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Parent-teacher conferences. Those three words make many parents nervous. It's understandable: Parents fear hearing the worst about their child's progress and performance, and teachers can sometimes be intimidating. Here are ten strategies to help you...

Parent-teacher conferences. Those three words make...

With my first baby, I discovered that there really is a Land of the Living Dead. It's populated by zombies whose children don't sleep. My son had a voracious appetite, so he (and I) would be up every two hours so he could eat. My daughter was a tough...

With my first baby, I discovered that there really...

Q. Considering the sorry state of our economy, should my kid get a raise in his allowance? Wouldn't it be lovely if we could all get raises, or at least cost-of-living increases, whenever we deserved or needed them? Unfortunately, that's not the way ...

Q. Considering the sorry state of our economy, sho...

If you're looking for a new job, how can you tell whether a supervisor would be supportive of your needs as a parent? You can start with those lists of the "best companies to work for," but just because a manager works for a business with a great rep...

If you're looking for a new job, how can you tell ...

I wasn't one of those women who spend their pregnancy freaking out about whether they'll be a good mother. I mean, I knew that being in charge of someone else's survival would be life-altering and fairly scary, but I didn't worry about sucking at it....

I wasn't one of those women who spend their pregna...

Donna Lynch, who's too embarrassed to use her real name, had potty trained her older boys with very little stress, but after trying for nearly a year with her third son, she met her Waterloo. With two other sons in school and a hectic schedule, Lynch...

Donna Lynch, who's too embarrassed to use her real...

Resolve We've all heard about the terrible twos. But nobody talks about the tantrum-throwing threes or the ferocious fours. So lots of parents are surprised when their preschooler hurls himself on the floor, screaming, after not getting a coloring bo...

Resolve We've all heard about the terrible twos. B...

Q: Recently, I Told My 8-year-old Daughter That I Couldn't Afford Something, and She Said, "But You Work so Much!" What's the Best Way to Explain Where My Paycheck Goes? A: Isn't it great when kids start to want an accounting of your wages? Love that...

Q: Recently, I Told My 8-year-old Daughter That I ...

"It's time to leave, okay?" In yet another futile attempt to make every family member completely happy, I'd tacked "okay?" to the end of my sentence, which had the dreaded effect of turning my statement into a plea. Naturally enough, my 2-year-old tw...

"It's time to leave, okay?" In yet another futile ...

Taking a real vacation around the holidays can be wonderful...or a stress-fest. To make it less aack! and more aah: Let Them Help: "Moms take on the burden of all the planning," says Samantha Brown, host of Great Weekends on the Travel Channel. She s...

Taking a real vacation around the holidays can be ...

1:28 a.m. Every couple of hours, Jack (2 weeks) cries. My wife feeds him, then hands him to me to change his diaper. It's an equitable division of labor, but I wish I could sleep. 2:15 a.m. Jack (1 month) is sleeping between me and my wife because th...

1:28 a.m. Every couple of hours, Jack (2 weeks) cr...

"Don't put her on the coffee table," Lucy barked, "or she'll learn she can climb on it!" "It's no big deal," insisted Todd, hanging onto his newly walking daughter. "She's having fun." My wife, Susan, and I said nothing. We were visiting our friends,...

"Don't put her on the coffee table," Lucy barked, ...

Like many guys, I spend most of the workweek away from my kids, Samantha, 6, and Mia, 4, and it's hard not to feel like I'm missing out. We see each other in the blur of mornings and the circus of afternoons, so when Saturday comes, I commence my mis...

Like many guys, I spend most of the workweek away ...

When my dad was 5 years old, his father died and his mom was forced to take a job that required her to travel. It was the middle of the Great Depression, and she was lucky to get work at all. As a newly single parent suddenly thrust into the working ...

When my dad was 5 years old, his father died and h...

It's right before bedtime and Sylvia is about to flip out about something - that a page of her picture book is "broken" (read: torn, by her, days before) and that she can't have three more handfuls of popcorn after we said "one more." Before I have a...

It's right before bedtime and Sylvia is about to f...

Every day, attractive women come by my office to chat. Breast health is a common topic. We also look at pictures of naked bottoms and pick the best one. On a really good day, I'll receive a box of yogurt puffs to sample. Based on this description, so...

Every day, attractive women come by my office to c...

The 411: While her most serious transgression has been her involvement in a kidnapping and extortion plot (she also faced a cocaine-possession charge), the drama doesn't end there. She was the catalyst for almost every fight, hair-pull, and table-thr...

The 411: While her most serious transgression has ...

The world is full of advice for married couples, newlyweds or not -- some of it commonsensical, most of it well-intentioned, and much of it wrong. In the 14 years we've been married, my husband and I have broken all the rules at least once -- and whe...

The world is full of advice for married couples, n...

Men talk to me all the time about sex, which is only natural, since I'm a sex therapist and I make my living talking to people about their sex lives. But it's funny how many guys like to talk to me when I'm not working, when I'm pushing my sons in th...

Men talk to me all the time about sex, which is on...

by: Mohammad Ali Shomali Allah (swt) has created human beings to act as His vicegerents on earth and, like all other forms of living beings, human beings cannot be complete unless they are in a pair. This is incomparable to Allah (swt) Who indeed has...

by: Mohammad Ali Shomali Allah (swt) has created h...

by: Mahdi Mehrizi• When one marries a woman for her beauty only, Allah makes her beauty destruction for him.• When one marries a woman for her wealth, Allah makes her wealth destruction for him.• When one marries a woman for her social status, Allah ...

by: Mahdi Mehrizi• When one marries a woman for he...