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Debbi Musen, 75, was in New York City over the summer to help her daughter pack up her family's apartment. She was certainly not there to model in her pajamas.... more

A number of moms are fed up with that snooping, snitching elf.... more

For children of a certain generation, the library was a refuge and a sanctuary.... more

Having gone through the college application process twice in as many years, I feel compelled to warn parents: Things have changed dramatically since we applied to schools.... more

When McKenzie Smart graduated from high school seven years ago, she knew she wanted to become a massage therapist.... more

For new and longtime voters, the stakes felt enormous in this midterm election.... more

I want to believe that even Kanye West's most ardent fans loathe his racist, antisemitic rants.... more

I had the strangest premonition last weekend.... more

Ten years ago, Hailey Koob was living overseas with her family and planning to come back to the United States for college.... more

When Barbara Sheinbein, 64, went to vote in the April election, a friend drove her to the polls. Her friend went inside the polling location in St. Louis County and told a worker that Sheinbein wanted... more

The Iranian morality police targeted Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman visiting Tehran, over her hair. Allegedly, too much of it could be seen despite Iran's mandatory hijab law.... more

The book banners are back -- louder and more aggressive than ever.... more

In several states, including Missouri, it's going to be harder for college students to vote this year. Some state legislatures have passed new voter identification laws that ban the use of college IDs... more

Once a week, coupons were strewn across our dining room table.... more

Paige Tobik sent her husband to buy the emergency contraceptive, Plan B, from the drugstore even though the couple used condoms.... more

I had missed going to the Festival of Nations, the largest multicultural event in the St. Louis region, during the years it took a pandemic hiatus.... more

When she was a first grader, Melissa Walaitis would carefully copy her teacher's bulletin board display in her notebook. She knew in her heart she would become a teacher one day.... more

Irfan Akbani was worried about one of his newly pledged fraternity brothers at St. Louis University this past spring.... more

When reproductive freedom was recently struck down by the Supreme Court, one of the first things I discussed with my teenagers was our religious beliefs about abortion.... more

The conservative “pro-life” movement managed to do something that abortion-rights activists have been trying to do for decades: They have destroyed the stigma around abortion.... more

When Maria Lindsay of St. Louis was pregnant with her second child, she had a nagging, anxious feeling something wasn’t right.... more

I was struck by an exchange between a mother and her young daughter when I recently spoke with them for a story.... more

I'm worried about Tyra Johnson's family in a way I've never worried about a source before.... more

In the post-Roe era, parents need to consider and discuss what to do in various scenarios in order to protect their kids -- especially if they live in a prohibition state that bans abortion.... more

A well-respected leadership camp for teenagers recently gave Republicans a platform to spread election lies to 800 Missouri boys.... more

Michael Cook, 46, was never a political guy.... more

When teenagers are going through a rough time, parents may struggle with how to best approach them.... more

Some people form mental pictures -- "brain movies" -- when we read.... more