When did all men become sad, broken creatures and all women become controlling taskmasters?

That's what a lot of the commercials during Sunday's Superbowl seemed to insinuate, anyway. I couldn't believe the number of ads that showed a broken-down man who had lost his dreams because of his domineering wife.…

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Are you Facebook friends with your kids? Do you scroll through their text messages every night or have access to their e-mail? Have you ever snooped around on the Internet for info on your kids?

Those are the kinds of questions parents are asking themselves in an increasingly digital age where kids are…

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During family night this week, my nearly 3-year-old daughter was going around the room and saying one thing that person did for her that was nice or that made her happy.

For her daddy, she said he took her sledding. Grandma makes cookies for her and grandpa sings her songs to put her to sleep.

And then,…

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Many girls think they are simply no good at math, and that lack of confidence could be coming from a surprising source -- their teachers.

A new study funded by the National Science Foundation shows that female teachers who have math anxiety could be inadvertently passing on their fears to their girl…

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It was interesting that several of the responses to last week's post on tech-addicted kids were about spouses who are also hooked on the computer.

I've heard this complaint from several of my girlfriends, who say their husbands would spend every free moment online playing games, chatting or just watching…

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