Water makes sound.... more

When I coerced my family into playing a new card game designed to nurture our empathy, the first question was: How do you win?... more

Brandon Swenson was 7 years old when he started noticing bruises all over his body. And he had been feeling so tired.... more

There's a mild-mannered warrior in the front lines of the propaganda wars.... more

A best-selling African-American writer and speaker stood in front of nearly a thousand St. Louis University students and broke into song.... more

We knew we would be witnessing an unprecedented election result, regardless of who won the presidency. There were millions of Americans who believed they would be telling their daughters after this el... more

The first time I left our newborn at home with her father, she was 2 1/2 weeks old.... more

Election years can magnify the cracks in even the closest relationships. And this election is the San Andreas of familial and friendship fault lines.... more

Jessica Hall's youngest daughter got lice from a catcher's helmet early this summer.... more

This column has nothing to do with politics.... more

Learning to respond to offensive -- even hateful -- speech should be part of the college experience.... more

I did a double-take while driving by the group of protesters at the corner of a busy intersection near a strip mall.... more

Oftentimes, jumping to conclusions can make a person look ridiculous. Sometimes, the consequences are far more dire. But it's more entertaining to start with a trivial example.... more

Sweet Pea looked a bit dizzy, wobbly on her feet that morning.... more

Rose and Andy Bingham didn't have much of a wedding.... more

Fifteen years ago, everything changed.... more

Cynthia Tipton was having dinner with her family at Bandana's in the St. Louis area when she saw the look on her son's face. She knew what was coming.... more

Once every four years, I wish my children would watch more television.... more

A new documentary, "Screenagers," makes a convincing argument that the hardest thing about modern parenting is finding a healthy balance of technology use.... more

Sweet Pea looked a bit dizzy, wobbly on her feet that morning.... more

Plenty of parents break out the happy dance on the first day of school.... more

The busiest years in a couple's life are when both partners are building careers and raising young children.... more

When it comes to modern parenting, mothers are the necessity of invention.... more

It's become a verb.... more

I was trying to build up the emotional wherewithal to watch the latest police shooting video circulating the internet.... more

The only time I ever cried in a professor's office was near the end of a semester-long assignment. My angst had nothing to do with my grades or the approaching deadline.... more

One of my school friends met her future husband as a sophomore in high school. He was a senior, serious about his future, and he drove a fast car.... more

Julie Williams and her daughters had enjoyed a casual lunch and were strolling along a historic street in the St. Louis area when she heard a startling comment.... more