Recent Articles by Lois M. Collins
Published: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 6:16 pm MDT
Suicide rates among middle-aged American men and women increased 28.7 percent over the first decade of this century, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The twin questions are: Why? And...
Published: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 3:01 pm MDT
The right skills can change a family squabble and even strengthen relationships. You have to be willing to use tools that are helpful — may even need to practice with them. People who love each other stil...
Published: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 10:08 am MDT
She broke ground for Dr. Phil and Dr. Laura. But Dr. Joyce Brothers, who died Monday at 85, was as well known for her ability to laugh at herself and her prodigious memory as she was for her expert advice. She ...
Published: Sunday, May 12, 2013 9:41 am MDT
West Virginia has new rules that outlaw sexting by youths. But the state is trying to pair the rules to education so that young people learn why it's a bad idea to sext and can fix their mistakes without having...
Published: Friday, May 10, 2013 4:54 pm MDT
New moms are more educated than ever in American history. In 2011, two-thirds had at least some college education. Less-educated moms, though, still tend to a higher average number of babies over their lifetime...
Published: Friday, May 10, 2013 1:29 pm MDT
When Yale's Amy Chua wrote "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother," she launched a debate about what's involved in raising high-achieving kids. Now, a study says folks who focus their kids solely on studies and music...
Published: Tuesday, May 7, 2013 3:01 pm MDT
Flowers and jewelry are great, but what moms say they really crave is time off from laundry and cooking, shared activities, meaningful conversations and a chance to get to know each other differently.
Published: Tuesday, May 7, 2013 12:00 am MDT
We try to take a plane trip every year as a family. The very act of getting on an airplane says we're going somewhere special. But it's becoming harder to do, hampered in no small part by the fees that keep get...
Published: Monday, May 6, 2013 10:32 am MDT
The annual Mother's Day reckoning that places mom's value in terms of real-world wages says her value has dropped for the third time, but it's still higher than most moms think, according to Insure.com.
Published: Friday, May 3, 2013 2:44 pm MDT
Stay-at-home moms are embracing what Los Angeles Times columnist Alexandra Le Tellier calls a "foodie" culture as part of a solution to social ills. Can "femivores" feed their families well and save the planet,...



