I’m a 51-year-old mother and grandmother whose kids don’t talk to me. The reason: My son, “Aaron,” was sexually assaulted by his friend “Eli,” and I told him his friend was no longer allowed to come ...

I’m currently scheduled for surgery in a couple of months, but I keep wondering if I am rushing things and should wait until ...

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A mother is estranged from her children over past accusations involving her son and his uncle, wanting advice on how to ...

A few months later, Aaron told me that it wasn’t Eli but his own uncle “Joe” who sexually assaulted him. I knew better.

This teenage girl lives with her aunt and uncle after leaving an abusive home. She’s been trying to get a job and learn to ...

Tracy Gunn, who is married with two kids, used to run her business full-time and her household. She asked her husband to swap roles so he could better understand the domestic load she was carrying.

It’s worth doing what you’re doing now—refusing sex and sleeping in separate rooms—while you sort out your feelings. Sometimes, it’s unfair to judge people based on their worst behavior; at other ...

A grieving mother broke down in tears in a Salem County courtroom on Wednesday as she described the pain of losing her son in a shooting nearly five years ago. “Not only did you kill my son, you ...

I did my first H-1B visa interview 25 years ago as a consular officer in India, and from the start saw that something was badly wrong with this program. I just published a report on H-1Bs, and this ...

Talk about a Facetune fail. Neil Patrick Harris called out Abby Lee Miller after she posted a wildly over-edited photo of them — to the point where the actor is almost unrecognizable. “Ummm… what did ...