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Should You Leave Your Emotionally Unavailable Spouse?
This Reddit post gave me pause. First of all because the OP is a stay at home mom (Didn’t know those really existed anymore.) And also, because she laments that it is hard to be married to a slightly self-centered roommate rather than a husband or partner.
By Marie Dubuque3 days ago in Families
The Disappearing Art of Self-Respect
There is a discussion most people avoid because the minute it begins, the room usually splits into two (2) shallow camps. One side insists clothing carries no social meaning and should never be interpreted. The other treats any discussion of self-presentation as moral panic wearing respectable clothes.
By Dr. Mozelle Martin3 days ago in Families
The Last Thing He Fixed
The Last Thing He Fixed By the time Walter Dean reached sixty-eight, folks around town no longer asked if he could fix something—they asked when he could come by.
By Gary M. Roberts3 days ago in Families
Are Children Raising Themselves?
Children are no longer acting or behaving like children. What message are they sending us? As a volunteer Teacher’s Aide, I am witnessing an alarming and frightening phenomenon in the children I am trying to help, many of whom I know, and in those in my community. Also, I read and listen to the news about what’s happening in my country.
By Annelise Lords 6 days ago in Families
I Don’t Judge Your Parenting, But My Living Room Does
Having four children is very full on. My house ranges from an 11-year-old calling me “Bro” as if I’m one of her mates to an almost 10-month-old who still hasn’t quite mastered what a full night’s sleep means. Thinking back to when it was just me and my 11-year-old, my parenting style was to live day by day and get through it together.
By Mollie Blackman 6 days ago in Families
Do I Have To?
Tuesday was a “national” day of celebration, but not all were in celebratory mode. While our nation and other nations were partying and engorging themselves on corned beef, potatoes, cabbage and an over abundance of beer, one person was grieving and going down a rabbit hole of sadness, over the death of a parent.
By Alexandra Grant10 days ago in Families
Why Gen Z Is Having Fewer Kids — And What the Data Says About the Future of Birth Rates
Across the United States and much of the world, birth rates are falling—and Generation Z is at the center of that shift. For decades, starting a family in your twenties was considered the norm. Today, many young adults are delaying parenthood or choosing not to have children at all. The change is dramatic enough that economists, demographers, and policymakers are beginning to ask a serious question:
By Navigating the World16 days ago in Families
In the End, Family Is Everything
"Family is not always about blood. It is about the people who choose to stand beside you when life becomes difficult." In a world that moves too fast, where everyone is chasing something — success, money, recognition — there is one place where we can still return without needing to prove anything.
By Zakir Ullah19 days ago in Families
The Soil of Tomorrow
Women are the soil. Before governments draft policies, before culture writes its rules, before the noise of the modern world reaches a newborn child, there is a body quietly listening to the Earth. A woman’s body absorbs signals—stress carried in the air of a tense household, toxins hidden in food and water, inflammation sparked by exhaustion, fear, or chemical exposure.
By Aja Truth21 days ago in Families
She Makes My Heart Swell with Pride
I write fondly about my daughter Sophia, 6. That is not just motherly love. She deserves the appreciation, and her sharpness needs to be told.
By Seema Patel22 days ago in Families
When Freedom Meets Force:
A woman in the streets of Tehran adjusts her veil, not as a gesture of choice but as a shield against a world that would criminalize her very body. Every act of defiance is a prayer, every whispered word a rebellion.
By Aja Truth22 days ago in Families
The Paradox of Liberation
Every year on International Women’s Day, the world pauses to celebrate women—our strength, our endurance, our long and unfinished walk toward dignity.
By Aja Truth22 days ago in Families