A friend I met 25 years ago suggested a life hack with such compelling evidence that I have followed it faithfully ever since. He told me about an Ivy League study on goal-setting, in which only 3 per... more

Mike Weiland has seen how teens have become more susceptible to addiction in recent years.... more

I started hearing more cancer announcements than birth announcements this year.... more

It’s so hard for some people to do nothing for six minutes, they would rather fail a school assignment, cheat on it or literally shock themselves.... more

It was a heavy question to ask the group.... more

No little kid dreams of being a car salesman when he grows up.... more

One of my dearest friends asked a simple favor not too long ago.... more

More than anything, Irtiza Hasan wants to see his team play in the World Series. After years of heartbreak and waiting, he finally has his chance.... more

The last time I visited my parents’ home, my father kindly suggested that I consider taking back my childhood junk that had been sitting in their garage for more than two decades.... more

Today’s middle schools are the training ground for tomorrow’s Harveys and Bills.... more

By now, the NRA is banking on us having moved on from the last massacre.... more

The protests about police shootings haven’t stopped in the heartland. Two weeks after a St. Louis judge issued a not-guilty verdict in the Jason Stockley trial, there have been protests in malls, befo... more

When I want to approach a complicated topic with my children, I've found it's best to start with a question.... more

As children get older, parents worry about the lengths their child might go to in order to fit in.... more

Jennifer was preparing to take an accounting exam when she saw a report on the business center’s television that would change her life.... more

The morning after my hometown started drowning, I tried to divert myself from the images that were filling me with dread. Helplessness is the feeling I’m least equipped to handle, and the worst kind o... more

I was awestruck, scrolling through photos of the eclipse on my Facebook feed, when I discovered I had to be at a funeral in a few hours.... more

I’ve been thinking a lot this week about a conversation I had with a reader shortly after the election in November.... more

The pleasant chit-chat my husband always made with our children’s teachers at conference drove me nuts.... more

Pregnant women are advised to be cautious of many things: sushi, Brie, hot tubs and kitty litter, to name a few. But when I was expecting my first child, I was surprised to receive a concerned phone c... more

Franz Davis could tell he had been out of the dating pool for years when he ventured back in after getting divorced.... more

“It’s your first day as an American, and you’ve already gone viral,” I told my husband.... more

I’m waging a lonely war against a rampant punctuation mark.... more

I remember glorious summers of nothing.... more

In 1990, Afshan Malik had no concerns more pressing than where she might travel for college.... more

It can be a difficult group to advocate for: high-achieving teens going to the best schools, living in comfortable homes with successful parents.... more

Clayton Lessor, 56, talks openly about his terrible childhood.... more

Daniel Stone’s senior year should have ended the way he had been planning for so long: with prom and graduation and parties with his friends.... more