What do you say when your child asks you the meaning of a sexual word?
Q: Your child comes home and asks you the meaning of a sexual word. How do you answer? A: Your answer should be based on developmental maturity and what you’ve...
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Your landlord won’t make necessary repairs in your apartment. What do you do?
Q: How do you approach your landlord about fixes he said he would make, but which have gone untended well past a reasonable time? A: If you have an issue...
‘We now advise parents not to spank their children’: Pediatricians tighten stance on corporal punishment
The American Academy of Pediatrics has made its stance on spanking clear. In a new policy statement released Monday, the organization explicitly advises parents not to spank their children. The...
Valerie Jarrett talks #MeToo and women running for office at U. of C. event: ‘It’s just the beginning’
In a brown bag interview on Friday, Valerie Jarrett, Chicago native and formerly a senior adviser to President Barack Obama, addressed University of Chicago Law School students as the keynote...
Here’s what to say to your spouse to spice things up in the bedroom
Q: How do you tell your spouse, without offending him or her, that it's time to spice up the lovemaking? A: In most long-term relationships, sex is not always spontaneous...
Meet Shimmy Braun, the mortgage lender behind those flashy drag queen billboards in Boystown
Shimmy Braun grew up in an orthodox Jewish community in Brooklyn, N.Y., that was so religious, he says, that he was engaged to his Chicago-born bride-to-be after knowing her for...
You’re ready for your adult child and his kid to move out. How do you handle?
Q: Your working adult child and his kid still live with you. How do you tell him he needs to move out without feeling like you’re kicking out the grandchild...
How to tell guests you’re having an unplugged wedding
Q: You don't want photos from your wedding day posted on social media. How do you tell your guests you’re restricting their phone use? A: The no-cellphone policy is becoming...
Is it rude to buy a gift that is not on a baby registry?
Q: Is it rude to buy a parent-to-be a gift that is not on the registry? A: Gift registries should be considered a suggestion or guideline, not a mandate. However,...
Is it OK to take pills at your desk?
Q: You need to take a pill at work. Is it OK to take it at your desk? A: As long as you’re being discreet and quick, it’s OK to...