Moms & Kids section

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Today I told my dad, for what is probably the 20th time, that the reason he’s having trouble talking is because he had a stroke. It […]

Dorothy Taylor, the mom of two twenty-somethings, has been the director of Ballet Westside for 32 years. Over that time, she’s taken many aspiring dancers, who might not normally have a chance to participate, under […]

Today I confess a secret I’ve kept for more than two decades. In 1991, when I was co-editor of my high school yearbook, I rigged an election – sort of. Here’s what happened. As one […]

Response by Jessie Nelson, Associate Clinical Director at Ozark Guidance My husband and I just finished our first round of IVF, which unfortunately failed. We are planning to do a second round. I knew that […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Those of us who have survived the toddler years know a thing or two about rage because we’ve seen it up close and personal. Even though […]

By Jen Adair, blogger at Slightly Tilted,  Entrepreneur, Homeschool Mom to two fab kiddos I used to think I wasn’t afraid of anything except snakes. That’s not true. I’m afraid of a lot more. Not […]

About seven years ago – before I had teenagers of my own – I got an opportunity to interview a child psychologist for an article I was writing. During the interview, I asked the doctor […]

We met Precious Baugh when she taught a Photoshop class that we attended years ago. We keep up on Facebook. She’s super smart, funny and loves hard. We’re so happy she and her husband have […]