This is NOT your average July 4th weekend. America turns 250 on Saturday, July 4, and it feels like the entire world is celebrating with us with so many of the World Cup games being played here.

So this is it — the third and final time. Next week I will sit through my youngest son’s high school graduation. Like every parent in that audience, high school auditorium, and football field, I will ...

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One father and driving coach shares how 50 hours in the passenger seat helped him step back and navigate his daughter's transition to independence.

The screwdriver was still in my hand when I realized it. My son Eli was seventeen, standing in the doorway of his bedroom with a broken desk lamp in one hand and his phone in the other. He glanced at ...

My daughter is a junior in high school, which means our family is deep in the college search with campus visits, SAT nerves, Common App deadlines, financial considerations, the best academic “fit,” ...

Graduates spend years planning their careers, but one decision may matter more than any first job: choosing the right life ...

Teenage boys can be a challenge and an unbelievable joy. We look at the special bond between mothers and sons and Dr. Cara Natterson looks at raising sons.

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After nearly 28 years, this month we moved from the first house my wife and I bought. I’ll probably post something about the ordeal of moving, but first I wanted to remember our old house as we close ...

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