The organizer of the event I was covering rushed over when I entered, and said one of the students there claimed to know me.... more

Earlier this week, my 14-year-old son asked a startling question: Do you think there’s really going to be World War III?... more

When Angela Hoepfner found her teenage son in the kitchen on Dec. 2, two years ago, she thought she had walked into a crime scene. She called 911 and ran outside the house.... more

The holidays can bring families together in ways that provoke unwanted drama. So, it can be helpful to structure some of that free time. The controlled chaos of family game night can provide a repriev... more

I heard my husband remind our daughter at least twice that evening to make the school lunches for the next day. Each time, we heard the same “okaaaay” from behind a closed bedroom door.... more

Six year-olds have told Dr. Anne Glowinski that they don’t want to live anymore.... more

The minute my daughter passed her driver’s test, I entered the ethical quagmire of stalking.... more

When my daughter was in third grade, she Googled “hypoallergenic dog” after years of hearing me tell her that our severe allergies prevented us from fulfilling her wish for a puppy.... more

(Editor’s Note: A version of this column originally appeared in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in 2010.)... more

A war broke out over a lost T-shirt on our summer vacation.... more

White supremacists are busy recruiting a new generation and have devised creative ways to lure children.... more

When the recording on the shuttle bus warned about deadly flash floods, I smiled at my children decked in their waterproof Gore-Tex bodysuits and repeated the message.... more

AJ Buckalew took two bites of his pepperoni pizza and immediately knew something was wrong. He touched his mom’s arm to get her attention.... more