We give our kids independence in stages, tied to privileges and responsibilities. So far, it has worked out incredibly well.
Our kids are allowed to play outside alone at around age 5. Then, they can bike alone to a store at age 10. At the same time, ...
‘Our home is their home’: Carver family cohabitates with disabled folks
By the time she was 22, Holly Betker and mom Jeannie Jackson agreed it was almost time for Becker to move out on her own. They were both adults; each needed their space. So the house hunting ...
A mother pleads for Britain’s help in freeing son from Egyptian prison, one day of hunger at a time
But as she slumped in a folding chair outside the gates of the British prime minister’s office on day 129 of a hunger strike, she was just a mother — a mom trying to win freedom for her son who has ...
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“Scamming on Another Level”: Street Hustler’s Scheme To Trick Motorists Unmasked in Viral Video
A motorist’s viral TikTok exposes a street beggar’s obvious attempt to fake a disability. The beggar pretended to have only one arm to scam money.
Teach Your Kids to Preserve Family Wealth, Not Squander It
T he adage “shirt sleeves to shirt sleeves in three generations” succinctly captures a phenomenon that may keep some people ...
Farewell, Ruritania: Saying goodbye to Eastern Europe’s exotic aura
The brutal tumult of the 20th century turned Eastern Europe, once a melting pot, into a bloc of relatively homogeneous nation-states.