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When life knocks you down, read these 6 powerful books for healing, hope and renewal

Parents / Mom's Advice / Nov 17, 2025

Life doesn’t hand out road maps for the hard stuff — illness, grief, loss or the quiet, sometimes overwhelming uncertainty that comes after survival. There’s no checklist, no perfect sequence of steps, no easy answers. But books? Books can meet us exactly where we are. They can hold us, challenge us and whisper the truths we need to hear ...Read more

Joy of the game: When losing feels like winning for Morgantown softball legends

Parents / Mom's Advice / Nov 17, 2025

In 1998 in Morgantown, West Virginia, a bar owner took over the sponsorship of a local adult softball team. Named Chico’s Bail Bonds after the sponsor of the hapless Bad News Bears little leaguers in the 1976 film of the same name, Chico’s Bondsmen are now immortalized in a new book.

"Sometimes Orange Is Almost Gold: Morgantown’s Misfits ...Read more

We're Here, We're Annoyed and We're Not Gonna Take It Anymore

Parents / Georgia Garvey / Nov 15, 2025

I'm forming a new political party.

No offense intended to the two major ones we already have, but they stink. OK, well, if I'm being honest, some offense was intended. Currently, we're at "invading Venezuela to distract attention from the Epstein files" levels of incompetence, so a bit of change seems warranted.

I'm going to call my party ...Read more

To stave off smartphones, parents answer the landline's call: 'I can't recommend it highly enough'

Parents / Parenting News / Nov 14, 2025

MINNEAPOLIS -- Teenagers are generally obsessed with their smartphones. So much so that Kristin Hatling’s family recently encountered a gaggle of them who had brought their screens into a resort’s hot tub.

“My daughter, who’s 11, was like, ‘Mom, all they’re doing is looking at their phones and, like, making kissy faces into them. ...Read more

Nike Plays Shrink to Today's Anxious Kids

Parents / Lenore Skenazy / Nov 13, 2025

Most of us would agree that the slogan "Just Do It" has served Nike pretty well. But this fall the company added a new slogan: "Why Do It?"

And the question is ... why'd they do it? Why did they start asking a deep, philosophical question instead the ol' kick in the pants?

I'm guessing it's because so many kids are "just doing" so very little ...Read more

Ex-etiquette: Putting the children first

Parents / Family Living / Nov 13, 2025

Q. Even though my divorce has been final for a year, I sometimes like to spend the day with my ex and the kids. Not taking the chance of her saying no, I put the children first and ask the kids how they would feel if I came along. They say it’s fine, so then I tell their mother that I’d like to come along, and the kids want me to. I can tell...Read more