a confrontation in front of Planned Parenthood in Columbia has been arrested.

According to records from the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center in Columbia, Mark Baumgartner was taken into custody Tuesday.

Baumgartner is being charged with assault and ...Read more

COLUMBIA, S.C.— The founder of an anti-abortion group who shot and wounded a man during a confrontation in front of Planned Parenthood in Columbia has been arrested.

According to records from the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center in Columbia, Mark Baumgartner was taken into custody Tuesday.

Baumgartner is being charged with assault and battery...Read more

In "Searching for Bowlby: The Life of John Bowlby," C.V. Wooster has written a comprehensive biography about the life and work of Dr. John Bowlby, the noted British psychiatrist who devoted most of his career to studying the links of the emotional bond (or lack thereof) between parent/guardian and their child and how the child’s development ...Read more

Jane Gallagher’s reflective memoir explores one big question: What does it mean to become conscious, both personally and collectively amid shifting beliefs, power structures and ecological awareness?

If you’ve ever found yourself contemplating how much of what you believe comes from the world around you vs. how much comes from within ...Read more

I set off the alarm at the grocery store over the weekend. I wasn’t going to mention it, but it’s always best to get ahead of a breaking news story. My story, my spin.

I’ve never set off an alarm before.

I take that back. I set off the smoke alarm in the kitchen about once month, but high heat with cast iron does that. Other than that, ...Read more

Q: My ex and I constantly argue about our parenting styles. I'm structured; he's loose. I worry that the differences confuse our kids. He thinks I'm too strict. I think he's too laid back. What is good ex-etiquette?

A: I bet you had similar disagreements when you lived together. One of you gave in or you compromised because the relationship ...Read more

When Emily Little gave birth to her first child, sleeping together with her baby in bed was a given — despite all the public health messages telling her not to.

"I knew it was something that I wanted to do," said Little, a perinatal health researcher and science communications consultant who has studied cultures around the world that bed-...Read more

'WICKED: FOR GOOD'

Rated PG for action/violence, some suggestive material and thematic material.

What it’s about: The second act of the hit Broadway musical adaptation comes to the screen in part two, in which Glinda truly learns what it means to be "good."

The kid attractor factor: Kids will be drawn to the magical world of Oz, the songs, ...Read more

Q: How do I know if my children are truly safe when they move between two homes -- and I rarely talk to their mom? What should I do if something feels "off"? What's good ex-etiquette?

A: This is one of the most common questions I hear from newly separated parents, and it makes perfect sense. When families reorganize, children begin living in ...Read more