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The Bike Lane Revolutionary

Failure can be a road map to a better, truer place than anywhere perfection would have taken us, writes Heidi Stevens.

Column: In an age of perfection, why failure may be the best thing that can happen to our kids

June 7, 2024 at 11:50 a.m.

Michelle Icard has written a kind and important book about failing. "For kids to learn from their failures, they must trust adults enough to stop hiding them from us," Icard...

They don't tell you that you'll get glimpses of who they'll be at 18, all the way back when they're 1, 4, 7, 12, writes Heidi Stevens. (Dreamstime/TNS)

Column: What they don’t tell you about your baby turning 18. (And why I’m glad they don’t.)

June 7, 2024 at 11:50 a.m.

When my daughter was a toddler, I used to hold her by her arms and swing her in circles in our living room, around and around, until both of us...

Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., speaks in the Hart Senate Office Building on July 20, 2023, in Washington, D.C. Kennedy recently read sexually explicit passages aloud during a senate book-ban hearing on Sept. 12.

Column: Stop pretending book bans are all about sex. If we ban books, ‘we will be banning knowledge, culture, empathy,’ says Illinois secretary of state.

June 7, 2024 at 11:50 a.m.

I suppose it was meant to be a gotcha moment — Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., reading sexually explicit passages aloud to a clearly hot-and-bothered Senate Judiciary Committee. Illinois Secretary of...

A message reading Carolina Strong is displayed on a screen after a vigil for slain professor Zijie Yan at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Aug. 30, 2023.

Column: In the wake of yet another school shooting, I fear young people will give up on our willingness to protect them

June 7, 2024 at 11:50 a.m.

The Aug. 30 edition of the Daily Tar Heel, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's student newspaper, was supposed to be devoted to the upcoming football season. The first...

Bascom Hall at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Madison, Wisconsin.

Column: Parents dropping your kids at college: Congratulations! And, truly, how are you surviving?

June 7, 2024 at 11:50 a.m.

Dropping your child at college looks to me like winning the parent lottery. Your child is alive (alive!) at 18 and about to access a whole new world of thought...

Runners are cheered as they make their way along the streets of the Pilsen neighborhood during the Chicago Marathon, Oct. 9, 2022.

Column: Halfway to a marathon, and my slightly battered heart has never felt better

June 7, 2024 at 11:50 a.m.

I'm halfway through marathon training. Everything hurts, especially my lower back. (Why didn't I try this at 28 instead of 48?) But my heart has never felt better. I shared...

If your child has made a regrettable decision, instead of catastrophizing, Phyllis Fagell writes in "Middle School Superpowers: Raising Resilient Tweens in Turbulent Times," approach the child with trust and a spirit of collaboration.

Column: Combatting FOPO (Fear of Other People’s Opinions) and other tips for navigating middle school with grace

June 7, 2024 at 11:50 a.m.

Licensed clinical professional counselor Phyllis Fagell has a new book out, and it's worth reading for its description of my new favorite diagnosis alone: FOPO. FOPO, which Fagell credits to...

Ryan Gosling, left, as Ken and Margot Robbie as Barbie in the new "Barbie" movie.

Column: The beauty of ‘Barbie’ isn’t that men are subjugated. It’s that no one is.

June 7, 2024 at 11:50 a.m.

My son and his friends, all rising high school freshmen, were at our house Saturday night when one of them suggested they go see "Barbie." The movie had been in...

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