More On Family and Spouse

Hours into sorting Barbie shoes and Legos I had an epiphany: What if this year we really embraced the idea of giving?

As her 2-year-old demands time on the iPad, a mom struggles to balance work and letting a device babysit her kids.

It is impossible for a spouse to thrive in military life without the support and understanding of the active-duty partner.

It is the greatest thing that's happened this summer, and it could not have come at a better time. Just be sensible about it.

It's important for families to eat dinner together, but that's hard to manage when your service member is deployed.

Kids are selfish. They're, like, ridiculously selfish. Self-absorbed. Inconsiderate. Narcissistic. Need I go on?

We all know our service members won't be coming home and staying put. Not all of them. Not right away. And not for good.

Here are my tips for making sure your kid gets his homework done before you lose your mind.

We've all heard that family dinner is important. But how do you make that work when one parent is deployed?

I don’t have that learning-to-be-a-parent chaos. How does that happen to people?