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Helping Tweens Caught In The 'fatigue Whirlpool'
Q: My two "tweens" tell me they love school with all of the activities they're involved in and seeing their friends daily. But this school year they seem to be increasingly irritable; every morning is a battle to get them both going and out the door without setting off a tantrum. Do you have any advice?
Jim: It's worth evaluating to see if your...Read more
The Secret Mission of 'Culinary Class Wars' on Netflix: Find Yourself
The last thing I expected while watching a Korean cooking TV show was to confront my childhood feelings about my Greek heritage, but that's exactly what happened.
That I settled on "Culinary Class Wars" on Netflix was no surprise. I'm a sucker for reality cooking competitions, particularly ones that lean heavily on the contestants' cooking ...Read more
When Parents Track Kids at College
A recent front-page article in The Wall Street Journal - "Surveillance Parents Face the Ultimate Firewall: Freshman Year" -- described the difficulty -- even agony -- some parents are feeling when their kids go off to college and are harder to monitor and help from afar.
I don't blame parents for the fear and loss they feel at any stage of the ...Read more
Family guide to new movie releases
'PIECE BY PIECE'
Rated PG for language, some suggestive material and thematic elements.
What it’s about: A documentary about musician, producer and fashion designer Pharrell Williams' life, done entirely in Lego style.
The kid attractor factor: Kids will definitely be drawn to the Lego style and soundtrack of popular songs.
Good lessons/...Read more
Debra-Lynn B. Hook: Memories of Asheville
Like so many people, I have a deep and personal connection to Asheville, North Carolina, a once-sleepy mountain town grown into an artists’ enclave and vacation haven for people weary of bright lights and big cities.
I grew up 63 miles south of the town of 95,000 in the also once-sleepy berg of Greenville, South Carolina, in the foothills of ...Read more
Ex-etiquette: The court wants you to raise your own kids
Q. Every time my ex and I don’t agree, he takes me back to court. This last time we were ordered to go to co-parenting counseling. I really don’t see how that will help. We don’t trust each other, and we don’t agree on anything. I mean anything, from what time the kids should go to bed at each other’s homes to who can pick up the kids ...Read more
Lori Borgman: Once upon a time somebody said yes
"What do you want to be when you grow up?" is a question heard frequently around here with this small herd of grandkids.
Answers range from archaeologist to teacher, bluegrass musician, artist, builder and welder. A 9-year-old grand wants to be a NICU doctor because she's always wanted to be a doctor and loves babies. Win, win!
Of course, all ...Read more
Want fewer head injuries in football? Experts suggest changing this play
Cohen Craddock was just 13 years old when he died in August, his brain swollen with blood. The West Virginia middle school lineman made a tackle during a Friday practice, stood back up, took a few steps and collapsed. Within a day, he was dead.
The same day, Alabama high schooler Caden Tellier — a 16-year-old quarterback — died of a brain ...Read more
Celebrating unsung women innovators
It is a common enough tale: A wife, daughter, sister, or mother who began a career at the side of a man in her life, only to have her considerable contributions to their shared life goals minimized to a footnote in history or erased from them altogether.
When working on my novel, "Mademoiselle Eiffel," I wanted to highlight an important woman ...Read more
Good heart health early in pregnancy may offset genetic risk for complications
Maintaining good cardiovascular health early in pregnancy may lower the risk for dangerous high blood pressure-related health conditions, even among people at genetic risk for those problems, preliminary new research suggests.
The study found higher cardiovascular health scores, as measured by adherence to a set of health metrics, were linked ...Read more
Candidates Offer Vibes Instead of Plans
I asked my husband the other day how the vice presidential debate went. Because I no longer subject myself to torturous events that have absolutely no bearing on my life, I hadn't watched.
"Not good," he said.
He was worried that J.D. Vance's smooth performance against Tim Walz meant trouble for the Democratic ticket.
"Don't worry," I told ...Read more
Why Aren't You Singing?
The shower is where America does it -- in private, with no one judging, just because it feels good.
I'm talking about singing, of course, that once-universal pastime that uplifts the soul, reboots the body and doesn't demand a monthly fee. So why aren't we singing all the time?
I just spent a chunk of the day in synagogue -- it is the Jewish...Read more
Mom leads charge for Riley's Residence, 'loving home' for kids with disabilities
BOISE, Idaho -- When Michelle Short, 52, was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2019, her first thought was about how she’d maintain care for her son.
Then a single mother to a 12-year-old with severe intellectual and developmental disabilities, Short made a decision she thought she’d never have to make: She put her son, Riley, in a group home...Read more
Family guide to new movie releases
'WHITE BIRD'
PG-13 for some strong violence, thematic material and language.
What it’s about: An older woman recounts her childhood experience in the Holocaust to help her grandson learn a lesson about kindness.
The kid attractor factor: This young adult-aimed film has appeal for older kids and teens in its characters, story and lessons.
...Read more
Ex-etiquette: Put yourself in your ex's shoes
Q. My ex and I have been separated for 6 months. Yesterday my ex refused to drop our kids off at my home because my girlfriend’s car was in the driveway. I think she thinks my girlfriend and I were seeing each other prior to our breakup, but we were not. She was a co-worker and that is against company policy. I was recently transferred to ...Read more
Lori Borgman: When the smart car is smarter than you are
It has been 10 years since we bought a new car, which puts us roughly 2,000 light years behind the curve on automobile technology.
Our new car has smart car features, not to be confused with one of those little Smart cars that looks like it fell out of a Cracker Jack box and can be washed in a dishwasher.
We are still learning about all the ...Read more
Family, faith and therapy helped her recover from cardiac arrest, triple bypass and stroke
Staying fit was important to Linda Griffin, especially after she was diagnosed with high blood pressure. That came after the birth of her third child, April, when Linda was 29. Since then, she'd taken medication to control her blood pressure.
She was also concerned about heart disease because her father had two bypass surgeries. He later died ...Read more
9 weeks after giving birth, former Chicago Bulls dancer had a mini-stroke
As a captain of the Chicago Luvabull dancers in the late 1990s, Natalie Poli gasped for air after performing elaborate dances on the basketball court for Chicago Bulls fans.
Poli had danced her whole life – she started at age 3. In her eighth-grade graduation program, her answer to "What do you want to be when you grow up?" was "Dance for the...Read more
Keanu Reeves and China Miéville join forces in psychedelic 'The Book of Elsewhere'
B is surviving, but not living. Existing with unconscious effort for over eighty thousand years, brought forth by a myth-spinning mother and lightning bolt of a father, he has been a weapon from birth and cannot avoid a life dedicated to killing, though he cannot die himself.
Such an existence must be exhausting, and in actor Keanu Reeves‘ ...Read more
Tragedy struck for Catholic newlyweds. Months later, a miracle?
On the first day of their honeymoon, they had planned to sleep in, relax, then explore their Sandals resort in Saint Lucia.
But when Nate Kuhlman, 23, awoke that sunny morning, he couldn’t wait to hit the waves. He convinced Mari, 22, to go water skiing.
With a driver and spotter on the boat, there was only room for one of them. Mari watched...Read more
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