Parentless Parents: Time Is Running Out
One of the surprising findings I've come across so far is just how isolated many parentless parents feel and how few turn to others for help.
One of the surprising findings I've come across so far is just how isolated many parentless parents feel and how few turn to others for help.
Allison Gilbert | Posted 12.23.2009 | Living
All you have to do is make a conscious decision to slow down long enough -- not so easy this time of year, I admit -- to simply talk with your children about the grandparents they no longer have in their lives.
Lisa Firestone | Posted 12.18.2009 | Living
But when we do the opposite, when we hover over our children, although we are physically present, we are cut off from feeling their true vulnerability and love.
Allison Gilbert | Posted 12.16.2009 | Living
Less than half of all mothers and fathers who have taken the Parentless Parents survey say they use the holidays to talk about their parents who have died. Why so few?
Rev. Gregory Seal Livingston | Posted 12.11.2009 | Chicago
My parents died six months apart. Grief has become my new companion. I walk my familiar paths a different person.
Allison Gilbert | Posted 12.09.2009 | Living
'Tis the Season to be Jolly, right? I see reminders everywhere that I should be happy! But what happens if the month of December serves not only to remind you of all things Merry -- but of all the people you've lost?
Yoani Sanchez | Posted 11.27.2009 | World
Nations that develop under the guidance of a paternalistic state run the risk of leaving their people in a kind of stagnated adolescence. The case of Cuba is one of the paradigmatic examples.
Rep. Linda Sanchez | Posted 11.25.2009 | Politics
Alzheimer's is a disease that now afflicts more than four million people in our nation, and one of them is my father, Ignacio. I am who I am today because of the lessons my parents taught me.
Huffington Post | Posted 11.20.2009 | Books
Dreading going home for the holidays? So are a lot of people, and we imagine some of these writers wouldn't be looking forward to it either. Here ...
Mark Goulston, M.D. | Posted 11.18.2009 | Living
Do you have any relatives or friends that ruin everyone's time on Thanksgiving or Christmas and you can't un-invite them?
Dr. Yvonne K. Fulbright | Posted 11.18.2009 | Living
Miniskirts, fishnet stockings, feather boas. It all sounds sexy - 'til you realize it's being sported by that every-girl-wants-one Bratz doll.
Mika Brzezinski | Posted 11.16.2009 | Living
For me, having it all doesn't mean having the corner office at work and a penthouse at home if there aren't kids running around too.
Charlotte Safavi | Posted 11.10.2009 | Living
"Mom, come," my son shouts. "A baby bird fell out of the nest!" Sure enough, a fledgling lies on the patio, beak gaped, neck distended, claws curled, a sad thing.
Connie Bennett | Posted 10.29.2009 | Living
Even if parents develop clever schemes to limit the number of candies their children eat, kids -- and many adults -- will often overdose on sweets, in secret if need be.
Juliet Linley | Posted 10.26.2009 | Technology
I bet you'd already discovered it. Well, I only got there now: using Skype as a babysitter. Or rather, using the grandparents - who live outside of It...
Jenifer Fox | Posted 10.23.2009 | Impact
Education, to most Americans, is not the stuff of nightly news. Or, perhaps, it isn't news because the media is unsure of the critical importance of education reporting.
Gretchen Rubin | Posted 10.23.2009 | Living
Sometimes you don't have to go very far or do much research to get advice on how to be happier. Here are some excellent tips for living my parents gave me.
Liz Welch | Posted 10.20.2009 | Books
I had been trying to write my story for several years, haunted by one friend's comment. "Great," he had said to me, drinking a cup of coffee in my kitchen, "another memoir about a mother who dies from cancer."
nytimes.com | RICHARD A. FRIEDMAN, M.D. | Posted 10.19.2009 | Living
You can divorce an abusive spouse. You can call it quits if your lover mistreats you. But what can you do if the source of your misery is your own par...
Dr. Barbara Kurshan | Posted 10.16.2009 | Technology
As Curriki now explores creative ways to sustain itself and find the right product/market fit, we again need the input of the education community.
Jenifer Fox | Posted 10.13.2009 | Living
It's parent-teacher conference time and you arranged your schedule three weeks in advance to attend. If you are like most parents, you feel a certain ...
Posted 10.13.2009 | Impact
The Fourth Annual National Bullying Prevention Awareness Week was held October 4-10, sponsored by the PACER Center, to encourage communities nationwid...
Leslie Gilbert-Lurie | Posted 11.30.2009 | Living
Even a couple hours spent exploring the past with a parent could provide new and deeper appreciation and understanding.
Juliet Linley | Posted 11.25.2009 | Living
"He knows I need to get rid of him. I can't stand him anymore," my colleague retorted. Then she added, equally angrily, "And he can't stand me."
Tamar Abrams | Posted 11.24.2009 | Living
Like a reformed smoker who is overly sensitive -- and obnoxious -- to those still smoking, I am suddenly hyperaware of the dangers lurking behind the wheel of all the cars around me.
Allison Gilbert | Posted 12.30.2009 | Living