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After much family upheaval, Panthers’ Harris living a dream
In a few hours, there’s a chance Carolina Panthers linebacker Nic Harris will be looking for a new home.
Sadly for Harris, that search for stability has dogged him his whole life.
Harris, a 23-year-old linebacker, is like hundreds of other NFL players, waking up this morning [...]
Harris and Miami rout Florida A&M
This was exactly the performance the Hurricanes wanted to give in their audition for Ohio State.
Jacory Harris threw three touchdown passes and watched the entire second half from the sideline. Leonard Hankerson grabbed two of those and then took it easy, too.
All three of the [...]
Marriage advice from some real experts, one Idaho family
The e-mail started like a hundred others – wedding anniversary, reunion, story that needs telling.
I was about to file it under ho-hum – we get reunion and anniversary e-mails daily – until I got to the part that made this one different.
It was from Dean [...]
Early disconnect with mom may speed onset of puberty in girls
A girl’s march toward early puberty may begin in the arms of her first caregiver, a new study suggests.
Against the backdrop of growing evidence that American girls are beginning pubertal changes at an ever-earlier age, a controversial researcher has found evidence that babies who fail to make a powerful early [...]
Fifteen years later, Berkeley’s Peter McColl remains missing
Suzan McColl has her routines. She spends sunny afternoons in the garden of her century-old Craftsman home, runs her three border collies nearly every day and writes in her personal journal each morning.
She has another ritual as well – checking the Doe Network website to see if there are unidentified [...]
The Parent Hood: When is a child ready to attend a funeral?
There has been a death in the family, and your child was close to the person. How do you know when a child is ready to attend a wake and/or funeral?
Parent advice:
Let your child lead on this, to a degree. Go with their strong feelings [...]
Helping a child who doesn’t make the team
Every fall, the hopeful warriors of tryout season stampede gyms and fields across the country. Whether they’re upperclassmen hoping to make the leap to varsity or seventh-graders facing the selection process for the first time, each student faces the possibility of rejection.
“My coaches say that’s the hardest thing they do, [...]
In Man vs. Machines, the machines win
More and more I find myself taking care of appliances and gadgets that were supposed to take care of me.
Take the kitchen. Please.
Granite countertops are all the rage. They’re beautiful and durable but come with a long list of do’s and don’ts. Do blot spills [...]
Living with Children
Question of the Week: What do today’s children seriously lack that children in the 1950s and before enjoyed in abundance?
To assist the reader in figuring out the answer before it is revealed in the last sentence of this column, here are a set of clues mostly taken from the real-life [...]
Bringing up Mommy: The secret of motherhood is revealed as daughter leaves for college
Somewhere along the path to motherhood, maybe while you’re pregnant or before you ever even get pregnant to begin with, you tell yourself you’re not going to do it.
You’re not going to let motherhood become your life.
Motherhood will be part of a complete package that [...]
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