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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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
Ask Mr. Dad: Mr. Comfort
Dear Mr. Dad: I work pretty long hours and love playing with my 2-year-old daughter as much as I can. But whenever she gets hurt or upset, she screams for her mommy. I know she’s not deliberately trying to hurt my feelings, but it still stings. Is there some way I can comfort her without [...]
Ex-Etiquette: I don’t want to live in their’ house
Q: I’m engaged to a man who has been divorced for three years. He has two boys and his ex lives five minutes away so both parents share the kids equally. While I very much want to get married, I’m not comfortable moving into the house he and his ex-wife owned together. He says staying [...]
Schools want to delete the cyberbully
For years, Kate Jenson’s daughter was inseparable from her best friend, whether at home, at the movies or online.
Then, just before sixth grade, the friendship ceased – replaced by a very different kind of contact online.
The former friend’s e-mails turned nasty, calling her daughter a [...]
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