How to Find Last-Minute Childcare The best way to make sure you have last-minute child care is to plan ahead — make this a New Year’s Resolution!Here are four tips for setting up a back-up plan before you need it.1. Collect a pool of babysitters. Keep a file somewhere in your kitchen with this list […]

Photos have a lot to do with the owners of the photos — some people throw out any photos in which they don’t look good — or in which they don’t look the way the person wants to remember themselves or their loved ones.
I suggest saving ALL pictures — even the ones you hate — […]

People who have only just started celebrating Christmas — either because they have married someone who grew up celebrating Christmas, because they have chosen to celebrate Christmas “suddenly” of their own accord, or because they’ve chosen the path of least resistance in school, offices and communities, don’t have the family history of Christmas with the […]

Older… and Divorcing
Divorce in your twenties or thirties, and you may feel that the world is still your oyster. Bump that up a few years (or ten or twenty years), and you’re more likely to feel that your world is over…especially if you’re a woman who doesn’t have the advantage of being thought of as […]

How Marriage Affects Your Weight
Unfortunately, many women ‘get comfortable’ once they ‘get the man’—letting themselves go only to subsequently assume the position that ‘a man should love them for them’—not what they look like.  But herein lies the trouble with that one-sided attitude. Yes, the man may indeed ‘love you for you’, but he also […]

Inlaws
There’s only one key to handling in-laws, and it’s to lay the law down before problems ever arise. That means that the daughter or son-in law must start by not allowing meddling moms to interfere any more than they are welcome with the planning of the wedding, the decorating of the house, or the raising […]

Dating Polygamy
No matter how freaky you want to get in a relationship, there’s almost always someone else out there willing to go down that path with you, which is why it’s unnecessary (and cruel) to be in multiple serious relationships at once without the knowledge of all parties. If you can’t make the commitment, or enjoy […]

 Violence in Dating
Not only are women staying in violent relationships when they’re not married—they’re in violent relationships before they’re even women! Data suggest that 25% of 8th and 9th graders have experienced dating violence. The reasons behind this phenomenon are still debatable, ranging from media influence to a breakdown in family, but one thing’s for […]

Effects of Remarriage on Adult Children
Although feelings can be mixed when a parent wants to remarry someone other than mom or dad, the older the children are, the better. Once “kids” have been on their own–in some cases married themselves, and in all cases, having experienced the complexities of love and relationships–the better equipped they are […]

Do Dating Books Work?
Okay, so maybe I’m biased, having written Date Our of Your League, my own popular dating advice book for men, but the unbelievable response I’ve gotten from my readers—thanking me for laying it all out on the table—assures me that I’m on to something.
What is it that I’ve discovered? When it comes […]