When I was growing up as a young boy along the Atlantic Coast north of Boston, I thought I knew who my Uncle Tony was. I saw him as a cranky curmudgeon who especially disliked children and ...

Families are built on trust, but sometimes that trust is fragile. Behind closed doors, small choices, unspoken mistakes, and ...

In a recent Asking Eric column, R. Eric Thomas responds to a mother-in-law who was cut off by her son and daughter-in-law ...

My daughter is 4 and my niece is almost 6; they’re the only grandchildren on my husband’s side. At my daughter’s birthday ...

My wealthy uncle, whose two sons produced no grandchildren, “adopted” my children as his own grandchildren. As such, he ...

DEAR ABBY: My daughter-in-law, “Louise,” died of cancer five years ago. She was 45; my son, “Pete,” was 48. They’d been ...

I chose to spend the holidays alone while my husband and kids visited family. Being alone at home gave me rest, quiet, and perspective I didn't know I needed. Intentional solitude helped me reset ...

Nobody else has one of these $80,000 humanoid robots, so of course we had to durability test it the only way we know how. We armed it, raced it, and even made it babysit a newborn just to see how ...

My skin journey has been a rollercoaster. I’ve always jumped between a love, hate (mainly hate) relationship with it. Specifically, when coming off the pill I was very hesitant to see how my skin ...

Question: “I tried to take steps to prepare, but after 33 years of marriage, my husband at the time decided to commit fraud and take all of the money we had put into retirement funds, 401(k)s and all ...