Uh-oh, should you believe what they say about eating cookie dough?
Taking away one of the small joys of baking, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is once again reminding families not to eat raw cookie dough. Its warning to...
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Chicago adults consider drug abuse, obesity biggest problems facing city’s children, new survey shows
Results of a survey released Monday found that Chicago adults consider drug abuse, obesity, and child abuse and neglect the biggest problems facing the city’s children. Among those surveyed, 64...
Ignorance about the Midwest is soooooo 2016, Vogue
Psst. Hey, Vogue. Over here. I want to tell you something about Missouri. No, not Mississippi. Missouri. I know, I know. Who can keep those “Miss” states straight? Apparently not...
Why you shouldn’t force children to apologize
When Craig Smith’s son was about 5 years old, another boy bit him on the playground. His son was upset, he remembered. The other boy never apologized, and instead, father...
5 ways to de-escalate family arguments at Thanksgiving
Some family members might be dreading Thanksgiving dinner because of the hot topics that could be served along with the turkey and trimmings. Will that political argument come up between...
A different kind of bell ringing — for kids who finish cancer treatment
This time of year, you can hear bells ring while walking down Michigan Avenue in Chicago. But in the pediatric unit at Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital, bells are rung...
She’s been waiting 15 months for her rape kit to be processed. A new proposal to track evidence aims to change that.
Sarah Parsons is ready to move forward, to endure a criminal case against the man she said sexually assaulted her, to begin closing a difficult chapter. But she is waiting...
How evangelical messages of sexual purity haunt adulthood for a generation of women
As a young adult, Linda Kay Klein had not had sex, but she was convinced there was a possibility she was pregnant. So much of what she had been taught...
The overachieving generation: As millennials strive for perfection, anxiety and depression increase
When he was in eighth grade, Benjamin Cherkasky quit the swim team. He loved swimming. But he wasn’t winning every time, and he felt he should already be an Olympic-like...
Beyond Craigslist, roommate match programs make use of extra space: ‘She made my house a home’
Stefanie Clark knew it was a good roommate match when their first breakfast together in late 2017 was full of laughter. It was a new feeling for Clark, who had...