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Families, young and not-so-young getting ready for Halloween

It’s Halloween and it’s once again the season for candy, costumes and parties.

10/29/2011 5:46 PM

Letters to Santa Claus

These letters were received too late for publication.

12/24/2010 11:49 AM
How to deal with sibling rivalry

How parents should deal with bickering kids.

08/01/2010 11:17 AM
In the war of dogs vs. cats, clear winner: dogs

Clearly, there are dog people and there are cat people. But it's not much of a contest: 74 percent of people like dogs a lot, and only 41 percent like cats a lot.

01/07/2010 9:55 AM
Decked out pets on Halloween no more a scary sight

Olive and Mochi are pugs with a passion for fashion. No wonder Halloween is their favorite time of year.

10/16/2009 2:00 PM
PRODUCT RECALL: Children's and Infants' Tylenol

Check to see if your product is part of the Tylenol recall.

09/25/2009 7:36 AM
Healing touch: Pet therapy strong medicine in hospitals

Having spent more than five weeks in the hospital, Marty Maltby brightened noticeably when approached by two good friends.

09/20/2009 12:00 AM
Coping with an empty nest when the kids clear out

Peggy Nardini was so sad when her twins left for college last year that she kept the doors to their rooms closed. When she recently dropped them off for their second year away, she felt the same pull at her heart.

09/10/2009 2:00 PM
TV judge sides with freak show owner over five-legged dog

A TV judge awarded a Coney Island freak show owner $4,000 in damages Wednesday stemming from the aborted sale of Lilly, a Charlotte dog born with five legs.

08/13/2009 9:24 AM
'Thunderwear' among remedies for storm-phobic dogs

Dog owners who spend many a stormy night struggling to get some sleep while a panting, drooling, trembling pet climbs around on top of them know that the fear of thunder can be a tricky problem to solve.

08/11/2009 3:00 PM
Letting it slide: accepting a clean enough house

When Amy Herendeen first became a stay-at-home mom, she dedicated a lot of time and effort to keeping house. But the chores were often interrupted by her daughter's needs. Trying to be the "perfect housewife" and take care of an infant left her feeling frustrated and angry.

08/07/2009 12:00 PM
No sleepovers! Helicopter parents ban tween ritual

Forget the sleepover rituals of junk food, "truth or dare" and late night gab sessions that have ushered tweens into teens for decades. A new generation of parents are sticking to strict no sleepover rules.

08/05/2009 1:00 PM
Pet-focused reading program aims for empathy

"I have no use for a cat." That's what Mrs. Crump says when the golden cat shows up on her porch and slips in the door. And when she thinks about letting the cat out, one child in Natalie Nelson's kindergarten class can't help but interrupt.

08/05/2009 12:00 PM
Tips can get your kids to exercise

Getting your children to exercise is about as easy as getting them to make their beds, clean their rooms and take out the garbage.

08/05/2009 9:35 AM
Advice for moms contending with blushing puberty

My 9-year-old is experiencing that first blush of puberty. She's starting to develop but remains more interested in dolls than boys, rocking out to the Jonas Brothers than listening to me yak endlessly about breasts and bad skin and body odor.

08/04/2009 2:22 PM
Frugal parents toss disposable training pants

The recession is making life a little messier for some toddlers and their parents.

07/29/2009 2:00 PM
It's time for that great summer ritual: Homework?

Hey, parents, it's time for that great summer ritual: Nagging your kids to do their homework before school starts.

07/27/2009 4:02 PM
The trouble with Harry: He's nearly all grown up

It's a little-kid rite of passage: lugging Harry Potter to and fro, begging for toy wands and Hogwarts birthday parties. But the boy wizard is nearly grown, and the love of magic he inspires in the very young is now tinged with pure evil, dripping with teen hormones.

07/22/2009 2:08 PM
With big-kid school comes mom's big-kid worries

My daughter does not know that "Hannah Montana" is a TV show. Or that she could actually go see Miley Cyrus in concert.

07/21/2009 3:00 PM
When your house cat dashes for door, don't panic

It's an awful feeling when your indoor cat dashes past you out the door. But it's even more distressing to realize that you've just made matters worse by giving chase.

07/21/2009 2:05 PM
Adoption groups decry horror film with evil orphan

Often divided over policy and practice, America's adoption community has unified in dismay over "Orphan," a horror movie opening next week that its critics say will fuel negative attitudes toward real-life orphans

07/20/2009 3:30 PM
Some advice on talking to children about racism

Stephanie Ward drives her two biracial children to a black school an hour away to give them a break from their predominantly white neighborhood in suburban Dallas. Yet, it's hardly enough to eliminate racism from their lives.

07/16/2009 12:46 PM
For well-behaved pet, take tips from zoo trainers

You'll never have to teach a panda to walk on a leash. But if any kind of animal lives in your house, trainers at the zoo have some useful lessons for you.

07/08/2009 10:21 AM
Study finds widening generation gap in US

From cell phones and texting to religion and manners, younger and older Americans see the world differently, creating the largest generation gap since the tumultuous years of the 1960s and the culture clashes over Vietnam, civil rights and women's liberation.

06/29/2009 12:07 PM
Here comes the pooch? Pets at weddings: Why not?

Kaycee English considers her dog Bowser part of the family, so including him in her wedding was an obvious choice.

06/23/2009 11:25 AM