Trinity High president celebrates school’s successes, her own jubilee
It's a myth that blood runs blue inside the body, but if Sister Michelle Germanson had her way, it would. To those who know and revere her, she bleeds Trinity...
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Revealing long-held secrets to loved ones can be difficult — and liberating
It's a new year. Should one of your resolutions tackle the secrets you've been hiding from those closest to you? Although the term "coming out" is typically associated with a...
Family New Year’s resolutions: When kids are involved, balance is key
Here it comes, New Year's Day, and all those things you and your family want to accomplish because it's the first day of 2015, a numerically fresh start. Just saying,...
How to create lasting holiday memories
Many of us have lasting memories from our childhood holidays. Some are more predictable than others, tied to traditions that get passed down for generations and whose mere practice today...
Best educational toys balance kid appeal with learning opportunities
Conscientious parents, relatives and friends shopping for children's holiday and birthday gifts often wonder what constitutes an educational toy. For some insight, we consulted toymakers, authors, educators and advocacy groups....
Carol DeAngelis Kruchko, founder of brain tumor registry
Carol DeAngelis Kruchko is a self-described "doer." Usually a blur until she can be persuaded to sit down for a conversation, the president and administrator of the Central Brain Tumor...
Parents: Rethink motives, and budget, when buying kids’ holiday gifts
Hold up your hands and wave the white flag. Any argument about the holidays being too commercial is over, considering that lighted trees are in some store windows even before...
‘Subirdia’ author on how to coexist with birds
Impassioned ornithologist John Marzluff has combed the United States — specifically the suburbs that ring large cities — to research what our feathered friends are up to. The result, "Welcome...
Why parents need to communicate with teachers
By this time of the summer, teachers and parents have the coming school year foremost in their minds. Teachers are busily fine-tuning lesson plans; parents are cleaning out the school...
Playing same sport can present challenges for couples
Introducing your significant other to a sport you love has all sorts of things to recommend it, right? "Sharing activities as a couple is a great relationship-tending skill," says Lisa...