Family & Home

Wintertime is an especially opportune time to take stock of your belongings, separate what you use or love from everything else, and allow the latter to move on from its ...

Bill Smith sits down to his most dreaded chore—paying bills. Every month, it's the same story: Pay the ...

Dear James: I think replacing the baseboards and moldings would look better. It is difficult to cut the ...

For decades, I've pleaded with my readers not to use debit cards because they are not safe. And ...

Like the work of the novelist, setting up a house involves telling a story. The space you inhabit ...

The day I broke the elephant was not a good day. To start, my father was deployed on ...

It isn’t unusual to see home-for-sale photos that have gone viral because of highly unique or personalized features, ...

Micro-preemie triplets born to a New York couple are unique, not only for making it through premature delivery ...

When her son started having trouble at school, career-driven mom Ifeoma Chuks-Adizue made the difficult decision to take ...

Many children are fond of trucks, and watching the garbage trucks on trash day can be an exciting ...

Of all the special days on our calendar, surely Valentine’s Day is the strangest. Unlike occasions such as ...

The political jargon and posturing one hears these days seems to suggest that we are in an era ...

Dear Mary: I have been dating a woman for about two years. Getting to know her, I have ...

When it comes to maintenance and repairs, professional labor can be one of the more costly portions of ...

Dear Married Couples, Do you still feel love for the person you married? I truly hope so. But ...

Two Florida parents spent much of their 2020 in-home isolation consumed by a mystery: What was wrong with ...

To many a parent's dismay, not every kid takes family photographs as seriously as they should, while some ...

What could be the first-ever white kangaroo born in the United States entered the world at Animal Adventure ...

Dear Next Generation, Your generation receives endless messages about how important it is to arrange your circumstances to ...

During the past year, we were often told to listen to or follow the science. Well, I am ...

This week, as I reached into the mailbag, I pulled out two questions, neither of them with easy ...

When the world seems heavy and stressful, pausing to reflect on happy memories of childhood and the dreams ...

A National Guardsman, who also happens to be a music teacher, is taking multitasking to a whole new ...

In 1994, a young woman went to get an abortion, but when she looked out the window of ...

Dear Mary: I'm looking for a place to earn the best rate of interest on my contingency fund, ...

A Texas mom received such a kind response to her son's unusual breakfast order at Chick-fil-A that she ...

A mother of two was told upon the birth of her son with a special condition that he may ...