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How To Make Sure Your Kids Graduate College
The cost of a college education can be staggeringly steep—and for many students, that investment will be wasted. Only 41% of students who enroll in...
Making Difficult Medical Decisions for Family Members
Many of us will someday have to make difficult medical decisions for terminally ill loved ones. Here are strategies to make the right decisions—for your…
How You Can Spot Heart Trouble… In Your Parents
Thanks to the far-reaching effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the American Heart Association predicts that rates of heart disease, already the number-one cause of death...
Go Fish: Creating A Unique Aquarium
Gaze into the typical home aquarium, and you’ll likely see some familiar fish—the bright colors of neon tetras…the orange glint of goldfish…and the regal glory...
How to Live Harmoniously with an Adult Child Who Moves Back Home
Set rules about money, guests, personal space, and curfews when adult children move home.
How We Are Emotionally Crippling Our Children and the Easy Way to Overcome It—with Erica Komisar, LCSW
Erica Komisar joins Sarah Hiner to discuss and expand on her recently published op-ed for The Wall Street Journal titled “We’re Overmedicating Our Children.”
A Way to Give Comfort at the End of Life: Comfort Food
Comfort food—ice cream, mac-and-cheese, beer—are more important than nutrition at end of life. Here’s how to give this joy to a dying loved one.
Write Your Life Story: The Best Gift for Children and Grandchildren
While you still remember—questions to you get started sharing your life story with the people you love…and for caregivers to get their loved ones talking.
How to Stand Up to Your Overbearing Parents
Your parent is always criticizing your spouse, your child-raising, your purchases—you name it. Here’s how to wrest back control…without causing a rift.
6 Ways Your Cat Can Make You Sick—or Even Kill You
For me, there are few things in life that can beat the comfort of snuggling with my pet cats—and I’m not alone in feeling that...
Mistakes Parents Make That Push Adult Children Away
Our children will always be our children, but once they turn 18 or leave home, they also are adults with lives increasingly separate from our...
