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In "Searching for Bowlby: The Life of John Bowlby," C.V. Wooster has written a comprehensive biography about the life and work of Dr. John Bowlby, the noted British psychiatrist who devoted most of his career to studying the links of the emotional bond (or lack thereof) between parent/guardian and their child and how the child’s development ...Read more

Jane Gallagher’s reflective memoir explores one big question: What does it mean to become conscious, both personally and collectively amid shifting beliefs, power structures and ecological awareness?

If you’ve ever found yourself contemplating how much of what you believe comes from the world around you vs. how much comes from within ...Read more

I set off the alarm at the grocery store over the weekend. I wasn’t going to mention it, but it’s always best to get ahead of a breaking news story. My story, my spin.

I’ve never set off an alarm before.

I take that back. I set off the smoke alarm in the kitchen about once month, but high heat with cast iron does that. Other than that, ...Read more

Q: My ex and I constantly argue about our parenting styles. I'm structured; he's loose. I worry that the differences confuse our kids. He thinks I'm too strict. I think he's too laid back. What is good ex-etiquette?

A: I bet you had similar disagreements when you lived together. One of you gave in or you compromised because the relationship ...Read more

When Emily Little gave birth to her first child, sleeping together with her baby in bed was a given — despite all the public health messages telling her not to.

"I knew it was something that I wanted to do," said Little, a perinatal health researcher and science communications consultant who has studied cultures around the world that bed-...Read more

'WICKED: FOR GOOD'

Rated PG for action/violence, some suggestive material and thematic material.

What it’s about: The second act of the hit Broadway musical adaptation comes to the screen in part two, in which Glinda truly learns what it means to be "good."

The kid attractor factor: Kids will be drawn to the magical world of Oz, the songs, ...Read more

Q: How do I know if my children are truly safe when they move between two homes -- and I rarely talk to their mom? What should I do if something feels "off"? What's good ex-etiquette?

A: This is one of the most common questions I hear from newly separated parents, and it makes perfect sense. When families reorganize, children begin living in ...Read more

There were no witnesses, but all I said was, “Get Fred off the table and away from the food.” I thought it was a reasonable request, but from the look on her face I was out of line. Who knew a first-grader with beautiful hazel eyes nestled above cherub cheeks could shoot such a menacing look?

I was momentarily intimidated, but I also knew I...Read more

Life doesn’t hand out road maps for the hard stuff — illness, grief, loss or the quiet, sometimes overwhelming uncertainty that comes after survival. There’s no checklist, no perfect sequence of steps, no easy answers. But books? Books can meet us exactly where we are. They can hold us, challenge us and whisper the truths we need to hear ...Read more

In 1998 in Morgantown, West Virginia, a bar owner took over the sponsorship of a local adult softball team. Named Chico’s Bail Bonds after the sponsor of the hapless Bad News Bears little leaguers in the 1976 film of the same name, Chico’s Bondsmen are now immortalized in a new book.

"Sometimes Orange Is Almost Gold: Morgantown’s Misfits ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS -- Teenagers are generally obsessed with their smartphones. So much so that Kristin Hatling’s family recently encountered a gaggle of them who had brought their screens into a resort’s hot tub.

“My daughter, who’s 11, was like, ‘Mom, all they’re doing is looking at their phones and, like, making kissy faces into them. ...Read more

'NOW YOU SEE ME: NOW YOU DON'T'

Rated PG-13 for some strong language, violence and suggestive references.

What it’s about: The Horsemen, a group of high-stakes magicians, reunite with a new generation of aspiring magicians to pull off an international diamond heist.

The kid attractor factor: Kids might be drawn to the magic and illusions ...Read more

We look at paintings of that first Thanksgiving more than 400 years ago, with tables sagging under the weight of wild game, venison, waterfowl, lobster and mussels, corn, beans and pumpkins We often sigh and say, “Life was so simple back then.”

It was simple. Life was so simple that heat in homes came from logs crackling in a fireplace. ...Read more